Vani Hari, known from her blog as “Food Babe” is speaking out against unhealthy things in our food. Awesome, right? However, people with real credentials (Hari is primarily trained in computer science) and real knowledge on food (doctors, food scientists, nutritionists, etc.) have been openly criticizing her manipulation of the truth to create fear in her followers as well as massive contributions to her bank account. By collecting speaking fees and advertising for various non-GMO and similar organizations on her website, she has made her Food Babe title a full time career.
Although it’s great that Hari’s efforts have caused Kraft to remove their artificial orange coloring from their mac n cheese and Subway to do away with a common bread additive, I fear that someone with few credentials and a very clear profit motive may seriously impede other food movements. If we only focus on small additives in foods that we really shouldn’t be eating anyway, we will be distracted from the bigger picture. We will forget about the advertising that has created an obesity epidemic. We will ignore the unfair economics that are causing small farmers to go bankrupt. We will lose focus from the obscene pollution that comes from factory farming.
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