Read This, Not That: The Hidden Cost of Nutrition Misinformation—Asterisk

Our daily lives are inundated with misleading claims about nutrition. That’s not just distracting — it’s also harming our health.

Read This, Not That: The Hidden Cost of Nutrition Misinformation—Asterisk Our daily lives are inundated with misleading claims about nutrition. That’s not just distracting — it’s also harming our health. “Things all came crashing down when I got a blister on the bottom of my foot that didn’t heal,” David explained. 1 “It put me in the hospital in danger of losing my foot.” David had spent the last nine years treating his Type 2 diabetes with a low-fat vegan diet, on the advice of a doctor who authored a popular diet book. As part of this doctor’s program, David was told that diet is the best t

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