Maybe I should just blog more!
Welcome back! It's been quite a few months. There's been some major PT for my leg which means less streamline lifestyle for now. But I'm trying to focus on the positive. I'm learning Danish. And I can only imagine it will be very helpful when I tell Danish librarians, "I er ikke mine rigtige forældre! Hvorfor er min haj i ændernes svømmebassin?" (Yes, those are sentences from my lessons.)
This is a short entry, but I thought I'd chime in because we're finally seeing some true social media backlash on a lot of the crap I've written about in the past. And now it's centered squarely on the Food Babe.
Aside from the latest piece which was shared worldwide, it's not like people haven't already been criticizing her in the media and on campuses.
And it's been fun to see. In fact, go check out #foodbabefacts on twitter.
Insist on 100% organic, unrefined glucose in your IV drip or refuse medical treatment. #FoodBabeFacts
— Mike Chudzinski (@MGmikcs) April 10, 2015
Oxygen causes radical formation and these are known to be associated with eventual death from something. Ban this toxic gas. #FoodBabeFacts
— Mark (@NE14NaCl_aq) April 10, 2015
I'm not saying you can't be skeptical about what might be in food, but please...I say this as a librarian....DO SOME PROPER RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!!
I'm flabbergasted that we allow such inanity in our discourse about health and wellness. You know, Food Babe, there's been quite a lot of research out there on health literacy. It's been a concern for decades. It's not about scaring folks into believing we're all being poisoned. It's about learning to handle information to turn it into proper knowledge.
I would suggest you might visit your local library soon. You might actually learn something.
Share information, everyone. Just do it wisely.
The Streamlined Ska Librarian Babe. (Now I just need my own army...)
References:
“Food Babe Visits My University | Illumination.” Accessed April 10, 2015. http://kfolta.blogspot.com/2014/10/food-babe-visits-my-university.html.
“Is The Food Babe A Fearmonger? Scientists Are Speaking Out : The Salt : NPR.” Accessed April 10, 2015. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/04/364745790/food-babe-or-fear-babe-as-activist-s-profile-grows-so-do-her-critics.
“The ‘Food Babe’ Blogger Is Full of Shit.” Accessed April 10, 2015. http://gawker.com/the-food-babe-blogger-is-full-of-shit-1694902226.
Nutbeam, Don. Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century Health Promot. Int. (2000) 15 (3): 259-267 doi:10.1093/heapro/15.3.259
Nutbeam, Don. Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century Health Promot. Int. (2000) 15 (3): 259-267 doi:10.1093/heapro/15.3.259
