The “Food Babe” Vani Hari, is the most dangerous anti-science quackery advocate since Jenny McCarthy took up the anti-Science Anti-Vaccine cause. Her snake-oil hucksterism needs to be exposed for what it is before she gets any more traction than she already has.
Orac, the nom de plume, for Dr. David Gorski a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute specializing in breast cancer surgery and the Managing Editor of Science Based Medicine weighs in…
The Food Babe and Rob Schneider: When companies choose poorly
It’s been a bad week for celebrity quacks; that is, after starting out looking as though it would be a good week. For example, as I discussed a couple of days ago, contender for the title of world’s most brain dead antivaccine conspiracy theorist, washed up comedian Rob Schneider, having somehow managed to land a gig resurrecting his 20 year old “Richmeister” character (a.k.a.