When you are told to "trust the science" remember that the science told us that bread and pasta should be the #1 component of our diets. This was taught at schools for decades.

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One can read about the history of nutritional science, here, about food pyramids, here, about the history of nutrition guides, here, about the history and development of science, here, and about the USDA, here. Are there problems with the history and development of science, nutritional science, and government agencies? Yes. Are those problems due to science? Not necessarily. It's simple: we know more about nutrition because of science. More importantly: if we do not want to trust scientific research, who do we want to trust? The church pastor? An authoritarian politician? A corporation? Political action committee funded websites?

[–]ShalomEveryone 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

who do we want to trust?

Memes, duh!