Ask John

John Robbins receives numerous questions on topics including health, the environment, animal welfare, and the building of a more just, ethical and loving world. Some of the questions he receives are answered here. If you would like to ask him a question, you may click here for the "Ask John" form, which will be sent to him and/or one of his associates.

Due to a technical glitch, this feature was malfunctioning for the past several months. Questions sent in during this time were not received by John Robbins. Fortunately, this problem has now been corrected.

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The Social And Political World

• How do you cope?
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Environmentalists at risk from anti-terrorist laws
• Menstrual cycles and sea sponges
• Hitler a vegetarian?
• Does watching TV make kids violent?
• Food served in schools sucks
• My husband loves pizza
• Renaming a town “Got Milk?, California"?
• The McAfrika burger
• Any connection between what you eat and your spiritual evolution?
• What about abortion?
• Just giving consumers the cheap food they want?
• What about McDonald's in Sweden?
• My friends only serve meat or dairy-based foods
• Racism
• Was River Phoenix a role model?
• Can boys' difficult behavior be helped by diet?
• Is new Agriculture Secretary tied to cattlemen?

Food and Health

• Is grass fed beef ecological?
• Do tofu and soy milk cause dementia?
• Diet and premature sexual maturity
• What about Quorn?
• Grilled veggies and cancer
• McDonald's in hospitals and schools?
• Ray Audette's "NeanderThin" and other "Paleolithic" diets
• What about free-range and omega-3 eggs?
• What about olestra?
• How Healthy Is Chocolate?
• Thyroid Cancer and Soy
• Is rBST the same as rBGH?
• American Heart Association View of the Atkins and Zone Diets
• What about whole grains?
• Why not just take cholesterol lowering drugs?
• What about sprouts?
• Is there something else I can do to ward off prostate cancer?
• Why do so many vegans seem so frail?
• With all the contamination, is breast milk still safe?
• Is there a way to test breast milk for toxicity?

• Doesn’t concern for animals bias your judgement of dietary questions?
• Awareness of animal suffering is breaking her heart
• The worst form of animal abuse
• Is James Cromwell really an animal rights activist?
• Shouldn't we be absolutely sure about global warming before building windmills that kill birds?
• What about dairy products from well treated cows?
• Horizon claims they treat their cows well

• Can GMOs help feed the hungry?
• Has Cuba gone organic?
• Do gift flowers carry pesticides?
• What about pesticides on plant foods?
• The potential of biotechnology
• Kids playing on genetically engineered grass
• Organic farms less efficient?
• Does genetically engineered corn pose a threat to monarch butterflies?