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Nutritionism

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Nutritionism is a paradigm that assumes that it is the scientifically identified nutrients in foods that determine the value of individual food stuffs in the diet. [1]

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Ben Goldacre

Ben Michael Goldacre (born 20 May 1974) is a British physician, academic and science writer.

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Diet (nutrition)

In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.

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Food science

Food science is the applied science devoted to the study of food.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public.

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List of diets

An individual's diet is the sum of food and drink that he or she habitually consumes.

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Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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Nutrient

A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce.

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Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy (from Greek ὀρθοδοξία orthodoxía "right opinion") is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion.

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Paradigm

In science and philosophy, a paradigm is a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitutes legitimate contributions to a field.

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Reductionism

Reductionism is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena.

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Scurvy

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thiamine deficiency

Thiamine deficiency is a medical condition of low levels of thiamine (vitamin B1).

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Vitamin

A vitamin is an organic molecule (or related set of molecules) which is an essential micronutrient - that is, a substance which an organism needs in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism - but cannot synthesize it (either at all, or in sufficient quantities), and therefore it must be obtained through the diet.

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Western world

The Western world refers to various nations depending on the context, most often including at least part of Europe and the Americas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritionism

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