Not so superfoods

Nice to see what I hope is the beginning of a “superfoods” backlash, spearheaded by Sense About Science and their Ask For Evidence campaign, together with the British Dietetic Association:

Bioversity’s DG Ann Tutwiler gave the compellingly titled presentation On NOT finding the world’s next superfood at the Kew shindig a couple of weeks back, but, annoyingly, undermined her own message on the importance of agrobiodiversity for diverse diets by repeatedly using the term she was supposedly debunking. ¹

The BDA message is much more straightforward.

1. In my view, based on the slides only. I wasn’t there, so perhaps the message came across more clearly live. Please do tell me if I’m wrong.