A post over on Sciencebase about alcohol, drugs, and genetics prompted a comment from David Brown, which we reproduce in full here:
I’ve studied alcohol issues to some extent as they relate to genetic predisposition and nutritional modulators. It appears that primates share configurations of genetically determined metabolism that affect drinking behavior. Check out this video. [...]

The phrase “artery clogging saturated fats” has been in common usage for many years. In fact the notion that saturated fats cause heart disease had it’s genesis in research conducted by Ancel Keys, a University of Minnesota Physiologist. I’ll have Henry Blackburn, MD, Mayo Professor Emeritus of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, begin [...]

David Brown recently commented on a Sciencebase item on the obesity epidemic. This is the complete transcript of his comment:
In both the UK and the USA, inappropriate dietary advice from government agencies is largely responsible for the perpetuating high rates of obesity and chronic disease.
In the USA, the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) [...]