Video Transcript: Preventing Cancer is Like Growing a Garden
Ty Bollinger: I’ve heard you say that health is like growing a garden. Why do you compare those two?
Dr. Patrick Quillin: Not everybody in America has access to a garden, but I hope you at least have some appreciation that—I don’t care if you live in Central Park or near Central Park in New York City.
I’ve been to New York a dozen times and it’s a beautiful, vibrant city. But go to the nearest botanical gardens and have a look at nature and have an appreciation for it because when you find a patch of land and you say, “I want to grow a garden here,” the first thing you’re going to do is take out the weeds and sticks and stones and detoxify that patch of land.
Then you’re going to go in and till it up and make sure that it has the right levels of nutrients. You’re going to nourish the soil with, of course, the common agriculture is NPK, nitrogen phosphorous, potassium. But in real plant botany, plants need more like 15 different nutrients and actually there’s 112 in the periodic table of elements.
So we’re going to take that piece of land and we’re going to nourish it with what the plant needs and with what I need because a plant may not need selenium, but I do. And that’s why we’re going to put it with soil. So we’re going to nourish the soil then we’re going to put in the right seeds and inoculate the soil. And then we’re going to water it, pray over it, and hopefully in two or three months we will have a productive garden that’s feeding us… the same thing with the human body.
You find a body that’s not well, all kinds of symptoms. We mentioned some of the common killers in America. And from those symptoms the first thing we would do is say, we’re going to take you just like that piece of land. Let’s detoxify you first. Let’s take out the heavy metals, the volatile organic chemicals.
Studies have been done looking at Americans, where these are legitimate labs, FDA approved labs, that have looked at urinary output from a volatile organic chemical, BPA, bisphenol A, is one that’s commonly found in almost all of us. Flame retardants in almost all of us.
You think, well, how did it get there? You know, the fact is that many of us have been exposed to frightening levels of chemicals that in many cases are hormone disruptors. That is, they affect the ability of the body to make male or female hormones, insulin, the many hormones are now dysregulated.
So those chemicals, the heavy metals, the toxic burden in the gut, many of those are causing what’s called autotoxemia. Auto as in self, toxins in the gut, back to that hundred trillion cells. Those hundred trillion microorganisms are making—if you’re doing things right they’ll make vitamin K2 which is an anticancer substance. If you’re doing things right they’ll make a little bit of gas, as in hydrogen, which actually will be absorbed into the bloodstream and is a powerful antioxidant.
They’ll make a little bit of butyrate, which is such a powerful anti-cancer substance that its being researched at the National Cancer Institute. If you’re doing things right, if you eat right, if you don’t drink too much alcohol, drugs, antibiotics, then you’re going to have a healthy level of bacteria in the gut and it will make you healthy. If you don’t do things right those organisms start generating their own toxins which are then absorbed into the bloodstream.
And if things really get ugly then you might—your intestinal lumen will become dysfunctional, hyperpermeable and now what you have is what’s supposed to be a screen door that keeps the bugs out. Now we’ve got tears and rips in it. Now we have microorganisms moving into the bloodstream. Its called bacterial translocation. And now you have yeast, candida albicans, bacteria, yeast, virus, other organisms that can move into the bloodstream and generate autoimmune diseases, even cancer.
There’s a whole chapter in my book, Beating Cancer with Nutrition, that talks about… is cancer in some cases actually an infection? And that’s a whole fascinating subject.
Back to the business of what does a garden have to do with our body? Detoxify. The next thing you’re going to do is you’re going to nourish the soil in us too. Take that patient and make sure they’re optimally nourished so that we can go in and embrace that sound bite of “a healthy human body is self-regulating and self-repairing.” We want to get the soil doing that and we want to get our body doing it if we’re optimally nourished.
Then we’re going to do the water and check the pH. PH is an important issue in the human body as in the soil. If It’s not just right you’re not going to thrive.
Pray over it: stress reduction, an important part of healthcare.
I’ve worked with enough patients to know that what you’re eating may not be as important as what’s eating you… forgiveness, love, tolerance, a mission in life, people who love you, useful things to do, a good night’s sleep, all of that down regulates the stress hormones of the 400 different neural peptides that our brain and body make. We want them moving in the right direction.
