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Debunk Misleading

The Four-Week Gut Reset Changes Sixteen Things At Once And Credits The One With The Weakest Evidence

On 28 August 2026, The Times published Michael Odell's first-person account of four weeks on "the reset," a programme by the nutritionist Rose Ferguson, sold alongside her book:

Sep 1

Debunk Misleading

The Walnut Longevity Numbers In This Headline Come From Two Different Versions Of The Same Study

In August 2026, the longevity site Super Age ran this headline:

Snacking on Walnuts 5 Times Per Week Cuts Mortality By 14% and Boosts Cognitive Health

The body:

Aug 28

Debunk False

Spinach is not a meaningful source of iodine, and iodine does not clog pores

An Instagram Reel caption from the account skinbyblair tells people with acne to look at their salad:

Aug 27

Debunk False

Water does not store information or respond to human emotion

H2O: The Intelligence of Water, released to streaming in April 2025, is marketed on this premise:

Aug 25

Debunk Misleading

The tinned fish brain-health case rests on citations that do not support it

In August 2026, Real Simple ran a piece by Christina Manian, RDN, headlined "We Asked 3 Registered Dietitians to Name the Best Snack for Brain Health—They All Picked the Same One." The answer:

Aug 20

News · Repackaged

Adrenal fatigue was named in 1998 by the man who still sells the cure

Nutrition For Mortals traced the diagnosis back to the naturopath who named it. We followed the trail forward — his storefront still lists nine adrenal products, and the 80% figure influencers quote traces to his own book, not to a study.

Aug 6

Debunk Misleading

Anti-sugar warnings are just “food anxiety” — and aspartame has no health risks

"Anti-sugar warnings are just 'food anxiety,' and artificial sweeteners like aspartame have no health risks."

Aug 5

Debunk Misleading

Apple cider vinegar melts belly fat — drink it before every meal

Apple cider vinegar melts belly fat and you should drink it before every meal

Aug 5

Debunk Misleading

Plant-based milks wreak havoc on toddlers’ health — so make formula from raw milk instead

Most of the nutrition in this article is defensible. That is what makes it worth examining, and it is why this gets a D rather than an E.

Jul 25

News · Repackaged

Harvard asked whether seed oils are harmful. The answer needs one asterisk

The mainstream position on seed oils is well supported. It is also being defended slightly more confidently than the evidence warrants — and some of the reassurance is soy-industry funded.

Jul 25

Debunk Mixed / Unproven

The Sleepy Girl Mocktail is a science-backed sleep aid

We expected to grade this one B.

Jul 25

Debunk Misleading

Seed oils are toxic industrial sludge — and avoiding them prevents sunburn

The case against seed oils arrives as one claim but is really three, and they are not equally wrong.

Jul 25

News · Repackaged

Consumer Reports found lead and cadmium in dark chocolate. Here's what the numbers mean

A viral panic that tracked real lab testing. The measurements hold up; the threshold they're measured against has a strange history worth knowing.

Jul 25

News · Repackaged

Shriners Children's is warning about the molten sugar trend for a second year

A hospital repeating a burn warning a year later is a different signal from a hospital issuing one. The mechanism, and the baseline it sits on top of.

Jul 25

News · Original

The injury ledger: viral food trends that put people in hospital

Molten sugar, unguarded blades, dry hydrocolloids and undiluted stimulants. What sends people to emergency departments is rarely the nutrition — it's the technique.

Jul 25

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