Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

There were certain elements of the healing process I could not capture. And even if I was right in the science, I could be wrong in the spirit.

Rather than munching on a bag of potato chips, stick to fresh fruit and veggies.

People say their weight is genetic. But it turns out that people who are overweight don't just have overweight kids. They also have overweight pets. That's not genetic.

We are spending most of our time in American health care fixing the mistakes that either we in the profession are causing or our patients are, without recognizing it, causing to themselves.

Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program.

You learn how to take care of people from the women in your life.