Deepak Chopra says it best, “every cell in your body is eavesdropping into your thoughts.” So if we do it right we talk to that garden patch, we do the same thing in our body, then our body goes back into self-regulating, self-repairing, and hopefully it goes into remission from whatever it is that you had that you went to the doctor for.
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When I was diagnosed in January 1993, unable to take chemo (unwilling too) and refusing radiation, I was lucky enough to find Dr. Quillin’s book Beating Cancer with Nutrition when it was first published in 1994. So helpful at a time when there was NO Internet and no support from the mainstream medical community. I went on to found Annie Appleseed Project providing information to millions since June 1999. Now active on Facebook and Twitter @annieappleseed We bring this kind of information to the mainstream every month. Our all-volunteer nonprofit exhibits, puts up posters, hands out health-messaged postcards and works tirelessly to defend the right to make these choices.
Ann Fonda, i assume you are free from cancer now. I will get hold of the book. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Wow Ann , I am so happy for you and can’t believe that it has been over 20 years and you are still here . There is hope for us all,thank you
Thanks to the Most High for this article
How timely …they say stage four external breast cancer. Please give help me with a diet plan. I have refused chemo and radiation as well as surgery. I am a vegan
I doubt Ann Fonfa is vegan — probably organic vegetables and a whole bunch of other wholesome, nutritious organic foods. You all need to read her book. I haven’t read it but the Lord guided me in learning online and I now have all my illnesses under control and I am not vegan. You should also seek out a good functional medicine or holistic doctor who would work in conjunction with your specialists. I live in Greenville, SC and I have a primary care physician and an endocrinologist that approach illnesses looking at the whole body (which is what I meant by functional medicine and holistic doctor) and I use my insurance and pay a small co-pay. What a blessing! I also have an integrative MD that may have saved my life that is not covered by insurance but if you can afford the chance of outliving major illnesses and living longer, I highly recommend her. Feel free to message me on facebook.
When I walk in those health food stores and Whole Foods where I live in Ottawa, Canada, they do have detoxifying teas, essential oils, wheatgrass, probiotics, zinc and selenium supplements, and essiac in trying to detoxify the body. The juice lady Cherie Chalboum always gives us recipes in her natural juicing. She even has recipes on cakes, cookies, and muffins where she uses no sugar, eggs, dairy, and animal fat. One of those days, I should try her recipes and juice fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices to see, if it would make any difference to my body. I one day want to try a raw vegan diet, where I will eat no meat, fish, dairy, eggs, poultry, and desserts to see, if it would make any difference to my general health and test whether I will get cancer in the future.
I have heard that raw vegan is an excellent detox diet and can help a lot, but over the long term it lacks certain nutrients that we need to stay strong and healthy long term. Check out the Nourishing Traditions/Weston Price perspective on animal consumption. Its really interesting. Good luck!!!
I appreciate all the great information out there regarding diets and nutrition. However, you can’t just say no one should eat meat. Some people do not do well on a vegan or all-raw diet. Me for one. Cut down on the meat, and only eat organic. There is an amino acid in grass-fed meat (CLA) and raw dairy that is not present in vegetables.
I agree with you, Jeanie. I’m a registered nurse who learned long ago to pay attention to my own body. Carbs and I fight, and looking back on my life i can see that I always have. I do my very best on grass-fed beef, lamb is next, bison is third with chicken and pork pulling up the rear. Pay attention to your body even when doctors and other health care pros don’t, because they won’t.
According to some health experts, vitamin B12 is produced in the gut if we have the proper bacteria in there first. Look at the plant eating animals like deer. They also need the vitamin B12 and they get it from plants. Proteolytic probiotics are a powerful patented probiotic that assists in building all the B vitamins in the gut. Available through IdealHealth4life.info
We also need people to, like from Cancer Truth, to help spread the news about proper health principles in educating people how to eliminate any illness like cancer, etc.
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Silvia, it is probably easier (so that you don’t get discouraged and stop completely) to start a little at a time. Start by adding more leafy greens to your diet in salads and smoothies. Then add or subtract something else. Maybe subtract gluten. Pretty soon the good pushes out the bad. Plus, if you have a husband or kids, it works better to get them eating healthier, too! We eat way healthier and my husband eats things he never would have a year ago. BUT, if I would have started completely changing everything, he would have rebelled and I would be cooking 2 meals.
