Tag: health quacks

Wikipedia You’ve probably heard of Vani Hari, just not by that name. She is far more widely known as the Food Babe, thanks to her Facebook page and blog of the same name. She has something on the order of a cool million Facebook followers (whom she calls the Food Babe Army), her co-authored book The Food Babe Way hit number one on the best-sellers list in February, and her bubbly charm and cheerleader attractiveness (hence Food Babe and not, say, Food Gal or Food Lady) have made her a hot get for magazines and TV talk shows, to the extent that she might wind up hosting one of the latter herself. Although that might be superfluous, these days. TV is still considered the

Dr. Mehmet Oz, christened “America’s doctor” by no less an icon than Oprah Winfrey, has been in the public eye a lot lately. Of course, Dr. Oz has been in the public eye a lot for quite some time, thanks to a one-man media juggernaut that includes: the five-time Emmy winning Dr. Oz Show, with an audience of nearly 3 million in the U.S. and over 4 million worldwide; a magazine called The Good Life; regular syndicated radio segments, and columns in big-circulation newspapers; a website visited by millions, and legions of admirers on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. He is of course a best-selling author of dozens of books promoting healthy living, or at least his version of it