From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 15:58:32 MDT
gts wrote,
> If you want to see circular logic, Harvey, then look to those who
> rely only on nutrition science to explain the facts.
You are obviously talking to the wrong kind of nutritional scientists. I
have never heard of any "scientists" who uses the circular logic you
describe. You are correct in your refutation of that pseudo-science. My
only confusion is why you project that on modern nutritional scientists and
studies.
> Paleodiet theory answers the question with a true explanation.
> The paleodiet
> theorist explains: "Fruits and vegetables are good for human
> health because
> they contain substances, some discovered and probably also some as yet
> undiscovered, to which the human genome became adapted over millions of
> years of evolution. Our friends the nutritionists can supply us with a
> description of the known biological mechanisms of some of those
> adaptations,
> and those descriptions are certainly very useful, but that is all they can
> do. They cannot in the end tell us *why* these plant substances
> are good for human health."
A basic description of evolution. I see no contradiction between it and
"nutritional science" as you seem to. I totally agree with evolution and
with modern nutritional science. I see no contradiction between them.
Surprisingly, I also don't dispute most of your examples of bad science,
because I agree they are bad science. I just don't see scientists doing
what you claim. I still don't believe the Food Pyramid and the Basic Four
food groups represent scientists. I still believe they are marketing tools
invented by various industries. I don't see nutritional scientists using
pseudo-science and false logic as you seem to claim. And while I agree that
the simplified level of nutrition filtering down to the sound-bite world of
mass consumptions seems to be producing contradicting sound-bites, I rarely
see massive disagreement between mainstream scientists as you seem to think
is occurring constantly. Nutritional science is a basic branch of
biochemistry that is growing, adapting, and discovering more knowledge all
the time. It is not a pseudoscience, false science or misleading science in
any way. Biochemistry and Human Medicine are probably the most advanced
sciences on earth, with the most research dollars, and the fastest knowledge
doubling time than most fields.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
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