Fake nutrition news: Food Safety Authority sifts fact from fiction

Beware fake news about nutrition. In the same way that stories of dubious origin can take hold on social media, people should also be alert to false or confusing messages about food, warns Dr Mary Flynn, chief specialist in Public Health Nutrition at the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).

Everybody who eats has an opinion on food, but that doesn’t mean all opinions carry equal weight, she says.