"I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency."

"Most American diets, even bad ones, provide more than enough calcium for bone health, especially for men."

"I am a particular fan of integrative exercise - that is, exercise that occurs in the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening, bicycling to work, doing home improvement projects and so on."

"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."

"A life well-lived is a testament that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"In the depths of adversity, kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes."

"When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them."