Many people claim that raw food preserves the nutritious value and natural enzymes of food and that, by cooking food, you are killing the food. Eating “dead food” is not good for your health. But, is this true? […]
Just about all the plants and animals that you think of as food have been extensively cultivated over centuries, or even thousands of years by human ingenuity. How much cultivation is required before food no longer considered natural? Is any amount okay? […]
Often, the assurance that these things are true—that our food is safe, etcetera—is covered by calling something “natural,” as if being all natural automatically comes will these virtues. But, is that true and what does it really mean to be natural? And, should we avoid food that is not natural? […]
Increase In Supplement Poisonings. Current supplement regulations in the US (and many countries) are overtly anti-consumer and pro-industry, and are the direct result of aggressive industry lobbying and having powerful senators in their pocket. The rise in calls to poison control for supplements are just one manifestation of this situation. […]
Are you guilty of using any of these logical fallacies? Learn more with Professor Steven Novella in Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking […]
Why do people believe that vaccines cause autism? Where did this myth originate, and why has it spread as truth? […]
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