by QubitBob » Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:13 pm
It sounds like Dr. Wu took over for Walter Willett as head of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. I became aware of Dr. Willett when I bought his book, Eat, Drink, and be Healthy in 2000. That was when I was just becoming aware of the role of diet in health.
Overall, this department promotes what I would call the Mediterranean Diet. They do not promote a vegan diet, though they do promote a very plant-heavy diet. My take on things is that this diet is a big improvement over what the vast majority of Americans eat, but it is not optimal. For optimal results you have to adopt a low-fat, whole-food, plant-based diet like those promoted by Drs. McDougall, Esselstyn, Ornish, Barnard, etc.