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"Eat the Rainbow" criticized as textbook hedging in nutrition advice
Original: Textbook hedging: a noncommitted but very common recommendation "Eat the Rainbow" https:// butterbei.de/en/posts/eat-the
A German-language nutrition blog argues that the popular dietary advice to "eat the rainbow" — filling your plate with fruits and vegetables of many colours — is a form of textbook hedging: a recommendation so vague it commits to nothing specific. The piece questions whether such common, noncommitted guidance belongs in official nutrition guidelines, prompting discussion about how dietary bodies like the German Nutrition Society phrase their recommendations.
Why now: Frustration with vague, noncommittal dietary guidelines is being voiced in nutrition-focused communities.
German Nutrition Society (DGE)Eat the Rainbow
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- Textbook hedging: a noncommitted but very common recommendation "Eat the Rainbow" https:// butterbei.de/en/posts/eat-the- rainbow/ # Nutrition # Food # guidelines # dge # rant · ButterBeiDieFische@norden.social
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