Sunday House Call, #674,  November 11, 2018: The marketing press release (sorry, rigorous scientific food study) that leads you to the next magical superfood.

Topics today include:

Press releases that tout the benefit of specific foods represent the worst of science reporting where food industry trade groups finance studies that to no one’s surprise, support their claims.

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