Nutrition memes forget that there is no such thing as a 'healthy food'

Shareable online graphics give easy to understand breakdowns of the nutritional content of food, but they may be misleading, says James Wong

By James Wong

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LET’S face it, nutritional data isn’t the most fascinating, so it can be really helpful when food writers delve through the dry tables of stats to translate them into easy-to-understand messages. One of the most popular formats are eye-catching memes based on simple two food comparisons. These appear on my social media timelines at least half a dozen times a week. Are they accurate?

“Do you really need meat to get protein?” asks one image that recently crossed my social media feed. It shows two forks, one holding a piece of lean steak and the other an equal-sized piece of broccoli. …