Arie Boomsma pretends to be a kind of expert in the field of food, but in reality that is not the case according to science journalist Adriaan ter Braack. “And that is dangerous.”
It is quite remarkable how much nonsense influencers can sell to their followers with impunity. Dutch celebrities who sometimes have hundreds of thousands of followers tell their supporters of everything with just one reason: to get richer themselves. Your supporters reduce to living ATMs: Arie Boomsma and Fajah Lourens are also skilled in it.
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Science journalist Adriaan ter Braack, also known as Shamadriaan, has been piercing their nonsense for years. “As a science journalist I can say something about the false health claims of types such as Arie Boomsma and Fajah Lourens,” he says in conversation with the Ad.
He makes no secret that he finds Arie and Fajah questionable types. “In talk shows, they present themselves as health experts and positivity gurus, while just wanting to sell their pills and powders.”
“This kind of lazy”
According to Adriaan, the Arie and Fajah-like people sell the greatest possible nonsense. “Apart from the fact that it is unhealthy to drink raw milk, not to use a sunburn and to cram you full of supplements, these kinds of lazy stent the sentiment that nobody can be trusted.”
“Not the general practitioner, not the Nutrition Center, not the RIVM, the media not, not the science. That is dangerous. (…) I think we should be extremely critical of the government, the RIVM, Big Pharma and also on universities. But the criticism you provide must save something, and if people proclaim nonsense then I point them out.”