News: superfoods
Nutritional primitivism in superfoods books and maca marketing: New research
Recent research by Adelaide Food Values Research Group's Dr Jessica Loyer and University of Edinbugh's Dr Christine Knight looks at the role of "nutritional primitivism" in selling "superfoods" such as Andean maca.
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Does Nutrition Science (Mis)Inform Our Diets?
We are constantly receiving information on nutrition and food from scientists, government, media, marketers, and our friends and family. But still many of us make poor dietary decisions and fall for diet trends like Paleo, gluten free or superfoods. Does this onslaught of nutrition information (mis)inform our dietary practices?
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The Conversation article
Smoothies as Talismans: The Allure of Superfoods and the Dangers of Nutritional Primitivism
Seminar - February 2016
Nutritional Primitivism and Superfoods: Between Commodification and Critique/Media, Nostalgia and the New Food Industries
