‘Diet genes’ not a thing: Stanford University

In 2007 (not 1986, as the cover would have you believe), Pamela McDonald and Wayne Dyer's book, The Gene Diet, was first published. Despite its sensational-sounding subtitle – Use Your Body's Own APO E Gene to Treat High Cholesterol, Weight Problems, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's ... and More! – science seemed to back up its claims.