# Yet another bimbo "wellness" blogger found to be a fraud **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 18, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331 "2015-03-18T22:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/81 "2015-03-20T15:25:48Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Good idea. My singing could probably make water curdle. Not curdle, crystalize. ---
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/82 "2015-03-20T15:47:15Z")
Whatever. I don’t have time for trolls. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/83 "2015-03-20T15:48:32Z")
> [@get\_lives](#): > > Whatever. I don’t have time for trolls. Stick around, we do. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/84 "2015-03-20T15:51:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Not curdle, crystalize. My singing is bad enough to make it defy the laws of physics and curdle. Ask my toddler. I can use my singing along with a song playing in the car to keep her from napping in the car- she yells NO when I sing along with a song that is playing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/85 "2015-03-20T16:04:07Z")
> [@get\_lives](#): > > Whatever. I don’t have time for trolls. Says the person who entered the thread insulting everyone who doubted the mighty nutrition faddists. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/86 "2015-03-20T16:18:39Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Says the person who entered the thread insulting everyone who doubted the mighty nutrition faddists. If we weren’t already in the pit, he’d be whining that we should just pit him. That’s what he does when challenged. Well, I guess he’s always “challenged.” ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/87 "2015-03-20T16:20:55Z")
Journalists generally are not extremely scientifically literate. My problem with them isn’t the crap bloggers, it’s how they report real science results. Every new finding is give the breathless, finally the ultimate ANSWER treatment - which then leads to confusion when the next study finds something else. So you get the “eggs are good, no wait, they are bad, now they’re good again” type stuff that just confuses everyone and makes them cynical. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/88 "2015-03-20T16:21:17Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > My singing is bad enough to make it defy the laws of physics and curdle. Ask my toddler. I can use my singing along with a song playing in the car to keep her from napping in the car- she yells NO when I sing along with a song that is playing. You have a weapon to use against her when she’s a teenager. “Miss curfew and I’m coming to your school and singing in public!” Okay, I guess it wouldn’t matter how good a singer you were. Everyone could use that threat. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/89 "2015-03-20T16:38:33Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > You have a weapon to use against her when she’s a teenager. “Miss curfew and I’m coming to your school and singing in public!” > > Okay, I guess it wouldn’t matter how good a singer you were. Everyone could use that threat. I’ll do that, and wear Crocs and a geeky science T-shirt while doing it! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/90 "2015-03-20T16:45:32Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > I’ll do that, and wear Crocs and a geeky science T-shirt while doing it! The heart quails. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/91 "2015-03-20T17:13:25Z")
> [@get\_lives](#): > > Instead of asking for an impossible cite on that claim (because no such study exists, or ever will, probably), why not ask yourselves the incredibly hard question of “why”? If it’s true, what would that imply? So don’t concern yourself with IF something is true, but WHY it is true? I think you’ve missed a step. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/92 "2015-03-20T17:18:43Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > I’ll do that, and wear Crocs and a geeky science T-shirt while doing it! > [@jsgoddess](#): > > The heart quails. 😃 And she mentioned nothing about pants. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/93 "2015-03-20T17:41:39Z")
If Starbucks started offering coffee for both ends of their customers, what would they call it? How would you order it? ‘With a funnel?’ Would it be available iced? What’s Italian for ‘up the butt’? Actually, given their track record with the Italian language they’ll probably go with a phrase that means ‘in the ear’. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/94 "2015-03-20T18:48:51Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > If Starbucks started offering coffee for both ends of their customers, what would they call it? How would you order it? ‘With a funnel?’ Would it be available iced? **What’s Italian for ‘up the butt’?** Innuendo ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/95 "2015-03-20T18:52:52Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Innuendo That’s fucking funny!!! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/96 "2015-03-20T18:59:08Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > I’ll do that, and wear Crocs and a geeky science T-shirt while doing it! You’re gonna be a great Mom! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/97 "2015-03-20T19:11:12Z")
> [@get\_lives](#): > > See, here’s the problem with your type. You actually know very little about nutrition, much like those bloggers. And you’re loud and proud, too, like them. At least some of them recognize that there’s something severely wrong with the current allopathic model of medicine, which often ends up drugging and cutting instead of fixing things through lifestyle changes and education. Also, I’d bet a number of them (the more sincere) live quite a bit healthier than you do, and look and feel better as a result. > > debunking woo doesn’t get the fat off your butt, or you off your fat butt. LOL My doctor tells me to exercise more and to make certain changes to my diet. Actually all of the doctors I’ve seen have told me to do these things. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/98 "2015-03-20T19:39:33Z")
This is a great pitting. I had not heard of the Food Babe but she’s dreadful. I wish people paid less attention to all the completely wacky things getlives said. Also, is the OP allowed to link her blog in here? I’d like that link, if so. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/99 "2015-03-20T19:52:50Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Innuendo POINTS! (Your post literally made me LOL.) “I’d like a half-caf venti innuendo, no whip.” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331/100 "2015-03-20T19:56:57Z")
There’s problems at both extremes. The high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar diet is bad, but so are many fad diets, too. Debunking the opposition doesn’t automatically make one’s side right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-bimbo-wellness-blogger-found-to-be-a-fraud/715331.md?page=6)