Sorry for the delay in my response. I have been extremely busy lately and I wanted to have read a little around the subject and the literature that you directed me towards before replying to your comment.

Firstly, I would like to reiterate that I have not read ‘The Diet Delusion’, and so I am in no position to attack or defend its claims.

Regarding Bill Lands and his research, at the face of it, it all looks interesting. Having said that, I am always weary of any situation where a person is under the impression that their particular area of expertise is as all-encompassing as Lands seems to think his is. I do not mean to say that his conclusions are incorrect in any way other than perhaps their magnitude, but that is based on nothing other than a gut feeling. Maybe I am being overly cynical. Besides, I am no doctor, and as I’m sure you will appreciate, I have barely begun to scratch the surface of the subject. I promise I will read more into it though.

As a point of interest, Bill Lands’ iteration of the fact that treating secondary biomarkers will not necessarily prevent the related disease reminded me of a discussion between Professor Richard Dawkins and Randolph Nesse that I thought might be of interest to you. The video can be found at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcnCJqDa1us

Consider it a token of my appreciation for your taking the time to comment.

Thank you.

Will