I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job.

I'm still not comfortable recommending that people eat saturated fat with abandon, but it's clear to me that sugar, flour and oxidized seed oils create inflammatory effects in the body that almost certainly bear most of the responsibility for elevating heart disease risk.

The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job.

I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.