GABRIEL'S OPEN LETTER TO DR. MERCOLA

Posted by: The Culture of Life on 27/09/2010

Dear Dr. Mercola,

Thank you for your excellent, thoughtful, and sensitive discussion on vegetarianism and the China study. I have been researching and exploring the benefits of a plant-source-only diet for over 38 years (since 1973). Given the length of my practice and the scope of my experience, I have come to some working conclusions on the interrelated topics of diet, health, and longevity. I am writing this for the people who have become confused by your subtle, but clear avocation for a meat-centered diet over a plant-source-only diet, as they are tentatively inspired to shift from one paradigm of health and consciousness to a new level. Although I appreciate most of your points, my main objection is that your implication that people with higher metabolic protein requirements need to eat meat. Based on my extensive, successful, clinical experience over the course of 38 years of helping people do exactly that, with a 99.99% success rate, your position is misleading and untrue. Even former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who used to eat McDonalds hamburgers in front of the press, has turned to a plant-based diet and now drinks almond milk smoothies!

In summary based on my extensive clinical experience in supporting thousands of people becoming successful on a plant source only diet, I have found:

1)    We are unique individuals for whom a consistently successful plant-source-only approach requires a thoughtful application of a constitutional approach to organizing ones diet. This includes, contrary to your subtle implication, that if someone is a fast oxidizer (i.e., needs a higher protein diet) that they need to be a meat eater. There are plenty of high protein sources in a plant-source diet, (such as spirulina, chlorella, and Klamath Lake algae – which are 60-70% protein and 40% assimilable as compared to meat, chicken, and fish, which are 14-16% assimilable). In other words, it is no problem for a fast oxidizer (high protein ratio need) to be 100% successful on a plant-source-only, live-food diet. I have had only one person in 40 years who wanted to be a vegan, not be successful using this approach; and they grew up near the Arctic Circle.

2)    General health, vitality and endurance increases on the physical plane in addition to an increased spiritual desire on a spiritual plane on a plant-source-only, 80% live-food diet. That is not to say, it is not possible to evolve spiritually on a meat-centered diet, but intense spiritual practices, such as the Tibetan monks utilize, are needed to overcome the negative impact of eating meat. As of 2005, the Dalai Lama has asked all Buddhists to return to a vegetarian way of life. Based on my clinical experience with thousands of meditators, a meat-centered diet suppresses the flow of the spiritual energy.

3)    A plant-source-only, organic, at least 80% live-food, moderate fat and either low protein or carbohydrate intake, depending on constitution; low-glycemic, high-mineral, well hydrated and low caloric diet is best for general health, longevity, and spiritual life. Using these understandings and approaches 99.99% of the population can be successful, healthfully and spiritually, on a plant-source-only, organic, live-food diet.

4)    Both a meat-centered and plant-source-only diet require supplementation for optimal health. It is a subliminal myth that a meat-centered diet does not require supplementation and therefore is better than a plant source only diet.

5)    Eating higher on the food chain (meat, poultry, fish, and dairy) exposes one to significantly more environmental carcinogenic and neurotoxic substances which may strongly suggest that not only meat, but these toxins, increase inflammation and chronic disease associated with a flesh centered diet such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s (now seen as significantly related to environmental toxin exposure), diabetes, and heart disease, thus decreasing general health, wellbeing, and longevity in modern times. Unfortunately, to prove this with absolute scientific certainty may take thirty years or longer, as it did to prove smoking causes lung cancer. I suggest that the risk/benefit ratio encourages us to move to a safer and healthier diet now, as many may not make it another 30 years on the typical American meat-centered diet. Just like 40 years ago, I advised people to stop smoking before it was proven. As far back as 1990, in my book Conscious Eating, I site research suggesting that animal flesh (being at the top of the food chain) contained approximately 15 times more toxins than vegetables. Root vegetables had 4 times more than leafy vegetables. Milk had about 5-6 times more toxins than leafy vegetables. This information in our rapidly increasing polluted environment becomes particularly significant in choosing the best diet for health. For example when looking at the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, statistics showed a 900% increase in perinatal mortality in the Boston area for three months after the nuclear incident. This was traced to radioactive I-131 released from the Chernobyl accident. Breastfeeding mothers were drinking cow’s milk (organic or otherwise) tainted by the I-131 landing on the grass the cows grazed on throughout the Boston area, and were passing this on to their nursing infants. Unfortunately, there have been many such incidents, secretly impacting our health and wellbeing.

