I’m talking about the story surrounding the so-called obesity gene and claims that science may soon be able to transform your body into that lean…

In 2005, I again visited China (my tenth trip since 1981!) Each time, I am reminded more of how much smaller and interconnected our world is becoming.

How do we know that the results from the China Project apply to people in the West. Aren’t the Chinese much more physically active than Americans? Could this influence disease outcomes?

In China, we came to discover the differences between diseases of nutritional extravagance and poverty when we decided to find out why various diseases were clustered in the ways that they were in various parts of the country.

The breast cancer/dietary fat relationship, once a key point in getting American women to switch their eating habits, has now been seriously challenged. A prominent Harvard study of nearly 90,000 American nurses,

Because there are different nutrients in different parts of the plant, try to make sure you are getting some food from each part.

My response can be divided into three parts, mostly addressing her lack of proportionality—what’s important and what’s not.

There are few if any health topics that are more contentious and personally sensitive than the question of the health benefits and risks of cow’s milk and its products.

(In response to a reader’s question concerning Dr. Mercola’s views on The China Study)