4/1/25: April Fool's Day; BDA's Take on the Keto Diet; One Ingredient Cereal; Websites & Newsletter Worth Watching; Promo Code for Today's Dietitian Symposium
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The British Dietetic Association: The Keto Diet
Could butter and bacon be 'health foods'? - BDA
Weight loss…migraines…heart health…the role of the ketogenic diet where’s the research and what are the benefits and limitations?
One Ingredient Cereal?
“Only 1 ingredient…” This is single ingredient (corn) cereal was devised by UK retailer, Marks and Spencer (M&S), and is marketed with “no added nasties” (yeah, REALLY not a fan of that!) but it also has no added enrichment or fortification package so that means no added vitamins, e.g. B vitamins like riboflavin (for RFK Jr’s benefit, that’s pronounced RYE-BOW-FLAY-VIN) or minerals like iron. “…The M&S innovations are clearly a response to growing demand from shoppers for minimally processed foods.
Are M&S's one-ingredient corn flakes really any healthier? | The Grocer
LinkedIn: "Between Nuts and Food Additives: The Labyrinth of Nutrition"
by Marcia Terra (IFIC)
“…Yes, we do overconsume ready-made food. But is the problem really the food—or what we’ve done with our relationship to it? Is the enemy really the emulsifier... or is it exhaustion, rush, loneliness, or disconnection from our bodies? I love that saying: “Every complex problem has a simple, elegant, and completely wrong solution.” And that’s precisely what the UPF narrative has become: a comforting mantra that excuses us from thinking about what really matters while criminalizing foods that, quite literally, nourish us….
Maybe it’s time we let go of this need for clear-cut villains, neatly packaged culprits, and capital-letter truths. Perhaps we should treat food with the same elegance we should treat life itself: with nuance, with care, with critical thinking—and, once in a while, with a cream-filled cookie. Yes, with additives. And no guilt. Because honestly, this idea that anything not harvested at 6 a.m. from a regenerative farm will kill us... is getting hard to digest. And oversimplifying the complex is not only dangerous—it’s also terribly "ultra-passed."
Website Worth Watching
FoodFacts.org | Reliable, Science-Backed Food Insights & Misinformation Busters
Check out some of their recent articles, opinion pieces and fact-checks:
The Belle Gibson Scandal: How Wellness Misinformation Endangers Public Health
What is collagen and should you be supplementing it?
Yes, Folic Acid is Synthetic, But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Harming Your Child’s Behaviour.
Newsletter Worth Watching
The Grocery Edit by Canadian RD Brittany Raftis