6)    The “idyllic, pure, primal, feral, meat-centered, food dream” is an impossible reality except for an elite fraction of the population, and it still doesn’t solve the issue of concentrated environmental toxins and the environment destruction the meat industry reeks. (The 416-page report aptly titled Livestock’s Long Shadow published by the Livestock, Environment, and Development Initiative [LEAD] presents on this topic.) In short, a meat-centered diet is a certain threat to global ecology.

7)    Finally, according to our consciousness, do we make our choices. This includes our desires for food. According to the Bhagavad Gita chapter 17, verses 7-8: “The way one eats, performs religious rituals, disciplines one’s self and gives charity depends on the predominance of a particular guna (mental, emotional, and spiritual tendency). Foods, which increase longevity, mental clarity, strength and health (in modern times – a plant-source-only diet) and are pleasing to taste and look at are loved by sattvic people (spiritual, peaceful people). Bitter, sour, salty, hot, pungent, astringent, and burning foods that give pain and regret and cause health problems are sought after by rajasic people (people with executive and warrior proclivities, but lacking in spiritual interests). Leftovers, putrid and inadequately cooked food from which the energy has gone and is unfit as an offering is preferred by tamasic people (people who have no interest in morals, ethics, or spirituality).” A specific quality of person is drawn toward spiritual life, and hence to spiritual food supporting that lifestyle. Likewise a specific quality of person is drawn toward mundane secular life, having no major interest in morals, ethics, or spirituality. Hence, they are drawn to certain foods supporting that particular lifestyle. What we eat is both the cause and result of our level of consciousness. It is important to recognize this issue as part of the discussion, and not have one’s ego insist that everyone needs to eat the same, as we see with those aggressively promoting the “feral diet”. This letter is to support those people who of spiritual inclination or those who now feel ready to embrace such an inclination. Although these people are a small minority, it is a growing minority, who are part of the eventual tidal wave of increasing consciousness to heal the planet and humanity and bring us to the next paradigm of peace on all levels on the planet. The real issue here is not meat-eating verses plant-source-only; it is an issue of acknowledging people right to accurate, intelligent information on food choices, and choosing a diet that best suits their life purpose. Both meat-centered and plant-source-only diets are applicable to individuals based on the orientation of their consciousness. Those who are drawn to the new paradigm should not be subject to misinformation that creates fear for those who may be on the edge of stepping into their evolutionary potential for themselves and the planet, through an organic, plant-source-only, 80% live-food diet.

Thank you for your thoughtful work in general, and in the future may you be more sensitive to these deeper issues.

Blessings to your health and spirit,

Gabriel Cousens, M.D. M.D.(H), Diplomat Ayurveda , Diplomat Board of American Holistic Health

