Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

Contact

  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"The art of the alarmist food documentary"

Quartzy
The Magic Pill, a new documentary on Netflix, argues that a ketogenic diet—a way of eating that is very high in fat and very low in carbohydrates—is the healthiest and best way to eat. It strongly implies that eating like this can cure cancer and vastly improve autism in a way that is outrageous—if not breathtakingly reckless.