A lot of people didn't make it because they didn't understand germ theory back then.

People in the country didn't always have all of the newest health-care advances, and they depended on what they had around their houses.

We ran across many people who lost everything. They all wanted to share their story, and it's important to listen. In the course of listening to one such story, Ed met a woman who used to be in the trucking business but lost everything, and he promised her a truck.

People shouldn't be disappointed by the studies. It's just a wake-up call that simply reducing your total dietary fat is not enough.

The Holocaust has overshadowed all of this. It's such an emotional thing. Most people, even Jews, equate Jews with the Holocaust. American Jewish history has taken a backseat.

I'm sometimes mystified by people who keep diaries. I never thought of my existence as being that important.