I love a good science smackdown… this was beautifully eloquent and throughly enjoyable to read. Like watching a sumo-wrestler fight a nine year old. I am in no way scientific or a medical person, but I’ve learned a lot from your article — so thanks, perhaps ignorant people should be distributed to all major universities so they can make outrageous statements and qualified people can put them right.

Thanks for a thoroughly entertaining read and rebuttal — this is exactly what Medium is for and this article should be front and centre on the homepage. I’m adding the word ‘heme’ to my lexicon. Cheers for writing and best of luck with the ongoing research.