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- sep 27 2010, 4:37 p.m.James Frame
- Dr Cousens this is so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to write this and educate based on your vast experience. Would it be possible for you to do a similar piece talking about grains. There is so much confusion bout gluten but also due to Paleo Diet also concern over Quinoa and other grains. Can you give us your view.
- sep 27 2010, 4:37 p.m. tim campbell
- Another note of interest is that when God created Adam and Eve He created them as raw vegans. It was only later, after sin made its entry, that humankind turned to eating meat.
- sep 27 2010, 6:06 p.m. tim campbell
- Yes, Dr. Cousens, my thanks as well for this thoughtful, instructive piece. I have been reading some of the "health reform" writers of the late 1800's describing the health benefits observed when folks abstained from meat. I was interested by this because it occurred to me that the meat of that day was of the quality that we would today call "organic."
- sep 27 2010, 7:59 p.m. Suzi
- Thank you Dr. Cousens!!!! I love the metabolic typing concept and if not for you it would be too easy to fall into the trap of believing that animal food was essential. Hemp seeds and greens and spirulina and your wisdom have guided me for many years. Much love!!! Yogi Suzi
- sep 28 2010, 7:37 a.m.yogaturtle
- Can someone cite the original writing that Mercola wrote which prompted Dr. Gabriel Cousin's response above? I generally agree with Dr. Cousin's points. I am a vegan myself. However, from the perspective of people not aware of the connection be tween food choices and consciousness and spiritual development, it may appear that this article is judgmental towards 'un-consious' people who believe in eating meat for health. The article may be more effective if more focus is placed on the science and less on the judgments on the level of spiritual development of those condoning meat eating.
- sep 28 2010, 10:01 a.m. James
- It seems as though Gabriel is referring to a meat eater as a "cooked meat eater". To be fully educated and informed, one should research and compare protein assimilation of raw meat vs raw veggie, even if one chooses veganism. Now, many communities who have been raw or vegan are integrating raw animal food into their diet. Gabriel, you are pulling together evidence to support your beliefs and findings, rather than presenting evidence that supports the facts. After spending time at the Tree of Life in Patagonia, having the inside scoop of the real-life results of Tree of Life clients and students, I am completely impressed with the dedication and mission! Yet the reality and results are still linear and old paradigm. Think non-linear to find out for yourself. I hope you consider these comments. Thank you kindly
- sep 28 2010, 11:50 a.m. Philip
- James, Most of those eating meat are not eating it raw. Besides raw meat has a multitude of issues such as parasites and bacteria. Philip
- sep 28 2010, 1:04 p.m. Sarah E. Brown
- Amazing! This is a timely, well-informed explanation of the importance of choosing a plant-based diet for health, ecological, ethical and spiritual reasons. I highly recommend clicking the link at the bottom that goes to the full article. There I found answers to a lot of the comments people were posting on this piece. Thanks again, Gabriel, for being such an unbelievable inspiration for uplifting ourselves and the planet.
- sep 28 2010, 6:42 p.m. Azure Godiva
- Wow, actually, it really does sound like the real issue for you is plant sourced vs. meat-eating... I have been an exclusive raw vegan for many years, and never felt better after breaking my way of life, including my massive algae/chlorella/spiriulina based protein intake to try raw fish and goat milk and I have never felt better. I think the new paradigm is about listening to your body and doing things to help the earth so that there are not the environmental toxins associated with eating what you feel is sustaining your life in the most non harming compassionate way you are able. Also the work of Baxter suggests that plants feel it equally when you cut them & have very strong consciousness. The only real issue I see in your above statements is the potential toxicity of taking in animal products, and of course if you have a moral dilemna. For this body, which is fairly sattvic, milk and fish has healed many chronic issues and I am very grateful to the animals even if it was not their choice.
- sep 29 2010, 7:54 p.m. Diana Leigh
- As usual, your wisdom is greater than most know. Thanks for your diligent research in nutrition and longevity.
- sep 30 2010, 4:09 p.m.Ilana
- Dear Dr. Gabriel Cousens, Thank you for clarifying once again that a vegan live food diet is more than just HAEALTHY. On behalf of all parents out there who are devoting themselves to raising their children Vegan-Live I wanted to say how hearing your voice over the “you need meat” again and again is needed like a breath of fresh air. THANK YOU! Much Love, Ilana Bissonnette :)
- oct 01 2010, 8:52 a.m.Ilana
- Dear Dr. Gabriel Cousens, Thank you for clarifying once again that a vegan live food diet is more than just HEALTHY. On behalf of all parents out there who are devoting themselves to raising their children Vegan-Live I wanted to say how hearing your voice over the “you need meat” again and again is needed like a breath of fresh air. THANK YOU!Much Love,Ilana Bissonnette :)
- oct 01 2010, 6:01 a.m.Anabrese
- Thank you for sharing your letter with us Gabriel. I wonder if colostrum is healthy as a raw foodist or not? What are the alternatives? Anyone? x
- oct 01 2010, 12:15 p.m.Jonathan Glass
