Eating is necessary for survival. This is obvious. What is not so obvious these days is what we, as humans, should be eating. Book stores have entire sections devoted to diet, physicians and dieticians have conflicting recommendations on how we should eat, and popular memes that spread quickly across the internet inundate us with mixed (and often false) messages regarding food and health.
As an anthropologist, I have a particular interest in the cultural constructs of food and nutrition. More specifically, I am intrigued by the apparent lack of critical thinking that exists regarding these topics. Having worked in the health, wellness, and medical fields for the past 10 years, I have witnessed the consequences of this lack of critical thinking first hand. I have encountered so many people who held so many differing beliefs about what they should and shouldn't put in their bodies. Everything from eating exclusively raw food diets, to purposely avoiding anything that contains even one ingredient that's hard to pronounce.
Many of these beliefs are pure nonsense, and are not based on any scientific or evidence-based research. My reason for starting this blog is to review some of these beliefs, and other misconceptions regarding diet, supplements, food science, health, and anything else related to these topics. My hope is to provide a rational response to some of the more irrational claims being made about the things we consume.
