nutrient rich® healthy eating

Take a multivitamin/mineral tablet that has the RDI for zinc, and other minerals. (READ

LABELS—avoid products that have pre-formed Vitamin A, which may increase osteoporosis

and cancer risk, and folic acid which may increase risk of prostate cancer.^161 You get plenty of

natural, safe, folate in green vegetables – you don’t need, or want, folic acid.)

Also take:

 Carnitine supplement - 500 mg – 1000 mg in the mornings

 Taurine supplement – 1000 mg. daily

 DHEA after having levels measured in saliva

As a scientist, I have to recognize that there may possibly be other nutrients found in flesh foods

that are unrecognized at this time. In some people, for the reasons described above, some of

those nutrients may be extremely beneficial, perhaps essential.

Consequently, in my nutritional counseling, I have (reluctantly) come to the point of saying that

if all the above measures have been tried for at least 12 months and NO improvement is noted, I

do not condemn my patients if they add in a small amount of animal-based food, such as the

eggs from the neighbor’s backyard chicken. If a person feels they must eat flesh-based foods to

feel optimally nourished, I urge that they consume the smallest amount possible, and to choose

that which causes the least suffering to animals and damage to the planet.

I make it clear that this intake of flesh should be viewed as medicinal only, and should be taken

for nourishment, not for taste or gluttony. Most of these people find that consuming such

products only once or twice weekly produces the desired effects—and that often decreases over

to once or twice monthly, or can cease altogether.

While eating at least 90% or more plant-based nutrient-rich foods, you may eat a small amount

of refined foods and/ or you may eat a small amount of animal foods. Either way, though my

vegan purist-friends might complain that I am sacrificing my principles, I would rather have

people maintain a 90+percent, whole-foods, plant-based diet than continue largely eat the

standard, Western, animal-based diet which is killing our people and our planet with ever

greater momentum.

If all Americans made whole plant foods 90+ percent of their diet, the health of the nation and

the planet would benefit tremendously. If you can’t go 100% plant-based right away—and you

may never—don’t be deterred. 90% is a wonderful starting point from which to work towards

(^161) Elevated physiological levels of folic acid can increase in vitro growth and invasiveness of prostate cancer cells.
Petersen LF, Brockton NT, Bakkar A, Liu S, Wen J, Weljie AM, Bismar TA. BJU Int. 2011 Jul 19 2010.