"Optimizing Your Vegan Diet for Better Health" William Harris,
M.D.
| Founding VSH board
member and resident skeptic William Harris, M.D. mentions a few free
downloads he has put online including the latest USDA Nutrient Database in
Excel format, and then reiterates his opinion that a vegan diet and
regular exercise are the prime determinants of health, all therapeutic
options being secondary. He has a few choice words for the recent food
scares that blame plant foods for E. coli and Salmonellosis when those
microbes can't be grown in plant media, and argues that it's contamination
from nearby animal agriculture that brings on these news bites.
Never a big fan of the high carb, low fat mantra, Bill suggests that the fat phobia goes against a primal fat requirement in order for life to even exist, although he does point out that all foods with fat but no fiber are threats to health. He backs up the dictum "If Man Made it Don't Eat it," explaining how the U.S. food industry, with government financial backing and deceptive advertising and labeling, has destroyed American health in its pursuit of profit.
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A vegan for more than
40 years, William
Harris, M.D., is a founding
and current director of
the Vegetarian Society of
Hawaii. Prior to his retirement
he was an emergency
physician and the
director of the Kaiser Permanente
Vegetarian Lifestyle
Clinic. He received
his medical degree from
the University of California,
San Francisco and is
the author of The Scientific
Basis of Vegetarianism.
Retirement has allowed
Dr. Harris to maintain
and even increase
his physical activity. He
swims and does other
aerobic exercise daily
and continues to hone his
trampoline skills. He's
been an active pilot for
many years and a skydiver
with more than 800
jumps.
Filming and
editing by Dr
William Harris M.D.
on July 8, 2008 at Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse, Honolulu, Hawaii
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