About four years ago, my doctor told me I had to lose 30 pounds if I wanted to live. Although I was healthy, my mother had diabetes late in life. So I knew I had one diabetic gene. It takes two to have diabetes; what if my father had one diabetic gene? I could have […]

Growing up, my cholesterol was very low. On entering medical school it was only about 100. My triglycerides were also very low. Back on the farm we ate at least 14 high-fat meals a week. But hard farm work obviously kept it low. When I entered Medical School, my cholesterol was edging up towards 150. […]