Perhaps one of the biggest reasons why so many idiotic debates break out on the topic of nutrition, is due to the incorrect idea that everyone is entitled to an opinion. Or at the very least that all opinions are equal.
Sure, we can all hold an opinion on things that fall within a grey area or that are not fully understood yet.
But I'm sorry, you can NOT defend a certain viewpoint/method because "well, that's just my opinion", if there is clear evidence to show that view is incorrect or flawed.
You can not have "an opinion" that:
--> Calories don't matter
--> Eating a high-protein diet will cause kidney disease
--> Skipping meals will automatically make you fat
--> Everyone will do best on a low-carb diet
--> Everyone will do best on a low-fat diet
--> "Eating tilapia made me look leaner because it thinned out my skin"
--> etc.
That's not having an opinion. That is consciously deciding to be ignorant of the facts that science has presented us.
Now, to be clear, if someone does believe one of these things, that is not to say they should be attacked. They may not have came across better info yet.
In such a case, I have ZERO problem with that. Every single one of us has believed things that were just not so.
But if that person is provided with better information, but attempts to remain dogmatic about their false conclusion by defending it as "my opinion" and just says "let's agree to disagree", then you know they want to believe something because it fits their agenda, and not because they care about the truth.
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