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1645: Walter C. Willett

2026-05-28

Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)

Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/02/17

“It must be something that they enjoy. It can’t be punishment.”

“Our endorsement of increased protein and red meat intake is simply wrong and dangerous to the health of Americans.”

“If someone has a good diet then they probably don’t need a supplement.”

“The idea that we need lot of calcium is based primarily on very short-term studies looking at calcium balance over a few weeks,”

“If someone replaces eggs with doughnuts, other refined starches and sugar or saturated fats, I’d rather they eat eggs,”

“The Planetary Health Diet is not a one-size-fits-all approach,”

“It allows for cultural diversity and individual preferences, providing flexibility within clear guidelines to achieve optimal health and sustainability outcomes worldwide.”

“The fat composition of beef is so undesirable for health that it’s very easy to be better than that,”

“The whole system is unimaginably dysfunctional; it’s destroying our environment and our health at the same time,”

“This will save many hundreds, and probably thousands, of premature deaths each year in New York …”

“It was a struggle every step,”

“I was really by myself for a long time.”

“Some food additives are good, some are bad, most are probably neutral,”

“Any one example doesn’t make the case.”

“Dietary cholesterol doesn’t raise blood cholesterol levels very much.”

“No, it’s a myth that eating specifically high-fat foods makes you fat.”

“Our decisions about drinking in the United States shouldn’t be influenced by what alcohol does to tuberculosis,”

“The world’s diets must change dramatically.”

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