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I had an egg for breakfast. It was difficult to decide how to cook it.
I beat the egg with a knob of butter and a dessertspoonful of sugar, stirred in some flour, ginger, and a dollop of homemade orange jam (75% whole orange), and microwaved it for 3 minutes.

Yes, I had ginger-and-orange #cake for breakfast.

It was nutritionally equivalent to a boiled egg with soldiers followed by toast and marmalade, no?

Apart from the ginger. If I get fatter, the problem is the ginger.

#NutJobScienceCom

Public/media claims: "Nuts are anti-inflammatory".

Actual research statement (e.g.): "when substituted for potato chips".

Communication framing: neglects to mention that potato chips need not be replaced by nuts!

Put simply, foods that are better than terrible foods are not excellent choices.

#Food #Diet #Nutrition #ScienceCommunication #SciCom #Research #Dietetics #Claims

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

“Newly released documents show [the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics] an influential group that helps shape US food policy and steers consumers toward nutritional products has financial ties to the world’s largest processed food companies and has been controlled by former industry employees who have worked for companies like Monsanto” theguardian.com/science/2022/d #dietetics #Dietician #health #corruption

The GuardianRevealed: group shaping US nutrition receives millions from big food industryBy Tom Perkins