Commentary on Rymanowski’s interview with Prof. Quiet

Wanting to refer to the post from interview with prof. Cichosz at Rymanowski’sI was going to write a comment, but it grew to the size of a post, something got stuck while publishing it, so here it is.

Oh my, what a person this person came to the surface today, the professor herself. Quiet.

I admit that when I listen to her statements, I have the feeling that she speaks so factually and uses the correct terminology when it comes to the science of human nutrition and food technology that she gives a real impression of evident knowledge of the basic biological and chemical processes that occur in connection with food processing or nutrition. This certainly proves some knowledge and experience in the subject – this cannot be denied. But could a scientific degree and expert talk about basic processes be a façade that increases credibility? With such a façade and providing some truthful information, it is easier to smuggle in some scientifically unconfirmed things and spread pseudoscientific theories.

Did this lady really discover a global food conspiracy or a conspiracy of margarine and GMO soy producers? Personally, I sincerely doubt it. Even though this lady seems to be speaking matter-of-factly, I would thoroughly verify the theories and any claims she makes that go beyond basic knowledge.

(In fact, in the comments under that post it turned out that many basic facts were also distorted/stretched)

Mrs. Prof. claims that protein intake standards have been deliberately lowered by half, questioning the methods of calculating protein requirements – says, among others, that they were calculated using a reference protein, i.e. a complete protein containing all exogenous amino acids, and on the other hand, it is recommended to consume 50% animal proteins and 50% plant proteins.

This is not true, reaching up to Nutrition standards of the Institute of Food and Nutrition for the Polish population from 2012.we read that:

The progress of knowledge in arriving at the proposed methods for calculating protein requirements was presented in detail in 2008 in Polish standards. The basis for their development was the standards set by the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) of the Institute of Medicine in the USA (2005), developed for age groups, gender and physiological condition. They were determined at the levels of the group’s average protein requirement (EAR) and recommended protein intake (RDA). Polish standards are expressed according to the reference protein per kilogram of body weight per day and (crucially) converted into the protein of the national food ration.

I also refer you to mine previous postin which I asked you about the Medical Academy of Applied and Holistic Sciences, i.e. the College of Rehabilitation mentioned in the interview, with which Prof. is clearly closely related. Basically, I expressed my concern there that there was a university that defined itself as "Holistic" and runs the fields of health sciences, dietetics, rescue, nursing, etc., which may in fact be a breeding ground for alt med (in the pathological sense). There is also a short fragment about prof. Cichosz:

I came there because I was looking for publications by prof. Grażyna Cichosz "Proteins – an underestimated component of the diet" published in the magazine Advances in Health Sciences issued by this university. The professor claims that for over a dozen years (even before COVID), our collective immunity has been weakened because WHO deliberately lowered the protein requirements (btw. on this channel there is also an interview with Dr. Piotr Witczak – nice herb too).

(Dr. Witczak is the type mentioned in the szur-immunologist comments.)

And as additional tidbits:

• In April, Prof. she was an expert invited by "Parliamentary Group for Food Safety" composed of 11 members of the confederation, where she could present her theories.
• In March, Dr. Witczak was a guest at the team meeting

Edit: smaller errors