Comments on: Natural Disasters, Corporate Nutrition and the Confusopoly of Diet http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:52:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Claire http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition.html#comment-5811 Claire Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:03:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition-and-the-confusopoly-of-diet.html#comment-5811 Neither high street health food emporia nor media nutritionists seem to have much to say about the carbon footprint involved in air-freighting exotic 'superfruits' or indeed plant species to be consumed as supplements. Perhaps 'greeniness' should also go into the lexicon. Neither high street health food emporia nor media nutritionists seem to have much to say about the carbon footprint involved in air-freighting exotic ’superfruits’ or indeed plant species to be consumed as supplements. Perhaps ‘greeniness’ should also go into the lexicon.

]]> By: le canard noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition.html#comment-5807 le canard noir Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:31:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition-and-the-confusopoly-of-diet.html#comment-5807 Yes, truthiness is such a good word.<br/><br/>I would like to coin 'probitiness', as in 'the probitiness of the Society of Homeopaths'. I think this could well apply to most 'regulators' of alternative medicine. Yes, truthiness is such a good word.

I would like to coin ‘probitiness’, as in ‘the probitiness of the Society of Homeopaths’. I think this could well apply to most ‘regulators’ of alternative medicine.

]]> By: BadlyShavedMonkey http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition.html#comment-5806 BadlyShavedMonkey Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition-and-the-confusopoly-of-diet.html#comment-5806 Of course there is this weird overlap where the anti-Pharma, anti-vaxer, knit-your-own-yoghurt types are stuffing these supplements down their neck while writing their bile-flecked anti-medical blogs.<br/><br/>The common denominator for this group is the visceral appeal of pseudoscience. The scienciness of food supplements matches the scienciness of homeopathy etc.<br/><br/>Scienciness must be the unholy offspring from cross-fertilising of 'truthiness' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness) and pseudoscience. Of course there is this weird overlap where the anti-Pharma, anti-vaxer, knit-your-own-yoghurt types are stuffing these supplements down their neck while writing their bile-flecked anti-medical blogs.

The common denominator for this group is the visceral appeal of pseudoscience. The scienciness of food supplements matches the scienciness of homeopathy etc.

Scienciness must be the unholy offspring from cross-fertilising of ‘truthiness’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness) and pseudoscience.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition.html#comment-5805 Anonymous Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:50:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/natural-disasters-corporate-nutrition-and-the-confusopoly-of-diet.html#comment-5805 "silence of the yams"<br/>"silent spring onions"<br/><br/>Grin grin grin. (really!) “silence of the yams”
“silent spring onions”

Grin grin grin. (really!)

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