Propaganda

Let’s conduct an experiment. An internet mad-lib, if you will. Once upon a time, James Altucher wrote an influential book called Choose Yourself, encouraging people’s inner entrepreneurs. One of the central lessons of the book is “your boss hates you.” Over the years, he has compiled a long-running list of reasons why. Now, let’s switch […]

The problem with the idea of “fake news” is that it gives us this idea that it’s a simple fix–stop reporting wrong facts–instead of something much deeper. And yet, people (publications especially), like to pat themselves on the back because they’re not “the other guys:” Science in its current state isn’t exactly keeping us safe […]

The last Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America conference I attended…it must have been 15 years ago. I did attend a CCFA nutrition education session a year ago which was straight-up doctors office propaganda, as expected. I doubt much has changed, but I’m interested nonetheless. These events are always good for meeting people. 2017 Crohn’s […]

  While “Big Soda” might be a bit of a simplification (the problems with nutrition-legislation are much more widespread), research funded by sugar begets sugar propaganda: Those promoting Big Soda’s view of nutrition consistently claim that chronic disease is “complicated.” Is this true? While all human diseases are “complex” in the sense that they involve detailed and […]