- Thankyou Gabriel for speaking your truth and your knowing. It totally resonates with health on every level of body, mind and spirit. It is true, all living beings do suffer when we consume or kill them including plants. However, according to the vedas, the nature of plants is that while they feel the sensation of pain, they forget immediately. Animals, however, have a more sophisticated nervous system in which the suffering happens on a deeper level. Ahimsa means to try to commit the least amount of suffering possible. AC Bhaktivedanta Swami once said, "the material world is no place for a gentleman" as every living entity has to live off of another living entitiy to survive. But, it is best to be healthy while committing the least amount of pain to others as possible.
- oct 02 2010, 9:56 a.m. heather
- thanks for the conscious, calm, educated response
- oct 02 2010, 11:17 a.m. tim campbell
- Yes, James, it would be intriguing to see if including raw meat in one's diet would still allow for the regression of artery plaque that Drs. Fuhrman and Esselstyn have noted and documented. They show that a very low fat vegan diet is capable of producing such reductions.
- oct 02 2010, 2:04 p.m. Gabrielle Darvassy
- Sat Nam, Dr. Cousens, thank you so much for the clarity and insightful information. Those that are working to change their lives and progress or to teach and spread the word of living foods, needs your continues support. Once again, thank you. Sat Nam, Gabrielle Darvassy
- oct 10 2010, 6:26 a.m. Lynda Hartley
- Thank you so much for writing to Dr. Mercola. You state so lovingly, eloquently,scientifically and knowledgeably what I study, live and intuitively believe to be the truth. Dr. Mercola does a great deal of good in his raising of awareness of health issues and solutions but I feel very sad when people come to me and say that Dr.Mercola thinks it's okay(and even necessary) to eat meat. Perhaps you could also write to Donna Gates and enlighten her on the subject of protein. Again like Dr.Mercola, she does tremendous good and has a wealth of knowledge but falls short on her knowledge of protein. Thank you once again for all your work. One love, Lynda
- oct 11 2010, 1:10 a.m.Bob DiBenedetto
- Thank you for these thoughts Dr Cousens. Over and over again, I see the global issue of food choices, that impact everything from: our personal health; to the environment; the world's resources--including our food supply and thus world hunger; the billions of creatures we call food; global warming and more, reduced to an issue of "meat eating is better for you than being vegetarian" -- as if these other issues don't exist. I see the same myopic view vehemently defended in other areas, where there is similarly quite a bit at stake--such as in energy choices debate. On one side of the issue, there are those who think that drilling for oil, offshore or not, is the right thing to do. The American thing to do. Like the "must-eat-meat" camp, the drill-baby-drill promoters ignore the many issues that are impacted by their desire for a cheap, short-term solution, such as: the effects of burning fossil fuels on the environment; global warming; health issues-- from cancer to birth defects to heart disease to asthma; global political stability; the military and economic costs of relying upon oil; and much more. When considering any issue of such significance, it is of the utmost importance to consider the very largest picture, and the widest ramifications of our choices imaginable. Only then will we be able to identify global solutions-- based upon an accurate and big-picture cost/benefit analysis-- that will lead us to policies and personal choices that serve all of humanity as well as the rest of this amazing creation we all share, for many years to come. Thank you for broadening this discussion, for the benefit of all who are aiming to live in accordance with their highest ideals, but might be confused by the opinions expressed by a variety of web gurus who as you say, are subtle (but clear) in their avocation of a meat-based diet.
- oct 11 2010, 8:49 p.m.David L. Franklin
- Great post. Thanks for sharing.
- oct 27 2010, 2:21 a.m. Don
- Thank you Gabriel. Such a kind and thoughtful response to Dr. Mercola's nonsense rant about a vegan diet. This, coupled with Dr. Campbell's very brilliant and on point scientific response, should completely shut the door on Dr. Mercola's position on "The China Study's" research. Shame on Dr. Mercola. But, he is also wrong on other topics as well.
- oct 28 2010, 4:45 p.m.craig lane
- look at all this effort to prove you are right. Seems to go against the spiritual principles you promote. Who cares what mercola thinks? I certainly do not care what you do. Craig lane
- nov 26 2010, 11:49 a.m. fred
- thank you gabriel for showing people the truth once again about the holistic picture involved in diet choices. i am in full support of every human following their joy: their true joy. i am not one to tell someone that they NEED to eat one way or another. what it comes down to is being educated. i know many people who have been vegan and added fish and dairy back to their diets, feeling better. what i think they are missing is that you can get those same elements from vegan sources: in this case mostly B-12 (living vegan supplement) and DHA (golden algae). of course you can't get the same amount of opiods in any food as you can in dairy (the reason most people FEEL better when they start eating dairy again). and when a human thinks they are craving flesh foods, it is usually just a craving for protein and salt, two nutrients that are easily obtained from vegan sources. i believed anyone can be healthy on any diet. that's why i appreciate this article: you can be healthy as a vegan. people need to know this. it's unfair for anyone to think that they must eat animal products to be healthy. it's not true. if someone wants to be a vegan for any reason, they should know that they can thrive doing so.
