On nutrition

Michele Vadora
Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read

Nutrition it’s a special science. Unlike physics and maths, it feels that there’s no real rule or truth. It’s controversial, blurry and weird to the eyes of a rational person living in an era where one can instantly find all answers to non-metaphysical issues.

Milk was good for your bones when you were a child, then you grow up and you read it’s not good anymore… what do you believe?

It’s like if the science is being pushed and pulled by all sorts of forces at once: research, cultural heritage, interest groups, the food industry, the pharma industry, your grandmother…

I guess the truth is that it’s difficult to single out cause and effect during studies, we can find correlations but not necessarily causality. Because of that we still know relatively little about nutrition, and because of that all possible grey areas are attacked and occupied by opinionated statements.

It’s emotional and almost political. The most common outcome of a discussion on nutrition is this: “at the end of the day one needs to find a balance, eating a bit of everything, without tapping into the extremes”…a compromise… and everyone agrees. “Next topic?”.

It’s too easy. I don’t believe it. There should be an optimum somewhere. And when we’ll find it we’ll be able to take emotions out of the equations and finally start making an impact on the majorities.

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Michele Vadora

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Business developer & intrapreneur. Witnessing the exciting transition towards clean energy from a privileged position.