There's something about starting your day with an oat milk latte or a green juice that just feels virtuous. Or maybe a plant-based chicken sandwich for lunch or gluten-free pasta for dinner seems like a healthier option than the meat- or wheat-based version. Welcome to the land of health halos, a place where clever marketing and science-sounding nutritional claims intersect to make certain foods and drinks seem significantly better for you than they are.
Now I don't want to say that all trends are nutritional nonsense. "Some of these foods are really healthy, but others are working hard to ...