- dic 12 2010, 10:19 a.m. james
- I followed a plant sourced diet for 3 years and found it to be just as you have described. Sadly in the last 12 years I've begun to experience most of the super foods and any food or supplement that has been fermented to cause central sleep apnea and heart palpitations. I suspect it is the easily digested glutamic acid found in these foods that my body for some reason is unable to utilize as it once did. Freely available glutamic acid is a neurotoxic substance and some people are more sensitive to it than others. I can no longer consume any sea vegitables, algea, mushrooms, yeast or any other ancient and simple protien that is easily digested and thus releases spikes of amino acids. I suspect these spikes of amino acids derived from naturally simple protiens and more complex fermented protiens flood the body stimulating the central nervous system. This is potentially what gives the spiritual energy to some and to those more sensitive to the glutamate spikes a negative response like I now get is had. The question is can my sensitivity be reduced so that I too can once again enjoy all of these foods that lessen my impact on my earth and propel me spiritually forward?
- dic 22 2010, 8:01 a.m.John Michael DAvis
- I disagree. I don't think that it is very true that food has anything real to do with spiritual flow in this life. I think it is a sick philosophy that encourages such attitudes. I say this because personally after coming off of a 25 day distilled water fast quenched of a great inner nectar flow You had nothing to say to me and no care for my enlightenment. You have nothing but a basic statement that I was an idiot for talking to you about it. You act here like you actually care for the spiritual driven drawn to such behaviors and life styles then where were you when I came to you for your direction and aid, fact is you pushed me out of the way in crowd of and figuratively stepped on me to go past with visions of Christ in the book room at Sacred Waters.
- ene 07 2011, 11:35 a.m.rawearth
- Dear Dr.Gabriel, I really want to thank you for this open letter. I love Dr. Mercola and what he is doing and I also wholeheartedly agree with your position. For me, I do not eat cow, chicken, pork not because of spiritual inclinations, but for my body, they are really hard to digest. I do have a sensitive digestive system and by eliminating these "hard" meats, I feel much better. I do however, like salmon and halibut and am finding that the more I lean into raw foods and some vegetarian cooked foods, I don't even like those. I always feel "heavy" after consuming, so I have moved more toward the raw lifestyle. I am fascinated by the science behind nutrition and the older I get, my health becomes a huge part of what's important. In today's world where many people are unemployed, have no health insurance and the baby boomers are turning 65 a the rate of 8000 a day, longevity has become the number one topic. How do we survive? How can we avoid the illnesses of today and be healthy, eat healthy in these scenarios. I would like to ask you to write about this particular thing, getting older, no retirement funds and perhaps grave illnesses on the way for many people in the bb generation. I started my business to address these concerns and give my piers access to the best whole, raw, vegan superfoods at the lowest prices for the sake of our later years. I notice that many people on the raw vegan path are young, like my daughter's age. So my quest is to reach out to my piers and embrace the young ones coming up. As a matter of fact, I just got my niece and her boyfriend into raw food preparation. I have another client who is 86 years old, she was an executive chef for many years but had a heart condition and surgery previous to me knowing her. I was able to get her onto juicing and making her own hemp milk, replacing it to her regular addiction to dairy. She loves hemp milk. Needless to say it's very exciting when people changing their lifestyles a bit start to find that raw cuisine can be quite tasty and gourmet as well. I hope to interview you one day on my podcast show at http://rawearthsuperfoods.com/healthybytes. If not, I will continue to study your entries and utilize them in my world of helping people become happy and healthy.
- ene 09 2011, 2:11 p.m. Bin
- From the full response: "C-reactin protein (CRP) is a measure of inflammation. It is no accident that in our “30 Day Raw Vegan” movie, the CRP dropped 70% when people were taken off their meat and put on a raw plant source only diet for one month. This suggestion of increased CRP of the participants on a meat-based diet may be the “load-to-time” link between meat consumption and heart disease. " Confirmation bias at its best! There were a million variables that was changed in the diet, but somehow the problem was meat. Industrial seed oils (also known as vegetable oils) are an incredible pro-inflammatory agent. Just replacing the seed oil in the diet with a traditional fat such as coconut oil or lard or tallow or butter would have also reduced CRP by a large margin. In fact, any diet which reduce or eliminate industrial seed oils and sugar would improve inflammatory markers. This includes raw vegan diets as well as meat based low-carb diets. I know which one is worshiped here.
- feb 05 2011, 7:18 p.m. Dr B. Gorain
