Why is Nutrition so Commercialized?



Why is the field of nutrition often more about marketing products than educating people about the fundamentals of healthy eating?

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This is part of my extended video series on the reductionist trap. See, for example, Reductionism and the Deficiency Mentality (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reduc...). Previous videos that touch on the topic include on Industry Response to Plants Not Pills (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/indus...) and Is the Fiber Theory Wrong? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-th...).

The Five to One Fiber Rule (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-f...) still holds, though, since itâ??s an indication of how heavily processed a product is.

There are two sides to the intellectual property argument when it comes to food. I explore both in Plants as Intellectual Property â?? Patently Wrong? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant...).

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