Also, I have taken away cleaners with toxins and added homemade cleaners using essential oils and natural products. It has been a little at a time and it takes a bit more creativity, but I feel much better knowing I am not breathing junk into my body.
Then there are the lotions, makeup, shampoos, soaps, that we put on our bodies. I like to look nice. So I have tried making homemade powder foundation and blush and mascara. I can look fine using these and knowing that I am not putting junk on my skin that then goes into my body. So…a little at a time and soon you have changed the way you eat, how you clean, and what you are putting on your body. ????
I’ve wondered for some time now how long Eskimos lived and what diseases, if any, they may have suffered from as a result of their diet of whale blubber and meat from various wild animals. I suspect they didn’t have too many carrots, beets and broccoli, etc.
Allan Taylor
May 28th,2016
What a fantastic article and oh so true,its a shame we don’t get taught this when we were young and healthy instead of finding out when our health isn’t so good,I’m sure we would all be leading healthier lives.Im in the process of doing exactly that since I was diagnosed with prostate cancer two months ago and decided to completely change my diet and since doing so have am feeling so much better in myself.Since discovering The Truth About Cancer web site I have found so much valuable information and am putting it into practice with the help of my Naturopath.If it wasn’t for getting cancer I wouldn’t be living a healthier life and not be feeling so good so something good has come out of something not so good.Keep those great articles and information coming
Dear Allan
Prostrate cancer is very common in people as they age.Some of my friends are suffering from this prostrate cancer and not able to recover from this even after chemo and radiation. It will be good if you can share you fruit and vegetable diet which has given relief to you.
Ramesh, India
Best of health to you, Allan!
If only there were a way to use nutritional healing and have our medical insurance pay for it. It is crazy how our insurance will pay for chemo and radiation but refuses to pay for nutrtional and holistic healing. This has got to change.
Karen I am current going though chemo and will be doing radiation I also have been paying top dollar for my holistic/ natural treatment as well. They will not pay because of course there is no money to be made by them. It’s a greedy/money hungry world. ????
There is a way!!! By continuing the conversation and contacting you state and local officials. The insurance companies won’t pay because we allow them not to!!! We must stand together and continue to support the people who are working hard to get the message out there that Nutrition is the answer to most all Dis-ease!!! Don’t stop believing it’s possible, even if it isn’t in our lifetime we are making a contribution for future generations by continuing the conversation and spreading the good news!!!!!
I’m on board!
Its’ all in the money…!!!
I agree about nutrition. it was after my young brother died of brain cancer and left two young children without a father that I went back to college and got my degree in nutrition and passed my boards.. then years later I get the squamous cell carcinoma.. so back to nature. I just watched a gal on TV talk about how she removed her cancer with a nutritional liquid called cell quest. does anyone know of this or have any comments?
thank you. Leigh
Leigh, I know a few cancer sufferers are cured by using essential oils, frankincense essential oil, I remember the daughter mentioned she gave her father who had stage 4 cancer last year, 60 drops everyday. I know young living is a good brand. Hope you well. Thank you
Do remember that essential oils should be used in small amounts. Less is more. As very potent and can be toxic if used unwisely.
Yes, I believe essential oils are highly effective; however, I was looking for guidance. Just a few months ago, I happened to meet Dr Debrah Zepf who has just started building and training a team of us to use and share her knowledge of the purest oils she has come across—Bare Oils.
I’m one of those people using Frankincense oil on a squamous cell cancer growth on the back of my hand. After about 1 1/2 months 3-4 drops with a carrier oil (coconut or jojoba) it fell off. Also detoxed and eat organic foods and grass fed meat.
‘One day’ doesn’t usually work too well. No time like the present. Just begin incorporating slowly. Start with one thing and it won’t be so overwhelming. Perhaps in a year’s time you will have made some worthwhile changes. This is the only way it works. You just have to start.
