At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'
By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.
At the age of 12, my parents gave me a chemistry set for Christmas, and experimentation soon became a consuming passion in my life.
My parents, once I made it clear to them that I wanted to do science, they were totally sympathetic.
As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.
My parents really encouraged me.
My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do medicine. I used to go to drama classes when I was younger, and she would always take me. But when I got to an age when I decided it was what I wanted to do, when she accepted it, she had actually been the most supportive person ever.
My parents were all into macrobiotic cooking and natural cooking, and my sister was a vegetarian. I wasn't down with that.
Both my parents are doctors, so from the time I was a child, I wanted to do medicine.
My mom taught me how to make grilled chicken, and I bake, too.