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BBC: Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO
- throw646577 2y ago> Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett is amplifying harmful health misinformation on his number-one ranked podcast, a BBC investigation has found. [...] > He is also an investor in Huel, a meal replacement company - and Zoe, which sells a personalised nutrition programme involving the use of blood sugar monitors. > "He has financial stakes in health and wellness companies. And once you have financial interests, you have then the further interest in focusing on health and nutrition," says Ms Simmons.
- zeristor 2y agoSurely Huel is the complete opposite of Zoe? One is ultra-processed and the other is about natural ingredients and variety, as I understand it.
- throw646577 2y agoBoth arguably benefit the same way from increased anxiety/neuroses about food, health and "complete" nutrition. More talk about health and diet and 21st century lifestyle fears: lines go up. They sell the same thing -- perceived (and let's say for fairness potentially actual) control over health and nutrition -- to different market segments. Wellness itself is always the thing being sold.