Dr. Barry Dworkin

The pseudoscience of losing belly fat

Health Headlines Commentary for April 15, 2016

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How to shift the fat around your middle: Experts reveal the five simple ways to get rid of your spare tyre in time for summer

The nutritionists in this article misrepresent physiology, biochemistry and most all other scientific aspects of our knowledge of the human body. A great example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. In short a nutritionist is to a dietitian as a toothologist is to a dentist.

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