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Gormy Cuss

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33. Have you seen independent corroboration of her claims?

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 10:39 AM

Jul 2016

Even I can see that she plays fast and loose with the facts, to wit:

Take, for example, Hari's campaign urging beer-makers to reveal the ingredients in their brews. Among the ingredients that concerned Hari was propylene glycol, a chemical used in antifreeze. But, as cancer surgeon and blogger David Gorski writes, the product used in some beers to stabilize foam is actually propylene glycol alginate — which is derived from kelp. "It is not the same chemical as propylene glycol, not even close. It is not antifreeze," he wrote.

I rarely agree with HuckleB on food fights but I do here. "Food babe" is at best a piss poor investigator, at worst a self-promoter whose idea of investigation is "whatever."

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Insufferable Food Babe Blogger Becomes Even More Insufferable (She's Pregnant)... [View all] HuckleB Jul 2016 OP

Yeah, honey, sex had nothing to do with it. Warpy Jul 2016 #1

Oh, fear sells! She has plenty for more than one nanny. HuckleB Jul 2016 #11

Nice, positive post. womanofthehills Jul 2016 #20

It is. Babies change your life Warpy Jul 2016 #29

Oh, but there's the organic, toxin-free pre-school fund. HuckleB Jul 2016 #30

Only one thing to say about that... Different Drummer Jul 2016 #2

I'm out of the loop. linuxman Jul 2016 #3

Because she works to scare people from perfectly good food in order to con them... HuckleB Jul 2016 #4

Total lie - she has been instrumental in removing food additives from the American diet womanofthehills Jul 2016 #5

Bwahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!! HuckleB Jul 2016 #6

All you ever have is the corporate funded shill site "sciencebased medicine" womanofthehills Jul 2016 #14

All you ever do is make baseless claims about good scientists. HuckleB Jul 2016 #15

Right wing site womanofthehills Jul 2016 #23

Wrong again. It's not ok to make such false portrayals. HuckleB Jul 2016 #24

A well-respected science-based site. HuckleB Jul 2016 #79

They better be freaked out, did you see where she got her degree from? snooper2 Jul 2016 #35

More Food Babe Quackery ... HuckleB Jul 2016 #8

Food Babe Is A Fraud... HuckleB Jul 2016 #10

Have you seen independent corroboration of her claims? Gormy Cuss Jul 2016 #33

I didn't realize she was such a quack until recently. randome Jul 2016 #38

You are not out of the loop. Some people on DU dislike people who recommend eating organically. womanofthehills Jul 2016 #12

ROFL! True progressives despise fear mongering con artists like the Food Babe. HuckleB Jul 2016 #13

So suggesting people eat healthy food has become "fear mongering" womanofthehills Jul 2016 #16

She's not suggesting people eat healthy food. HuckleB Jul 2016 #17

All your links are corporate womanofthehills Jul 2016 #19

No, they're not. They are, however, all scientifically literate. HuckleB Jul 2016 #21

Violenmetaphors.com - give me a break???? womanofthehills Jul 2016 #25

Why are you repeatedly making ludicrous, baseless attacks? HuckleB Jul 2016 #26

OMG she is a complete fucking idiot...You should research idiots before you defend them snooper2 Jul 2016 #36

OMG MadrasT Jul 2016 #47

OMG Kali Jul 2016 #54

Ugh PasadenaTrudy Jul 2016 #7

Actually, eating well when you are pregnant is better for your baby womanofthehills Jul 2016 #18

Acupuncture has nothing to do with eating well. HuckleB Jul 2016 #22

Yawn womanofthehills Jul 2016 #27

Whoops. You got caught, and you pretend it doesn't matter. HuckleB Jul 2016 #28

It's even better than that Orrex Jul 2016 #34

Bwahhahahah!!! Kali Jul 2016 #53

You know... Dr. Strange Jul 2016 #75

Meh. Del Taco, much better. n/t miyazaki Jul 2016 #9

has anyone ever eaten taco bell when not inebriated? Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #31

That is a big part of their business, I'm sure. HuckleB Jul 2016 #32

hey their crunchy tacos (add onions) aren't that bad! Kali Jul 2016 #55

I stopped eating anything like that around the same time I gave up booze. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #74

I love Taco Bell OriginalGeek Jul 2016 #78

She totally had some of that Taco Bell kcr Jul 2016 #37

LOL! My wife sent me to the store for these: HuckleB Jul 2016 #39

I sent mine to the store for an actual steak kcr Jul 2016 #42

Nice! HuckleB Jul 2016 #45

Nom, nom! Chopped and formed emulsified meat product! underahedgerow Jul 2016 #62

Yes, it does. HuckleB Jul 2016 #63

Is this like an MRA thing, but against healthy eating food bloggers? underahedgerow Jul 2016 #66

I'm merely noting one of the world's current scam artists. HuckleB Jul 2016 #69

I don't see how encouraging people to eat healthy, to actually LOOK at the ingredients in their underahedgerow Jul 2016 #40

That has nothing to do with the scams pushed by Food Babe. HuckleB Jul 2016 #41

So who is she hurting, by promoting a healthy eating lifestyle? Are you really worried about the underahedgerow Jul 2016 #43

She is not promoting a healthy eating lifestyle. HuckleB Jul 2016 #44

That's the type of 'ignorance' I can live with. OH MY GAWD she has ZUCCHINI RECIPES underahedgerow Jul 2016 #48

So you choose to ignore the mass of ignorance and unhealthy nonsense that she promotes. HuckleB Jul 2016 #49

But is she? Is Newt Gingrich doing a public service by Hortensis Jul 2016 #46

I might have to respectfully say that recipes and healthy lifestyle choices aren't exactly underahedgerow Jul 2016 #50

She's not "kinda cool." She's full of shit. Orrex Jul 2016 #51

I totally disagree. She has a lot of important information about the crap going into the food underahedgerow Jul 2016 #57

You seem to think that it's ok to promote a scam artist whose fictions are well known. HuckleB Jul 2016 #59

No, she's full of shit. Orrex Jul 2016 #61

If she was promoting healthy lifestyle choices, you might have a point. She is not. HuckleB Jul 2016 #52

No, she's not. Her information, for being a non-scientist, is pretty accurate. Sure, there's a few underahedgerow Jul 2016 #58

Not even close! Food Babe pushes nonsense regularly, and that has been shown. HuckleB Jul 2016 #60

And again I ask, what harm is she doing by raising awareness of the toxic crap being underahedgerow Jul 2016 #64

And, again, your red herring nonsense has been debunked, over and over again. HuckleB Jul 2016 #67

What scam? She found a niche, she provides good information and promotes healthy lifestyle underahedgerow Jul 2016 #71

Wow! You truly haven't bothered to read anything about the con artist in question. Nice confession. HuckleB Jul 2016 #72

To hell with you and your facts!!!!!1! Orrex Jul 2016 #68

Apparently. HuckleB Jul 2016 #70

I don't agree. Kali Jul 2016 #56

Great point REP Jul 2016 #65

I automatically ignore anyone who self-annoints themselves as some sort of "babe." GoCubsGo Jul 2016 #73

LOL. LisaM Jul 2016 #76

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