A well written and absolutely gripping & interesting tale, also discussed here at the time (including by the blog author) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1

A well written and absolutely gripping & interesting tale, also discussed here at the time (including by the blog author) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174912 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174912 and re-posted many times without as much ( https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=scott%20idlewords.com&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... ). Particularly striking was how concurrent innovations like copper tools, steam boats, and milk pasteurization derailed only partially developed scurvy theory. One wonders if this story partly inspired Woody Allen's joke in _Sleeper_ about steak being found to be good for you.[1] { Probably more the constant thrashing about of recommendations that has infected nutrition science since forever, though. } [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCeFmn_e2c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCeFmn_e2c