Have you ever heard of The Food Babe? Maybe you follow her on Facebook. Maybe you have seen her on the Today Show, NBC Chicago, and the like? Maybe you’ve seen this graphic that was crafted to scare all of you pumpkin spice latte drinkers:
and this one:
I don’t know much about the Food Babe, other than there is not a time in my life that I have ever been considered a “babe,” and much less would want to be professionally known as a “babe.”
I also know, just from briefly perusing her website and reading the words, “Monsanto Milk” on this graphic, that while we may share interest in keeping our families healthy, obviously use a nice flat iron, and maybe would have been in a class or sorority together in college or a something like that, we do not agree on food production and consumption. We maybe would be Facebook friends, but after reading some of her insights that are rather one-sided and ill researched, I would hide her. I’m not an unfriender, just a hider…I know, passive aggressive. I tend to err on the side of my grandma, who is 100 and still living in her own home, sharp as a tack. She would choose water over this latte, but if she had one, she’d probably not keel over, as the Food Babe is suggesting by her marketing.
Anyway, back to the graphic: Do you see the trendiness? Do you see that she mentions there may not be real pumpkin in this latte? Umm…no kidding. That’s why it’s called flavoring. It’s a version. And
“possible pesticide residue” because the beans were not organic. Possible.
Again, I haven’t done much research on this woman, and perhaps she has a zillion degrees in nutrition and food science, but I’m just guessing that she is trying to scare the pants off of you to get you to join her #FoodBabeArmy and reap the benefits of a good blog following.
That’s just my assumption, and I would be happy to change my tune if necessary.
So this is the beginning of my research. Do you follow the Food Babe? Why? Are you a believer in her research? Do you think she’s onto something? Do you follow her to disagree with her? What’s her secret to getting her #FoodBabeArmy, and where’s the agricultural antithesis of this?
I’m getting to the bottom of it, my friends, as I’m curious.
And I may have mentioned in a previous post, I had a mocha today…and it wasn’t vegan, or decaffeinated, yet it was delicious.