I mentioned in a reply: I like it that you're not coming across with a hard "this is the magic solution" sales message. And that you especially point out that unregulated capitalism has harmed people's easy health options and/or research funding. Ironically, when I visited China, I saw that the socialist central govt, out of care for its people's health, has policies wherein fresh vegetables are easily available even at little convenience stores at low prices. In contrast, America's government, due to political campaign contributions and tax / labor incentives to hire people to process food, makes more processed foods available at convenience stores even if they're not healthy. Actually this trend even shows up in restaurants and grocery stores.

I don't want to get too political, but if Americans continue our "me first" / "corporations are people" approach to government, China and other socialist dictatorships will never have to invade us: we'll just cannabilize ourselves, with unhealthy food and unaffordable or unaccessible quality education about it, for them.

A few thoughts: I didn't know that sugar / calcium levels can play a greater role in detecting heart disease than cholesterol. Thanks for sharing that. Would have liked more on this as recently a healthcare friend told me that as men age they might actually do better with slightly higher cholesterol levels than when younger etc.

Might disagree, or suggest clarification, on the "avoid vegetable oil" message in that ironically olive oil might be considered a "vegetable oil" and/or sometimes people need to consider what the make up of the vegetable oil is.