She was great! She did a great job of explaining the nutrient, when and why it was added to grains (always to get rid of a disease that most of us have not heard of because the fortification worked)

The fortification scaremongering really bugs me b/c these same people are often hawking supplements

IDK man it's weird to get to a place where people are shitting on trace added nutrients while also pushing megadoses of other vitamins and minerals.

Yes! People who pride themselves on being shameless norm-breakers often depend the most on norms… or, on all the other people nearby being too stunned or norm-compliant to resist.

You have to be as defiant and brazen as they are, but in defense of decency. You can be pleasant but you don’t budge.

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