True. We're barely our of the jungle and science knows so little yet. But that doesn't mean we should avoid teaching these subjects. There are a lot of useful and important things that were proven to work that it now seems a crime to ignore them.
I agree, if you read a book about nutrition and realize that it just covers a current understand of nutrition, then I think that is fine.
The danger is that people read these books and don't realize or don't care about the prior statement. People start feeding their kids based on this advice, policy makers start making policy, and then the next thing you know we find out we were all wrong. Kind of like the current food pyramid we find ourselves with now. Some day it will be updated, and then 20 years later it will be updated again.
You're exactly right, this danger exists. And if you read the book on nutrition I suggested, you will see how careful the author is about making conclusions. He actually warns about pretty much the same thing you've just said. Same thing you will see in most of the books I recommended. After reading all those books I have a great sense of respect for all those people seeing how accurate and careful they are in what they say and how this may affect other people.
I don't get it. If you read a book on nutrition and don't take action based on that advice, what was the point of reading it? Sure you should adapt your strategy as new evidence becomes available, but otherwise you are the same as you were before.
