The online food fighters
The people taking on misinformation about food and nutrition on social media
The Food Chain · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Social media is full of fake news about food.
Fad diets, cure-all superfoods, demonised ingredients, made-up health scares – you’re never more than a few clicks away from unreliable nutritional information.
In this episode, Ruth Alexander meets two people trying to take on those who peddle the food myths. What is it like getting into an online food fight; can an individual ever hope to change people’s minds; and why would anyone even try?
(Picture: Hand holding cream pie on man's face. Credit: Getty/BBC) Producer: Sarah Stolarz
Contributors:
Dr Joshua Wolrich, NHS doctor, nutritionist and author
Erin aka Food Science Babe, chemical engineer and food scientist