Stephen Barrett and ‘Quackery’
Stephen Barrett is the man behind DietScam.org. I have used information from that site as a basis for some of my work before. After reading his relentless attack on the Atkins way of eating, I decided that I should find out more about this guy. He is a prolific researcher and writer with more than his share of critics. I will throw a softball at the litigious man by saying that I personally think his use of a word like ‘quackery’ that has no legal definition is a very convenient strategy. I would compare it to Listerine claiming to kill 99.9% of all known germs (the word germs has no scientific definition).
I think that, from here, on in I will always present any information that I get on his websites as his opinion, rather than established fact.
The thing that really sets Barrett apart is the broad range of health and diet related methods that he criticizes. He labels everything from acupuncture to organic food as ‘quackery’.
