Heard of the @TrueHealthINIT? Having a #NewAge guru like Deepak Chopra on its Council should already be enough to dismiss the entire affair as problematic. But it's worse than that.
🧵 1/n truehealthinitiative.org/council_member…
If you're new to Chopra's bizarre 🌈🦄 ideas and need a flavour, read this:
2/n
washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sh…
I suppose it may explain some of the weirdness that can be found on the THI website. Example:
3/n
Now combine this mumbo jumbo with the THI membership of scientists from prestigious universities. Harvard's Walter Willett, designer of EAT's near-vegetarian "Planetary Health Diet", is even on the THI Board:
4/n
And then check out the very questionable background of THI's founder David Katz, and start wondering where all of this is coming from and where it is going.
5/n retractionwatch.com/2015/11/20/yal…
With Katz in charge, does the below come as a surprise? Rita Rubin's article on the THI crusade (led by Willett & Katz) against NutriRECS should be obligatory reading for all people interested in the ideological takeover of the dietary sciences.
6/n tamus.edu/wp-content/upl…
Interesting also that THI embraces a New Age charlatan but finds it ok to criticize the scientific position of NutriRECS (a consortium advocating evidence-based approaches to dietary recommendations), just because they didn't like their stance on meat.
7/n pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31569235/
And that THI went on to accuse the NutriRECS authors of "conflicts of interest". Read Rubin's article (see above) for some "pot vs kettle", but also check the overview of THI's partners. Nothing to see here?
8/n
truehealthinitiative.org/thi_partners/
More on Katz & THI here (by @bigfatsurprise)
9/n
ninateicholz.com/my-debate-with…

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