BBHC Unfiltered

From Flexner to Food Pyramids

Nick Howarth

Published on: 14/01/2026

Once medicine was redefined around pharmaceuticals and chemical intervention, it was only a matter of time before nutrition followed the same industrial logic. If disease management depends on drugs, then food does not need to prevent disease — it merely needs to avoid killing you too quickly. This distinction matters, because it explains much of what we now call “official” dietary advice.