ipl-logo

Chapter Summary: The Nonsense Du Jour

587 Words3 Pages

Another thing I learned was in chapter 6 titled The Nonsense Du Jour. Here it is discussed that the scientific evidence or reasoning nutritionists use is cherry picked and can’t be seen as accurate. This is true when I see the connection Michael Van Straten (Goldacre, 88) makes between aging and pomegranate juice. Claim made was pomegranate juice before and after plastic surgery helps heal faster. Taking this claim the idea of pomegranate juice reducing wrinkles and aging came to be. Going to Medline (Goldacre, 89) no data on this provided. A simple observation on a small group lead to a general application of a new function of it. The reason for doing this is to create a market for themselves. The author proceeds to explain that research may not be flawed but it is the interpretation of the nutritionist of the research. This is brought up by an experiment he conducted consisting of people with different lifestyles …show more content…

It was believed even by the government. Initially the drugs actually worsened people 's conditions even more. “In the mid-2005 at least 85 percent of HIV positive people who needed antiretroviral drugs were still refused them” (Goldacre, 137). The health minister would go on to television and downplay the benefits of the drug and advocated the benefits of good nutrition (Goldacre, 137). The minister advocated the consumption of products that they produce and not drugs produced outside that would help people with HIV and attempt to prevent the spreading. Foods such as African potato, garlic, and beetroot were consumed. In fact, the African potato caused patients with AIDS to develop bone marrow suppression and a drop in CD4 blood count very quickly (Goldacre, 138). The denial of the need for the drugs leads to death of millions and the large expansion of the

Show More
Related
1496 Words | 6 Pages

Anand Sundaram Professor George Bishop USE2307: HIV/AIDS – From Microbes to Nations 6th February, 2015 Book Review: The Invisible Cure by Helen Epstein Helen Epstein’s book “The Invisible Cure: Africa, The West and the Fight Against AIDS” is a powerful account of the AIDS epidemic that has hit hardest in Africa. Epstein is a scientist-turned-writer who merges 15 years of personal observations with scientific reasoning to explain the spread of HIV/AIDS in the continent. She explains why the battle against the disease has been so challenging in Africa in spite of the investment of large amounts of effort and money. Giving the example of Uganda, Epstein argues that the solution may not align with what the proverbial Western World envisions, and that it must come from the Africans themselves.

Read More
533 Words | 3 Pages

Michael Pollan’s “Escape from the Western Diet,” is used to directly talk to Americans about the western diet and how he believes they should escape from it. His main point is that we should escape to avoid the harmful effects associated with it such as “western diseases” (Pollan, 420). Then he goes on to describes what Americans believe they should be eating and how they don’t even seem to care. They are nutritionist with their theories, the food industry supporting the theories by new healthy products, and the health industry reaping the reward by making medication to support those same theories. For Americans to escape this diet, they must get the idea of it out of their heads.

Read More
717 Words | 3 Pages

In turn, he provides his own rules for escaping the western diet as well as the idea of nutritionist set forth by scientists.   Then Pollan explains that scientific theories of nutritionist focus on individual nutrients rather than foods as a whole. He further goes on to refute this claim mentioning that these scientific theories contradict with one another. Pollan explains “the scientists who blame our health problems on deficiencies of [micronutrients] are not the same scientists who see a sugar soaked diet leading to metabolic syndrome and from there to diabetes, heart disease…” (Pollan, 421).

Read More
609 Words | 3 Pages

I finally landed a Diet Tech position, which has provided a wealth of knowledge in the area of clinical nutrition. While working in the clinical setting, I have discovered my love for medical nutrition therapy. Here, I feel that I truly contribute to a piece of the puzzle in helping a patient achieve or meet their health goals. This gives me validation to why I chose to become a nutrition professional and someday, a

Read More
1218 Words | 5 Pages

This appeals to our physiological needs because naturally, humans need to eat food and to hear from a professional that there are other influences outside of food that are giving cause to the obesity crisis gives Americans a slight sigh of relief when it comes to the degree of toxicity of our foods. Furthermore, that people eat a more wholesome diet versus those that do not, tend to be healthier than that live on fast and processed foods,there are also stark differences to recognize between these classes that should be taken into account as well such as the tendency to engage in exercise, air quality, and other health considerations such as smoking and

Read More
204 Words | 1 Pages

Wall Street Journal Diction Analysis Gautam Naik, the author of Weight Gain Among Children Liked to Use of Antibiotics, is not so expressive when it comes to this article. Naik is still able to produce an informative and factual type of tone. Since this article talks about a scientific study on human children, the author cannot sugar coat what he is trying to say because it might imply false information to the audience. If the author changed any little sentence into an expression, they might not be able to receive the message that they were intended to receive.

