Month: April 2012

Ron Krauss – Saturated Fat? Red Meat? It Depends . . .

EDITOR’S NOTE – This conversation with Ron Krauss took place in late March 2012.  It focuses on the health questions involving saturated fat and red meat that have been in the news of late.  Ron is a Senior Scientist and Director of Atherosclerosis Research at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Adjunct Professor in the Department…

Mike Snyder – Why Study Diabetes?

In March 2012, Stanford scientist Mike Snyder published a groundbreaking study in Cell that showed the most detailed biological profile of a person ever done.  It includes two years of monthly data, meaning Snyder’s DNA, plus measurements of the constantly changing rise and fall among proteins created by his genes, many of his metabolic byproducts,…