FromĀ The Atlantic: The science of nutrition and healthy eating is not complicated and has remained relatively consistent for the past several years. However, the demand for constant novelty in journalism leaders writers and publishers to focus on science narratives that upend conventional wisdom, which often depict nutritional research as inconsistent and contradictory.
“…If new research doesnāt change or challenge the way readers think about the world, why is it a story worth publishing? Eggs are in, and now theyāre gone. Butter? Itās back. Every six weeks,Ā The New York TimesĀ is legally obligated to tell us either that breakfastĀ isn’t importantĀ or that skipping it causesĀ death.
The effect of all this, day after day, year after year, is a perception that all kinds of contradictory evidence is coming up every dayāand that each bit is roughly equally valid.”