Read More
328 Words | 2 Pages

Also, during the colonization of Africa many Africans died from foreign diseases such as in the Martian Chronicles pg.74 of -And The Moon Be Still As Bright “What did the die they die of” Spender asked… Hathaway simply said “Chicken

Read More
475 Words | 2 Pages

He gives an explanation of nutritionism is “decidedly unscientific things” (19) and studying nutrients is “the only thing [nutritional scientists] can do” (62). He explains in detail that the nutrient content of the food depends on the different soil. Different food has so many nutrition, each food has many functions to aid to build the human body stronger. The author reminds us that in nutrition science, much is still a theory and most encouragements need to improve. Also, nutrition science has usually put more of its energies into the idea that the problems it studies are the result of too much of a bad thing instead of too little of a good

Read More
1040 Words | 5 Pages

By quoting food experts, each notion of food appears credible, logical and well researched, whilst proceeding in a consistent

Read More
569 Words | 3 Pages

These diseases harmed all who were diagnosed by it, and wiped out a countless number of the Indian population. Though these diseases did bring lots of death and loss in population, the discovery of certain crops created a stronger impact on the world than deaths of others by disease. The American’s had given crops from the New World like squash, potatoes, and tomatoes to the Europeans from the Old World who had been unfamiliar with these newly exchanged items. For example, potatoes were a crop in which Americans felt were a necessity to always have, and decided to share with this with the Europeans. Soon enough the potatoes traveled and reached Ireland.

Read More
1385 Words | 6 Pages

The AIDS epidemic began in the 1980’s and the effects of it were seen all around the globe. Each country led their own unique approach to preventing and curing AIDS, and some strategies worked better than others. The Australian response to AIDS can be considered world leading due to their multifaceted approach against the disease. Australia was successful in educating all people while simultaneously researching ways to cure the disease. Australia made a concerted effort to fight the both the physical disease itself, as well as the social stigma associated with it.

Read More
705 Words | 3 Pages

The commonly accepted explanation of the origin of AIDS is that the disease came from chimpanzees who were carrying Simmian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV). SIV is very similar in many aspects to HIV and these similarities led to SIV being accepted as a predecessor to HIV. The first AIDS strain, L70 was identified in 1959 in the Belgian Congo. It is though that the first human to contract AIDs became infected when they were cleaning bushmeat to eat. The infected person then spread the disease through the expulsion of their bodily fluids.

Read More
615 Words | 3 Pages

Roger and Mimi most likely turned to using drugs as an outlet and to forget the struggles they are facing. Those infected with HIV/AIDS were more likely to abuse drugs because there was easy access to drugs during this time period (Okaalet 144). Drug users would spread the disease unknowingly by sharing needles with contaminated blood on it. HIV/AIDS was also spread through unprotected sex, but was more common with men (Biggar 221-222). More use of drugs while infected would even further infect a person (Okaalet 142).

Read More
817 Words | 4 Pages

Nutrition Topic: Nutrition Organization: Topically Specific Purpose: To inform my audience the importance of proper nutrition I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getter: Did you know that more than two thirds of adults are considered to be overweight or obese in the United States? If obesity rates stay consistent, about 51% of the population by the year 2030 will be obese.

Read More
1054 Words | 5 Pages

Personal statement of dietetics program I had not cared about what diet I had until I suffered from slower growth than usual population in secondary school. I also learn that the diets of people are getting worse and then it leads to chronic diseases, especially obesity has been significantly increasing since the fast-food culture became popular. These issues excite me to find ways combating the diseases and illness through nutrition, a natural way to remedy the diseases. Trying to participate in nutrition consultation to people, I find myself passionate to help and find it crucially important to become a dietician. Becoming a dietician could be very challenging as it involves nutrition and medical therapy.

Read More

More about Chapter Summary: The Nonsense Du Jour

Related Topics

Open Document