Don't Eat Tomato Seeds To Eggplants Are Toxic: The 2023 Food Misinformation Trends And What Drove Them

Food and nutrition myths have been passed down through the years, but internet has made them big. We analyse how social media enables the spread of nutrition myths, fad diets, and some harmful trends.

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Scroll through popular media platforms and you will come across posts, videos, and pictures either alarming you about your food choices or assuring you that certain food products are better for health than others. For example, you may have read online that multigrain cookies are healthier or unrefined sugar is better suited than table sugar. But sugar is sugar, experts say. Recurring misleading narratives about food, nutritional choices, consumption, and cooking have gained such traction over