The "Food Babe" Blogger Is Full of Shit

[rachelbean]

Hari's superhero origin story is that she came down with appendicitis and didn't accept the explanation that appendicitis just happens sometimes. So she quit her job as a consultant, attended Google University and transformed herself into an uncredentialed expert in everything she admittedly can't pronounce. Slap the catchy moniker "Food Babe" on top, throw in a couple of trend stories and some appearances on the Dr. Oz show, and we have the new organic media darling.

But reader beware. Here are some reasons why she's the worst assault on science on the internet...

http://gawker.com/the-food-babe-blogger ... 1694902226

My favourite bit at the end...

I have celiac disease, and there are people with genuine life-threatening allergies. When people like me go into a restaurant, we're at the whim of a waiter who may have just served twenty fussy assholes from the Food Babe Army who think that gluten causes your spleen to turn radioactive, or whatever lie she's using to sell organic kale dipped in yak's butter this week. So when I tell a server that I can't do gluten, that waiter might roll their eyes at me because of people like Vani Hari.

[pErvinalia]

I suspect she's not the only new age food blogger full of shit. Either way, I'm fucking over hearing about Kale and Quinoa and Paleo and gluten free and fucking whatever new shit the hipsters are eating these days.

[tattuchu]

I don't know who this person is but based on this information I'd say she's a very silly person indeed. Apologies for the coarse language.

[laklak]

I tried some quinoa, it was pretty good. Sort of like cous-cous but different.

[Svartalf]

thank dog I mostly eschew blogs... that way I can't stumble on such evil drek..

and yeah, quinoa is good properly prepared... the problem with it is that with all the hipsters eating it, Andean peasants can no longer afford their traditional staple.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

thank dog I mostly eschew blogs... that way I can't stumble on such evil drek..

and yeah, quinoa is good properly prepared... the problem with it is that with all the hipsters eating it, Andean peasants can no longer afford their traditional staple.

It grows easily enough in a range of climates, so I am sure that is only a temporary thing. Once US and European production increases, the demand for it from its traditional areas will drop. Of course, that brings other problems, as many farms have converted wholly to quinoa as a valuable cash-crop and will be economically crippled once demand falls!

[Brian Peacock]

Is 'drek' a real word, or just an Internet word?

[Svartalf]

Is 'drek' a real word, or just an Internet word?

It's from a role playing game named Shadowrun... but of course it comes from German Dreck : filth.

[pErvinalia]

thank dog I mostly eschew blogs... that way I can't stumble on such evil drek..

and yeah, quinoa is good properly prepared... the problem with it is that with all the hipsters eating it, Andean peasants can no longer afford their traditional staple.

It grows easily enough in a range of climates, so I am sure that is only a temporary thing. Once US and European production increases, the demand for it from its traditional areas will drop. Of course, that brings other problems, as many farms have converted wholly to quinoa as a valuable cash-crop and will be economically crippled once demand falls!

Hipsters won't buy it unless it comes from Andean hill farms...

[Xamonas Chegwé]

thank dog I mostly eschew blogs... that way I can't stumble on such evil drek..

and yeah, quinoa is good properly prepared... the problem with it is that with all the hipsters eating it, Andean peasants can no longer afford their traditional staple.

It grows easily enough in a range of climates, so I am sure that is only a temporary thing. Once US and European production increases, the demand for it from its traditional areas will drop. Of course, that brings other problems, as many farms have converted wholly to quinoa as a valuable cash-crop and will be economically crippled once demand falls!

Hipsters won't buy it unless it comes from Andean hill farms...

They will if you sell it in hemp bags. Hipsters will buy any shit if it's in a hemp bag. FACT!

[Strontium Dog]

thank dog I mostly eschew blogs... that way I can't stumble on such evil drek..

and yeah, quinoa is good properly prepared... the problem with it is that with all the hipsters eating it, Andean peasants can no longer afford their traditional staple.

It grows easily enough in a range of climates, so I am sure that is only a temporary thing. Once US and European production increases, the demand for it from its traditional areas will drop. Of course, that brings other problems, as many farms have converted wholly to quinoa as a valuable cash-crop and will be economically crippled once demand falls!

They'll just have to go back to farming cocaine then

[laklak]

The real question is would you do her?



I know me. I'd hit that like a fucking pinata.

[pErvinalia]

She's definitely a babe!

[laklak]

Yeah, not too shabby. Name sounds mideastern, but she's got that Miami Salsa look about her. Organic, non-GMO salsa, of course. I'd like to show her my plantain.

[cronus]

Sensible folks go on a calorific restriction diet to increase longevity. Eat bland food at the party. They'll soon see the trend.