I have a question to dr. Quillin. Since1994 when you published the book did you change any of your recommendations? For example, would you recommend to eat some meat to cancer patient or eat more good fat (ketogenic diet) ? My husband has advanced prostate cancer and I am not sure if he shoul stay on vegan diet or give him things like poultry and good fats and in what proportion?
Thank you,
Vici
Hi Vici,
Every person is metabolically different, some can do well being purely vegetarian, while others just cannot flourish without meat. There is no one size fits all. A successful cancer treatment must have all of the above elements of detoxification, mega nutrients therapy, and enzymes etc etc. Work with a practitioner. Pick one from the list of experts on this website, or better still, read Ty Bollinger’s book, Cancer Step Outside The Box, the most comprehensive resource on the subject.
Best of luck!
Immun therapy is a new way to cure cancer – in Denmark. I`ve just read about a women with a braintumour who has been cured.
Since giving up morning cereal, bread (all), potatoes and sugar as most possible. ( It is hidden in so many things). In three days I have dropped 5 lb and have so much more energy. Still don’t sleep at night but working on that too. Food truly does affect our daily endeavours.
Hi Hope, you are on a good path. I am a health practitioer in Germany and I can tell that most sleeping disorders are due to toxification. Livers peek time is between 1 and 3 a.m. And when she tries to get rid of toxines there is not enough energy left for good sleep/ sleep hormones. You can support your liver with bitter salads like aragula, dandelion leafs or tea or silmarin from carduus marianus a thistle plant and with good homeopatic things. The more your liver can come out of overdrive and getting into normal habit the better your sleep will get. When your body is flushing out toxines wich your liver has probably already broken down, then please support your body by drinking enough good water or tea and maybe supporting the toxine absorption in the gut with plants and supplements like certfied organic spirulina, chlorella, chlorophyllum. Our body is very intelligent when he cannot get rid of toxic things he dillutes them with lots of waters and put them into storage=fat cells. When you lost 5 lbs in three days you started detoxifying and thus could let go of water. Wishing you the strength to continue and a wonderful healthy life????
That all makes sense. What about for someone consuming too much alcohol? What about side effects (withdrawl?)? What is the best natural way to give it up?
Thanks very enlightening info. I’m taking sprulina and choline and calcium coverage and carotinoid complex. For breast cancer . please let me know of regime is adequate and your suggestion.
Thanks
I love this guy!!!!
Thanks Ty for picking out a great speaker to put health in proper perspective. If you’ve played with getting back to optimum health, it can get overwhelming at times, and Dr. Quillin puts getting back to optimum health in perfect order. You have to give a man like this, who’s spent his life giving health back to people a lot of credit. It’s a long road to discovery and guys like this make it so much easier.
My Naturopath doctor can only go so far with his medicines, so was in hospital emergency 7 hours due to what I call killer clot. So I am on Pharmacy blood thinner to break this down. I suppose after this is gone can go back onto Naturopath medicine if need be. I also found out my half brother has this condition and passed out on street, someone called 911 and he spent time in hospital. He also had some cancer operated on, guess that is how they found out he had clot thing too. He is a over doer. I am a all stop and wait. Will I need to do another toxic cleanse after taking Pharmacy medicine to combat big clot? Also I was given chest x-ray, asked for collar around neck, was refused, had the EKG too. How do I cleanse of this?
In the ocean of information about detox , it is so hard to find the ” right one”. Any suggestion about ” really good one”.
All the best,
Aleksandra
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Wonderful interview 🙂 Thank you so much
Yes I agree. I think its very hard to find the right one especially if its oK or safe for you to do it and if your doing it right. I just took a hair analysis test and they tell you what minerals your lacking in and what toxins you have. I haven’t bought their supplements yet because their expensive and I don’t have the money yet. But i tried it years ago. And I felt like it got rid some of my symptoms but it took awhile for my toxins to decrease. It’s a slow process, it might take awhile for your toxins to leave out of your system especially if you have alot and if you had it for many years. But am also trying to find another faster way to detoxify the body and that’s safe for you to do it
There’s a lot of talk about detoxifying, but what I need is a step-by-step plan to follow. I need the diet and supplements down on paper, so I can do it right!
