Dear John, The Food Revolution aptly conveys the message that a plant-based diet is supported by scientific data while its critics, particularly those who stand to lose money when the diet revolution picks up steam, present baseless public relation slogans and personal attacks. But I was bothered by your references to the late actor River […]

Dear John, My partner works at a private youth detention facility (half way house). When he told me about the difficult behavior of the boys and the trouble in getting them up in the morning, I advised him to limit caffeine. This has been helping. What other things can be eliminated so the boys feel […]

Dear John, Free range, grass fed animal protein is obviously a healthier dietary choice than factory/feed-lot meat. But is it possible on a large scale to provide this type of product in an environmentally sustainable manner? Is it a viable ecological choice? This will be a popular issue and more of a challenge to vegetarianism […]

Dear John, I wonder if you could answer an important question for me: My wife and I practically live on Soy and Tofu. We have tofu at least three times a week, and drink soy milk every day. Lately at least five friends have said to me that there seems to be evidence that soy […]

Dear John, Do you have any information on a link between diet and premature sexual maturity? Don Dear Don, One of the first researchers to find that U.S. girls are maturing at ever more tender ages is Dr. Marcia E. Herman-Giddens of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Quite recently, she and her […]