Does trying to live healthy make sense considering an imminent bird flu outbreak?

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Food gurus have been with us for a long time.  Back in the 80's they seemed to be tapping into some kind of secret knowledge.  Then there were more of them and more still.  At some point it became pretty obvious that these people were creating magic foods as a marketing scam and real scientists couldn't begin to keep up with all of their claims because it takes time to do real science.  To create a superfood all you have to do is find an obscure vegetable, cultivate it and market it as magic.  People are so gullible they will pay anything for it.

Back in the late 90's I had a co-worker who was sold on some kind of mineral oil that was extracted in the south Pacific.  All the islanders there supposedly ate a teaspoon of this stuff every day and lived to be 120.  I think a years supply of this stuff was like $1000.  Years later I read an expose about this same product.  Turns out it was coconut oil.

Sure. Have you seen the nonsense that "The Food Babe" shovels out. She is supposed to be a food guru yet couldn't find her butt with both hands. Or how about Adams, the health ranger. Follow all his nutty advice and you will come down with an advanced case of dead.

Bold mine.