I agree. That’s exactly what I need too. And because everyone is different, they probably would need different ways of detoxifying depending on the body. Detoxifying doesn’t seem so easy and might even be dangerous if you don’t do it right. I’ve never detoxify my body but am trying to look up on all sorts of information out there to learn more about it cause I want to do it and my body needs it but am also afraid of doing it wrong.
The only thing I can tell you that really helped me and had like a step by step plan to follow with diet and supplements like you mentioned was the hair analysis test. For me the hair analysis was like a road map of what’s going on with my body. It really helped me understand myself and alot of things made sense. It’s basically a test that examines minerals your lacking in your body that are imbalanced and toxins that you might have. They also can find out things hormone imbalances and gland problems and a few other things. So then they give you supplements that’s right for your body to balance the nutrients and try to decrease or eliminate the toxins. The only thing am not too crazy about is that it doesn’t test for vitamins as well and it takes awhile to eliminate the toxins. Its oK if your not that bad but if your symptoms are really bad cause of the toxins and it’s causing havoc on your health or you have alot cause you’ve had it for many years then it’s not so all that great. But that’s why am trying to find other faster ways to detoxify the body in a safe way that’s right for my body
Powerful information presented here. i am most grateful to have access to it. For me, prayer is most importnt in any endeavor, and health matter is no different. As a carnivore by nature, it hs been most difficult for me to hold off on meat, even based on my doctor’s advicet.. However, through prayer God is actually giving me a taste for food that is better for me. we have begun with one meatless mean a week, now, we are up to one meatless meal a day. For over five years, nothing seemed to help with ankle swellings. my daughter, a massage therapist started the ball rolling with massage and essential oils, and the swelling was controlled. i began soaks with the epsom saltns lavender and baking soda for a few evenings, Now, there is none, absolutely no swelling in my feet at all. i am so grateful beyond speech. Ty Bollinger’s book is next on my agenda. amen.
The animals don’t like you eating meat. And you are exposing yourself to all the hormones released from their fear and pain.
I haven’t seen or read a thing about EYE CANCER (Choroidal Melanoma) yet !! I have it and I have been told that 6 out of a million have this rare form of cancer. Can you help me on this?
Hi Deborah,
The best advice we can give you is to consult with one of the doctors/experts that we interviewed in our Global Quest Series. Here is a link to get their information: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
Great interview. The garden metaphor got my attention but the best part was the powerful statement “what you eat may not be as important as what’s eating you” and then quoting Deepak Chopra saying “every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts”. This idea is very close to my heart as I witnessed the changes in my Mom’s health as she held on to resentments. I believe her battles with cancer grew from resentments and an unwillingness to let go. As a result of my Mom’s example, I try to pluck those weedy thoughts out of my mind and sow ones of love and forgiveness. It’s not always easy but I feel I’m much healthier for it.
Many of your interviews take place in lovely places with pleasing visual imagery. I couldn’t help notice the beautiful guitars hanging on the wall. Since I also play guitar, who knows how much of my enjoyment came from simply admiring those beautiful instruments!
I see people saying that they are not taught the dietry requirements ? ? I am over 70 and we were (maybe because the vitamins were newly understood) and they were thinking of the health of men going to the moon or maybe I was lucky with cooking classes and Kim is right the fear starts before they even get in the lorry -it abolutely stinks by the time they have walked through the slaughter house poor things I used to help on the farm and I sang to the calves as we took them to market -it really worked – maybe music could be played to the animals -light classical is best or folk I found -sounds daft–but give it a try and see
LOL I understand the analogy, but as a teacher of organic small space gardening, I have to tell you that the very worst thing you can do to soil is to till it. Tilling breaks down the structure of the soil particles and actually ruins it. America’s “dust bowl” used to be fertile ground until it was literally tilled to death.
Absolutely, Kim. I am trying to begin a Back to Eden garden with touches of Ruth Stouts method. So exciting, and no need for pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers, the things destroying our foods.
