There’s nothing quite like the crazy of an extremist to make a movement look really bad. From politics to religion and everything in between we are constantly bombarded with examples of people who take hold of an idea so fiercely that they actually do more harm than good for the cause they are trying to prop up. These kind of people make great headlines and are, unfortunately, usually more interesting to read about than those of us who are trying to make rational arguments.
The proponents of healthy living are not immune from this phenomenon.