[14] 一份150克的白米飯：New Scientist, 11 June 2016, p. 32.
[15] 出於種種複雜的化學理由：Lieberman, Story of the Human Body, p. 255.
[16] 一枚鱷梨含有的飽和脂肪：New Scientist, 2 Aug. 2014, p. 35.
[17] 直到2004年，美國心髒協會：Kummerow obituary, New York Times, 1 June 2017.
[18] 這個想法可以追溯到1945年：More or Less, BBC Radio 4, 6 Jan. 2017.
[19] 想喝多少水就喝多少水的人：Roach, Grunt, p. 133.
[20] 喝太多水：‘Can You Drink Too Much Water?', New York Times, 19 June 2015; ‘Strange but True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill', Scienti?c American, 21 June 2007.
[21] 人一輩子要吃差不多60噸食物：Zimmer, Microcosm, p. 56.
[22] 受肥胖折磨的人遠多於：Nature, 2 Feb. 2012, p. 27.
[23] 每個星期吃一塊巧克力餅幹：New Scientist, 18 July 2009, p. 32.
[24] 對我們產生了最大啟蒙作用的人：Keys obituary, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2004; Keys obituary, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2004; Journal of Health and Human Behavior (Winter 1963): pp. 291-293; American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (March 2010).
[25] 基斯著手進行了一場日後稱作“明尼蘇達饑餓實驗”的探索：‘They Starved So That Others Be Better Fed: Remembering Ancel Keys and the Minnesota Experiment', Journal of Nutrition 135, no. 6, June 2005.
[26] 1/5的美國年輕人：‘What Not to Eat', New York Times, 2 Jan. 2017;
‘How Much Harm Can Sugar Do?', New Yorker, 8 Sept. 2015.
[27] 莎士比亞吃的水果：Lieberman, Story of the Human Body, p. 265; ‘Best Before?', New Scientist, 17 Oct. 2015.
[28] 美國最受歡迎的蔬菜：Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, April 2011, p. 158.
[29] 美國人平均每天攝入3400毫克：‘Clearing Up the Confusion About Salt', New York Times, 20 Nov. 2017.
[30] 麥克馬斯特大學……進行了一項綜合分析：Chemistry World, Sept. 2016, p. 50.