I am in love with your blog. I’m a premed student and I’ve bounced around different diets myself. My biggest peeve is bad science, followed closely by adherence to bad science and to correlation=causation. I’m thrilled to be able to read criticisms of bad science written in vivid language… speaking about degrees, I won’t have a degree in science either… I’ll have a Classics B.A. with a minor in chemistry from my med school prerequisites. Useless degrees for the win!

I was linked to your blog after writing a post about my feelings on dietary dogmatism. My latest self-experiment is in the paleo sphere, and in the midst of vegan-bashing I’ve repeated like a scratched CD my sentiment that anyone seeking to return to eating real, whole, sustainable foods–regardless of whether Bessie the Cow is friend or food (or both)–is a comrade-in-arms in the fight for optimum health. It helps to have a low-carbing sister who eats red meat and spinach to manage anemia from thalassemia minor and good friends who are just about 100% raw vegan (except on their birthdays).

I’ll look forward to your book!

I am an ancient, omnivore, nerd who has been (ultimately unsuccessfully) battling cancer, using the latest grab-bag of naturopathic and allopathic prescriptions, since diagnosis in 2006. I may still be around 10 years from now but I am not “cured”. The allopathic contingent agrees on that much.

My formal training included PhD-level courses in multiple-multivariate statistical analysis – including writing my own APL routines and using them for data analysis – to support (or discredit) hypotheses. Later professional efforts have included the use of MANOVA and stepwise multiple regression and principal-cpomnents analyses to support research using the SAS (TM) system and other statistical packages.

I find Denise’s challenges to Campbell’s China Study quite credible, although I admit I have not yet read her specific paper(s) on that.

While i believe Dr. Campbell is entitled to be “the voice of authority”, this does not mean that his inferences or methodology should be unchallengeable – even by those who are self-taught in particular areas. The essentials are the willingness and ability to think critically, especially self-critically.