Whole (52 page)

dieticians,
271-276

“dieting,”
25

digestive systems,
82

Digest of the National Dairy Council,
267

dioxin,
31
,
132
,
139

disease

advocacy for,
278

cause of,
126-127
,
147-148

eating plant-based foods to reduce,
182

elimination of,
117

management of,
140
,
149

mutagen-initiated,
136-137

nature
vs.
nurture and,
119-121

plague of,
108

prevention of,
24

rate of,
79

risk of,
80
,
116
,
234

study of,
78

susceptibility of,
116

taxonomy of,
146-147

disease-care system,
4-6
,
140
,
141-146
,
149
,
190

Disraeli, Benjamin,
214

DNA,
99
,
102
,
104
,
107
,
110
,
111-115
,
258-259
.
See also
genes

dogma,
56-57

Doll, Richard,
119

Douglass, James W.,
26

drought,
169

drug responsiveness,
114

drugs.
See also
prescription drugs

dosages of,
145-146

money and,
216-217

regulations of,
210

relying on unnatural,
144-146

side effects of,
145

synthetic,
149

treating specific ailments iwth,
144

trials,
83
,
87

“During Breast Cancer Awareness Month We Must Not Only Celebrate Our Success but Also Understand Our Limitations,”
279-280

early humans,
81

eating habits,
84

Editorial Review Board,
33

education level,
86

eggs,
171-172
,
194
,
275

Einstein, Albert,
140
,
231

electrolytes,
106

elephant story.
See
blind men story

Elliott, William L.,
93

encephalomalacia,
286

energy,
93
,
98

energy-efficient light bulbs,
165

Engel, Charlie,
89

environmentalism,
165-167
,
209

environmental mutagens,
130-131
,
148

environmental stimuli,
126

environmental toxins,
31
,
132
,
134
,
265

enzymes

chemical reactions and,
98

cyclic ADP ribose hydrolase,
99

function of,
54-55
,
70-71
,
88

homeostasis and,
106

metabolism and,
97-100

mixed function oxidase (MFO),
88
,
91-92
,
91-92
,
100-105
,
101
,
102
,
103
,
145
,
287-288

nutrients and,
100

nutrition and,
92

reactions,
99

epidemiology,
79
,
86-87
,
147

epigenics,
225

epoxides,
102
,
105

Epstein, Samuel,
265
,
266

erectile dysfunction,
8

Erin Brockovich,
131

Esselstyn, Caldwell, Jr.,
18
,
22-23
,
236

evolution,
7
,
127
,
181

evolutionary biology,
82

Excalibur Donor roster,
265
,
266

exercise,
84
,
209

Facebook,
12-13
,
173

factory farms,
8
,
59
,
170-173
,
234

falsifiability,
56
,
219-220

family farms,
172

farmland,
166

fasting,
235

fat,
7
,
13
,
37
,
63
,
71
,
84
,
86
,
136
,
254

fatalism,
238

fate,
137

fats,
64

fatty acids,
71
,
150
,
158-160

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,
211-212

Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
211

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology,
276

Federation Proceedings,
134
,
136

Fels Institute,
31

female hysteria,
146-147

fertilizer,
169-170
,
173

fiber,
151
,
237-238

fibromyalgia,
147

fish consumption,
159
,
266

fish oil,
63
,
159

Fixx, Jim,
109

flies,
171

flour,
11
,
13
,
289

flu,
8
,
126
,
249

food

active agents of,
148

carcinogens and,
131
,
132
,
137

choices,
6-7
,
129

deep-fried,
165

fortified,
194
,
216

groups,
59
,
192-194

intake of,
79

policy,
58

portion sizes of,
266

regulations of,
210

systems of,
59

Food Additive Amendment,
132

Food and Drug Act,
132

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
18
,
59
,
65-66
,
90-91
,
206-207
,
211
,
258

Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences (FNB),
254

food labels,
65
,
266

food packaging,
59
,
60-61
,
65
,
252

food pyramid,
59
,
244
,
254

forests,
189

formaldehyde,
133
,
144

for-profit research,
225
,
229-230

fortified foods,
194
,
216

fossil fuels,
166

fraud,
28

free markets,
189
,
216
,
225

free radicals,
9
,
10
,
160

free will,
76

french fries,
165

frequently asked questions,
10-11

fruits,
7
,
58
,
59
,
84
,
270

Fuller, Thomas,
3

funding for medical research,
217-230
,
262-281

Galileo,
49

garbage,
167

Garner, Colin,
102

Genentech,
265

General Mills,
271
,
277

General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition,
275

General Motors,
252

genes.
See also
DNA

damage to,
128

disease and,
126

expression of,
112
,
114
,
122-123

faulty,
122

health and,
126

mutations of,
63
,
126-127
,
130
,
148

nutrition vs.,
121-124

gene sequencing,
110

gene therapy,
182

genetic determinism,
122

genetic predispositons,
84

genetic research,
6
,
36
,
61-64
,
108
,
110-115
,
118
,
143
,
189

George, David Lloyd,
75

Gerberding, Julie,
249

Gerson Institute,
199-200

Gilenya,
269

ginseng,
19-20

GlaxoSmithKline,
265

global warming,
8
,
167-169

glucose-metabolism network of reactions,
93
,
94
,
95
,
96
,
97

gluten-free diets,
13

Gödel, Kurt,
51

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,
107

Gofman, John,
21-22

Golden Corral restaurant,
270

Goldhamer, Alan,
235

Golub, Robert,
236

Goodland, Robert,
168

Google,
12-13
,
54

Gore, Al,
167

“Got Milk?” campaign,
193-194

government-subsidized food service programs,
66-67

grain,
166

Grand Rounds lecture,
34

grants,
257

Great Lakes,
169

Greece,
49

greenhouse gases.
See
carbon dioxide
;
methane

green leafy vegetables,
156
,
160

grocery stores,
13

groundwater contamination,
8
,
166

happiness,
85

Hart, Ron,
136

Hawking, Stephen,
78

health,
25
,
88
,
109
,
142-143
,
279-281

health-care system.
See also
disease-care system

access to,
84

corruption of,
195

cost of,
116

crisis,
116-117

debate,
250-252

improvement of,
141

nutrition and,
25

profits and,
190-192

reductionism and,
150-151

reform of,
248-249

understanding the,
182-190

health interventions,
17-22

health issues,
190
,
191

health outcomes,
6

health policy,
248

health professionals,
248

health shops,
155

Healthy Eating, Healthy World,
167

heart attacks,
8-9
,
109
,
143
,
191
,
238

heart disease,
8
,
18
,
22-23
,
80
,
109
,
126
,
143
,
157
,
197
,
230

hemophilia,
126

herbal compounds,
162

herbicides,
173

herbivores,
82

hereditary conditions,
147

herring,
159

Hershey Center for Health & Nutrition,
271

Hicks, J. Morris,
166

Higgs boson,
78

high blood pressure.
See
hypertension

high-dose to low-dose interpolation,
133

high-fructose corn syrup,
66
,
182

HMO (health maintenance organization),
251-252

Hoffmann, Frederick,
267

holism,
48
,
53

Hollywood,
192

homeostasis,
105-106

hormones,
101
,
165

hospital food guidelines,
66

hospitalizations,
114

hot dogs,
31
,
162

human anatomy,
52

human body,
68-69

human genome,
110
,
114

Human Genome Program,
114
,
116

humanism,
50

hydrolyzed collagen,
269

hygiene,
109

hypertension,
4
,
143
,
209
,
235

hypochondria,
147

hysteria,
146-147

Ibargüen, Alberto,
243

ice cream,
162

ideal human diet,
7

Iger, Bob,
181

illnesses,
125
,
197

immune system,
70-71
,
200

income,
84

An Inconvenient Truth
(Gore),
167

industrial agriculture,
173

industry,
168
,
248-250

industry leaders,
182

infection,
108
,
148

information cycle,
184
,
214-215

ingredients,
64-67

injuries, traumatic,
142-143

instinctual food choices,
81

insulin usage,
8
,
191

insurance,
203
,
250-252

integrity of research,
219-221

intellectual property protections,
216

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10),
146