Lecture 1: Nutrition Fallacies

Question 1

9 reasons that nutrition is confusing

Answer 1

1) Everyone eats
2) The same recommendations do not fit everyone
3) Just because it worked for someone else, does not mean it will work for you
4) False cause
5) Naturalist fallacy
6) Information from magazines
7) Information online
8) Information from BAD scientific studies
9) Nutrition is a business

Question 2

Hasty Induction

Answer 2

Drawing conclusion from a sample size that is too small

Question 3

False cause

Answer 3

Concluding that B was CAUSED by A just because B occurred AFTER A

Question 4

Naturalist fallacy

Answer 4

Concluding that something is good just because it occurs in nature