I kind of like the idea of would-be health prophets publishing their biomarkers or allowing the general public some other way of verifying their actual lifestyles. I think the core issue here is one of very basic honesty. We just read here about how Airola & Fry cooked their books to some extent, and it is not as if these are isolated cases. J.I. Rodale [who maintained that he would live to 125] keeled over from a heart attack while taping the Cavett Show, Adelle Davis (who smoked and ate fried liver daily for breakfast) kicked at 72 (I believe) from cancer, John Tobe died young, Shelton died before his time by being such a workaholic, & Durk Pearson/Sandy Shaw are walking proof that popping loads of antioxidants, etc. will not overcome various indiscretions. I'd bet good money that each of these prophets would have resisted biomarker publication, while somebody such as Norman Walker who lived as he preached (to my knowledge) would have probably welcomed it. This should tell you something. The study of human nutrition is an ongoing field, and if these so-called experts are not willing to open up on their primary research subjects (i.e., themselves) what validity does their work hold? We are all human & subject to our various indicretions, & failing to be open about this serves no one, least of all the person who is deceiving himself. --Doug Schwartz [log in to unmask]