What you want to know is... does it shorten your life? You can do those kinds of questions in mice, but those are expensive to do and no one's been…

- Bruce Ames

I think we all should try and eat a good diet. It's actually a wonderful to eat a good diet, because you're eating all of these different kinds of …

- Bruce Ames

Almost all the world is natural chemicals, so it really makes you re-think everything. A cup of coffee is filled with chemicals. They've identified a…

- Bruce Ames

Folic acid deficiency does the same thing as radiation.

- Bruce Ames

For example, in Vitamin K, the clotting proteins get it first... and only after they're satisfied do you prevent calcification of the arteries, or …

- Bruce Ames

The effort to eliminate synthetic pesticides because of unsubstantiated fears about residues in food will make fruits and vegetables more expensive, …

- Bruce Ames

If I don't eat veggies with a meal, I feel deprived.

- Bruce Ames

The obese are eating the worst diet in the country if you define worse as ratio of calories to essential micronutrients. They're just eating empty …

- Bruce Ames