Interview with Angelina Jolie's doctor promotes meatless diet and scientific inaccuracies
https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/Kristi-Funk-meatless-diet
Full article: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-kristi-funk-angelina-jolies-cancer-doctor-ltfnzp0dd
Dr. Kristi Funk, Angelina Jolie's Hollywood breast surgeon, is promoting her new book about breast cancer. This article from the UK newspaper The Times includes an interview with Funk about her book, which proposes that diet is responsible for breast cancer. This XRAYS addresses scientific inaccuracies in this article. (8/7/18)
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