Dear John, My husband has high cholesterol and knows that this is not good. But he would rather take the cholesterol-lowering medication that his doctor has prescribed than change his diet. This worries me, because I am afraid there might be side effects from the drugs that we won’t know about until it’s too late. […]

Dear John, What’s your opinion of sprouts? I’ve heard mixed things about alfalfa sprouts. Do you eat them? Are some sprouts better than others? David Dear David, Thanks for your question. In the last few years, raw commercially grown sprouts have increasingly been recognized as a source of food-borne illness in the United States. After […]

Dear John, I am worried about developing prostate cancer. I am an older man, and understand that eating a whole foods plant-based diet and avoiding dairy products will lower my risk, but is there anything else I can do to avoid this disease? Harvey Dear Harvey, Yes, there is. A study published in the Journal […]

Dear John, I am enjoying your site and book. I am wanting to know how to reconcile my tremendous desire for wealth accumulation with making the kind of lifestyle shift you talk about in your book. I appreciate your feedback very much. Radames Dear Radames, Thanks for your note. I think the problem is when […]

Dear John, I read the new entries with disbelief and dread. John, how do you cope? How can I find hope in a world where people exist that knowingly do harm to others? I am constantly disturbed by the ignorance and cruelties of others. As a musician, I am exposed daily to a phony, shallow […]