Information lost in conflict of interest

It was interesting to read Nestle’s book in how it describes how the interests of corporations, stores, etc. conflict with our interest to be eat healthy. Nestle’s recommendations for eating healthy seem very simple but the drive for profit ends up making things very complicated. In the end it can be appreciated that these companies to everything in their power to make things unclear so that they can dominate the public perception. An example of these companies exercising lack of clarity is when they make health claims about their foods and make these claims seem very impactful. The claims they make may have some scientific claim, but the impact of whatever they’re advertising means nothing in the face of a generally unhealthy diet. Relationships between different elements of foods and the way they interact with us are too complex and interdependent for isolated elements of food to really mean much on their own. It is for this reason that a ‘key’ health ingredient in, for example, a ‘healthy’ cereal is probably not too meaningful in terms of how much it will impact your health.