Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

I eat on the subway. Not takeout, but in Montreal the subway station I use has a cafe in it, and sometimes I buy a coffee and a pastry and have them in the train. Mostly I have the coffee. I have an hour-long commute and my job starts really early and sometimes I just don't take the time to eat before I leave. I only actually eat if I am sitting down, and I don't have anything that smells or is messy. Is that rude? Perhaps to some people but I really don't think I am bothering anyone and I don't care. I've never seen anyone eat full meals though.

I'm a dietetics student and I plan to work in the UK at some point, but recently I've read some things from British dieitians that make me seriously question their knowledge. There's no benefit to fruit beyond cellulose and vitamin C? Seriously? Their complete denial of any benefits of the antioxidants and phytochemicals is pretty ridiculous. There are chemicals in plants that probably aren't strictly required for life (ie, not "nutrients") but they still have effects on the body, often in preventing oxidation, which causes cancer and cardiovascular disease. Also, when a study finds that people who eat fruit and veg live longer, it adjusts for physical activity and any lifestyle factors they can think of. I can't believe someone who supposedly reads scientific articles would say that fruits probably aren't that important in a diet.

I understand trying to dispel myths about juice being just as good as the whole fruit, or the fadism associated with eating the new "hot" food, but this article makes it sound like they're telling people not to bother with fruit at all.