Ep.03 Sophie Medlin: Food tribes, polarisation & bias in nutrition

Sophie Medlin is a Dietitian and founder of CityDietitians.

www.citydietitians.co.uk

@sophiedietitian

In this episode we cover:

• The rise of food tribalism

• Cherry picking data to meet one's biases

• The difficulty of using logic to change dogmatic beliefs in nutrition

• The ethics of nutrition communication

Sophie worked in the NHS before moving to a career in lecturing and research. Sophie now runs her company where she sees patients with complex colorectal problems and weight management issues, consults for companies and works in the media.