- After having met Dr. Cousens and studying his books, I can categorically say that his research is not just thorough and scientific on a material plane but involves energy and guidance on a higher level of consciousness. This is quite rare as most reseachers and experts on diet base their work and conclusions on a purely intellectual basis, which we all know is quite limiting and resulting in conclusions that are unreliable. There are numerable examples of conflicting research findings these days in the media, which is needless to say. I must reiterate that Dr. Cousens research relects divine truth and when he says something we better listen-this is an opportunity of a life-time to learn and enhance our life.
- feb 05 2011, 11:56 p.m. Jay Dooreck
- I applaud you for this great article. You have given much to people and to the world in your life. I have been a vegetarian for forty years and just climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at seventy two on a plant based diet. Even if meat based diet was better and that is not true I would I would rather live less, nourish and be in tune with my spiritual being. That is who we really are. Again thanks for your great insights and contribution to the world. The Best, Jay Dooreck
- feb 06 2011, 5:33 a.m. Douglas A Grendahl
- I've been on a journey of "awakening" now since early childhood. Along the journey, I found myself losing my health and in the process, seeking to reclaim it. On this journey, I have tried most, if not all of the health paradigms out there. What I ultimately came to see on this journey is this, I was born into this world and then acculturated by society at large and lost touch with my real nature, that being an essence of the Creator. In that loss, I lost my health. It was this experience that has forced me to look at LIFE and to begin to find my way back HOME. On that journey, my ego would tell me that it is a matter of plenty of good exercise OR taking this supplement OR eating raw foods OR eating some cooked OR this and OR that. And I discovered all along this journey what I was doing was living by others values & precepts and living in then in a conflicted state with my body. As I began to ask the question, "who am I?" and to really look at it, I saw that my Source of LIFE had no rules or regulations for me, that I was a creator along with Source, and that what I ultimately chose is what i get. So now I have in my life a diet of mixed food items and I bless what I eat and stay centered with Source and health has prevailed! I SEE that it starts and ends with our ultimate connection to Source. If my thinking processes and or connection is out of whack, all of the best raw foods that you speak about will do me no good, neither the diet that Mercola speaks about. IT IS ALL ABOUT OUR CONNECTION TO SOURCE. I would love to hear from others how you see this differently. You can send me your comments at: surfingacct@me.com. DG
- feb 06 2011, 6:49 a.m. Raven
- I think that the vibration of this planet is changing rapidly, and that what was eaten in the past will soon become nonfunctional and inappriate for the world we are entering. There is much more to diet, than nutrients alone Underneath a food, is a vibration which can feed or drain our nonphysical light bodies. This is another level of consideration, because obviously a raw or plant-based food will have a higher vibration than a cooked food or animal flesh. Dr. Cousen's connection of diet to spiritual energy is dead on.
- feb 07 2011, 8:15 p.m.mara
- I have lived as a vegetarian for most of my life, even though raised up on the standard meat-eating american fare. I recently started cooking for a group of people, who insist that meat is what I should serve. After many months of preparing and tasting carnivorous meals, I recognize that I have become more angry and stressed, have more joint pain and skin problems, and meditate less. A coincidence? I think it might be the energy of handling and eating meat products.
- feb 08 2011, 11:46 a.m. maggie
- Enhance our lives that is the key ,to be conscience and listen to your body,and have the awareness to KNOW and FEEL what you are doing to your health when you eat. Your vibration will reflect what you are eating. That old saying you are what you eat.
- feb 13 2011, 1:43 p.m. Truth
- People like Azure Godiva under eat on calories, crash, think they need animal products when really they just need some calories. Same with people trying low calorie (and/or high fat) raw and end up back on cooked foods or eatings tons of oils, nuts, fats, etc. Under eating (especially on carbs) will lead to this. Also, one should be more concerned about too much protein, and too much fat, moreso than the other way around (Cousens knows this). A diet of as much fruit as you require and as much veggies as you desire is the way to go. Also alges, spirulinas, bee pollen, etc are just as non human foods as the animal products and condiments, just in other ways. The new paradigm she speaks of is rationalizing doing whatever you want, and not seeing the truth behind it. Sure, let's just call it listening to your body (not). The sick horror (not fairy) tale vision of sustainable happy slaughtering of animals and eating their corpses, excretions, and menses is not sustainable for us or the planet, and certainly not healthy. Gabriel Cousens sees some things about being veg, health, the planet, and one’s sentience/conscience, but if you look at part of his video about reversing diabetes, he quotes "low protein, low fat, high carb" as the way to go, which on a raw food diet is done with fruits and greens, small amounts of fatty fruits, nuts, seeds... (so that should be the diet). Also, while having some things right about the Gita and other aspects, the words Spiritual and Consciousness are not being used here as Sri Krishna uses them (who is the giver and inner purport of all these teachings). Certainly there are physical and metaphysical results of diet and health, but nothing material can manufacture the spiritual. It's a descending process, not an ascending process.

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