Tag Archive for: hooligans

Who Can You Trust?

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With the Internet, health information is everywhere. That creates the health hooliganism that I talked about on Thursday. Everyone seems to be shouting that “This is good, that’s bad, and everyone who doesn’t agree with me (or us) has some form of hidden agenda.” It’s not just limited to the anti-something people. Scientists have joined together to start shouting their view about the sugar or food industry. How should you evaluate who’s saying what? Here’s what I do.

I check to see if the person has the background they claim to have. Do they . . .

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Science Hooligans

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Seth Godin is an original Internet marketer and entrepreneur whose books and blog I really enjoy. His post from Monday articulately identified the problem that exists in the health field today, and I urge you to read it in its entirety (1).

This past weekend in Peoria, I was answering someone’s question about soy when another person began to give his opinion on the topic. It wasn’t related to soy itself but rather GMOs, another hot topic in health. Sometimes I can’t slough off a challenge without a response, but . . .

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