Neal Barnard, M. D., a psychiatrist, started a group, Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), which advocates medicine
based on nutritious vegetarian diets and other positive life style
changes, rather than reliance on animal experimentation and the
use of drugs and surgery. His approach is given in his book, The
Power of Your Plate (1990), in which he presents the views of
many modern doctors who have practiced wholistic medicine. To counter
the negative effects of the old "Basic Four Food Groups", with its
heavy reliance on animal products, Dr. Barnard presented the "New
Four Food Groups", which puts fruits, vegetables, whole grains,
and legumes at the center of the American diet. Dr. Barnard has
recently written other nutrition books, including one on weight
reduction, based on the use of the "New four food groups".
- Richard Schwartz
Quotes:
The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than
all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile
accidents combined. If beef is your idea of `real food for real
people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.
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