The anti-authority/anti-expert theme in American politics isn't a left or right phenomenon. There's a fundamental breakdown in institutional trust within American society which is present on both sides, and the similar approaches to wellness are a vivid expression of this.
Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
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Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
#102i'm not saying anything about the content of infowars but I can't believe how much money people will spend on "supplements", and pills and artificial products. and yet, somehow don't have any money for fruits, vegetables and beans. i can only imagine, there's something broken in how people are being raised.
You're underestimating how many people live in food deserts and basically don't have access to fresh food. That might seem like a nitpick against a larger argument, but I think it serves as a good example for why you need to take a close look at the environment that these people exist in as a whole, and that it likely goes beyond their innate habits or those of just their immediate family in childhood.
No one is buying keratin/biotin "hair and nail" supplements because it's a 45 minute bus ride to the nearest place to buy lettuce.
Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
#103I'm a bit confused why the author is unfazed by "eleuthero root" and "cordyceps mushrooms", but puts "nascent iodine" in scare quotes. Is it not nascent iodine? If no, then what is it? Oh no, it's nail clippings, isn't it. Gwyneth has tricked me yet again! Edit: Thanks to everyone who replied--I learned something!
This is explained further down in the article. Nascent iodine is in quotes because it doesn’t even seem like real quantifiable product.
The other supplements are real things with at least some semblance of scientific inquiry, but to quote the article:
> We couldn’t find any reliable scientific information on “nascent iodine.” ... The “nascent” stuff is supposed to have an “electromagnetic charge” that makes it easier to digest. ... iodine in this “charged” form cannot even exist in liquid form, which is how Alex Jones and company distribute it.
Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
#104i'm not saying anything about the content of infowars but I can't believe how much money people will spend on "supplements", and pills and artificial products. and yet, somehow don't have any money for fruits, vegetables and beans. i can only imagine, there's something broken in how people are being raised.
You're underestimating how many people live in food deserts and basically don't have access to fresh food. That might seem like a nitpick against a larger argument, but I think it serves as a good example for why you need to take a close look at the environment that these people exist in as a whole, and that it likely goes beyond their innate habits or those of just their immediate family in childhood.
A single fruit tree can yield 100-200 lbs of fruit (apples, pears, oranges, etc), conservatively. All you need is 40$ for a fruit tree and some water, and some space, and 5-10 years. Plant 5 of those and now you've got 500 to 1000 lbs of fruit per year.
If the free market refuses to provide what people want, then we can create our own food and let the execs wonder why they keep loosing market share every year.
Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
#105Kind of a weird hit-piece - I'm not understanding why I should be shocked. When I visit the Zoo gift shop, I am not under the impression the zoo manufactures the stuffed animals. Still, I guess, there's something fun about feeding conspiracy theorists a conspiracy.
What is the conspiracy theory here? The claim is that 2 crackpots from opposite extremes of the political spectrum know their fans are easily duped, so they sell similar fake products to enrich themselves. It's not a conspiracy, it's just a correct observation.
Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're underestimating how many people live in food deserts and basically don't have access to fresh food. That might seem like a nitpick against a larger argument, but I think it serves as a good example for why you need to take a close look at the environment that these people exist in as a whole, and that it likely goes beyond their innate habits or those of just their immediate family in childhood.
People who value fresh produce are going to go out of the way to get it. If enough people do this, environments will adapt to that demand. NYC Chinatowns used to be quite poor and discriminated against, but they were still able to establish their own supply chains that provides cheaper and fresher vegetables than anywhere else in the city because vegetables are a quintessential part of Chinese cuisine. Food deserts,…
I've been heavily involved in a city council before that was trying to attract stores (especially a grocery store), so I'm pretty familiar with how it works, and this mostly incorrect. In fact, people going out of their way to get the produce elsewhere works against a new store, because the stores see that as cannabilization should they open a new closer location.
The decision to open new stores is mostly based on "number of daytime wallets in the area," which itself is mostly tied to the other existing businesses in the area. For example, for one major grocery chain, they wouldn't even consider it until we had 50,000 daytime wallets. For a commonly known gigantic home improvement chain, they wanted 100,000. It doesn't matter how badly people in the area want it. It just comes pretty mathematically with growth.
If you already have a grocery store that doesn't carry fresh produce, you can (sometimes) improve things by speaking with the store management, but beyond that you're pretty much out of luck unless you are willing to open your own store.
Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
#107Worth reading just to learn of the existence of "activated cashews" Our enzyme-rich, activated, and dehydrated cashews are a mineral-dense protein. Pure, alkaline water awakens the nuts' dormant properties, increasing digestibility and micronutrient, vitamin, and enzyme count. These raw, activated, bio-available nuts are a low-glycemic source of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. As well as a product for sale at infowa…
"Pure, alkaline water" ... so is it pure or is it alkaline?
Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
#108This is the content I come to Hacker News for. Intellectually stimulating news about Infowars and Goop merchandise.
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#109And you can buy homeopathic remedies at CVS. At best this is a kind of placebo. At worst it's people being dumb, which is not illegal. Move on!
Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products
#110i'm not saying anything about the content of infowars but I can't believe how much money people will spend on "supplements", and pills and artificial products. and yet, somehow don't have any money for fruits, vegetables and beans. i can only imagine, there's something broken in how people are being raised.
You're underestimating how many people live in food deserts and basically don't have access to fresh food. That might seem like a nitpick against a larger argument, but I think it serves as a good example for why you need to take a close look at the environment that these people exist in as a whole, and that it likely goes beyond their innate habits or those of just their immediate family in childhood.
"I don't have a grocery store near me so I'm going to buy a vagina scented candle" – no one ever.