Quackery


Recognizing The Quack

Beware of promoters who profess the following without scientific evidence:

  1. Particular food can cure specific diseases.
  2. Many harmful food should be eliminated from your diet.
  3. Only natural food should be eaten.
  4. Modern processing methods strip the nutritional value from food.
  5. Sugar is a deadly poison.
  6. Stress greatly increases your need for nutriments.

Food Fads are irresistible to many… let the buyer beware!

 


Can You Spot A Quack?

Quacks are people who exaggerate health claims. By following  quack advice you can lose considerable money and damage your health.

They use testimonials and anecdotes to support they claims.

They promise quick , dramatic, miraculous cure.

They say that most diseases is caused by faulty diets and can be treated with nutritional methods.

In the literature they use or write they cite few  scientific  studies to support the product or claims.

Claim that natural vitamins are better than synthetic ones.

They tell you not to trust the medical community.

They claim that  modern food processing methods and storages  remove all nutriment value from foods.

They recommend that everyone take vitamins and health foods becouse diet alone does not supply the nutriments.

Unsounds nutritions claims enter your world daily through radio, television, newspaper  books and magazine.

Organically grown produce?

Natural Food?

Are there true health foods?

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2012/09/little-evidence-of-health-benefits-from-organic-foods-study-finds.html

http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/organic-food-no-more-nutritious-than-conventionally-grown-food-201209055264