The soybean itself is a notably inauspicious staple food; it contains a whole assortment of "antinutrients" - compounds that actually block the body's absorption of vitamins and minerals, interfere with the hormonal system, and prevent the body from breaking down the proteins of the soy itself.

If you care about the animals, actually, organic might not be the best answer because now we have organic feedlots, organic factory farms. If you care about the environment - pesticides, especially - organic is the answer.

Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce.

My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.

Okinawa, one of the longest-lived and healthiest populations in the world, practice a principle they call hara hachi bu: Eat until you are 80 percent full.

What an extraordinary achievement for a civilization: to have developed the one diet that reliably makes its people sick!

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.