The healthy skeptic: cutting through the hype about your health

Introduction : health sellers

Says who? how we know what (we think) we know

The news media : eat this!

Diet books : don't eat that!

Advertisements : take a supplement!

Government campaigns : watch your cholesterol!

Celebrities : get tested!

Health groups : wear sunscreen!

Consumer activists : beware of chemicals!

Anti-aging doctors : don't get sick, don't get old, don't die!

Guaranteed! over-promising on prevention.