It may not be news, but it is worth reminding ourselves that bad eating habits are a leading cause of disease, disability and death in the U.S. Why do we develop such habits?
One reason is the slick marketing and misleading information peddled by food and beverage companies.
An answer comes from Jacqueline Alnes, an assistant professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania.
In “The Fruit Cure,” she recounts how she became devoted to two YouTube personalities preaching the value of a daily diet primarily composed of raw fruit.
It’s an engaging story in itself, though not without flaws, and it illuminates the ways in which quackery—so common in the premodern era of medicine—is alive and well in the 21st century.
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U.S, West Chester University in Pennsylvania