I don’t know if anyone has an answer to this, if it is possible to only live a vegan life and not have adverse health problems? For this reason,
I sometimes eat eggs or fish, rarely meat, with mainly a plant based diet. I am not quite sure how good it is just been a vegan and whether a sufficient diet could be accomplished by doing so. From memory Ty has advertised that bone broth is supposed to be good. I have read that a guy called Weston Price mentioned that he had not found a single group of people of primitive racial stock which was building and maintaining excellent bodies by living entirely on plant foods. A lady called Sally Fallon mentions, the Anasazi Indians, builders of the famous cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, Colorado, flourished from 650 to 1300 A.D. and then died out “mysteriously.” Sally writes, “In the final years, the Anasazi lacked animal products, particularly vitamin A and D. They died out and we will too if we eliminate animal fats from the diet.” And sally says, “Late human skeletal remains show bone deformities, rickets, rampant tooth decay and arthritis in individuals as young as 20 years old.”
but, john, what is the difference between a dead fish and a dead cow/pig/sheep etc.? they are all dead animals, don’t you think? you can get your oils from various vegetables, you know! Regards, desmond, thursday, june 30, 2016.
Hi Desmond. Yes you guessed it. It was the oils in fish that is talked about more than you get from other dead animals. My sister is a vegan and I don’t like cruelty and having to kill animals if you don’t need to. Eggs and something like fresh good quality raw goats milk seems the only way to get animal protein if necessary to build things like good bones. Carrots and dark green leafy vegetables like lettuce are good. And other things like cabbage, etc. And avoiding foods that are not as good and healthy. Interesting, so you say you can get the same quality and quantity of oils necessary in vegetables. Regards, John.
I am so lucky to have a big garden in which I grow quite a few vegetables and fruits without poisons, have done this since mid seventies, in 1981 ai did an organic gardening course with our Peter Bennett and he pointed me even more in the right direction. Unfortunately Peter has passed away now, but I never forget what he has taught us. I still remember that he actually was a thorn in the Department of Agriculture’s eyes, Peter always used to refer to the so called experts with the “NPK” mentality, fortunately the ideas have changed a little somehow, except now we have to deal with the GMO and GENE technologies, worse than the “dirty dozen”??? And many more people are aware of these things, hopefully we can sway more experts.
About Prostate Cancer Allan. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer seven years ago. He chose to have radical surgery and was told that one out of seven lymph nodes had cancer cells. On discussions with his Urologist and an Oncologist about treatment options, he decided not to have any conventional treatment and started drinking organic green tea (about five cups a day). He also takes a high quality garlic gel cap twice a day. His PSA test every year was 0.000 and at his last appointment with his Urologist a month ago he was told he was cancer free. He has not changed his diet although I constantly tell him he should. The only thing he agreed to do was cut down on sugar consumption. He is 76 years old.
Outstanding! I will look for Dr. Quillin’s books to be sure. A year ago, when my dad passed away due to familial heart-related disease at age 79, my cholesterol sky-rocketed. I have since corrected my diet, no longer requiring medication. Recently, I have been diagnosed with diverticulitis, a disease my mother suffered from for many years to the extent of having undergone surgery. She passed eight years prior to my father at age 69, the result of an initial diagnosis of breast cancer. At age 54, I am desperately seeking a healthier, quality of living lifestyle and longevity and will continue to weed out nutritional fact from fiction information which too readily prevalent today. Next stop…Dr. Quillin. Thank You, Ty.
Sandy Artman, i too am convinced that the “thought life” plays a major role in healing.. For me, the body definitely speaks the mind. Through meditation, i have learned to observe my feeling and the effects they have upon my body. Kind thoughts contributes to relaxation for me while resentment always intensifies muscle spasms. I feel so much better since I have learned to simply, “Let Go” and “turn the page’.
I want to thank you for all the great info you are sending it is helping me emensly. I am sharing as much info as I possibly can. I work on a cancer word for children so I try to share what I can without getting fired so again thank you
Just want to ask why after having a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle I still got gallstone? Where did they came from and how do I acquire them. Now that I already undergo gallbladder surgery, how will I continue to become healthy?
You can do to the body whatever you want, yet the mind is the builder of this same body. When having a healthy mind, will create automatically a healthy body. Use the holistic approach to heal your mind, and try to avoid any kind of human made medication. The pharmaceutical companies want you to take their treatment, yet you must understand that those medications disturb the natural healing process of the mind. You should understand that every one creates their own dis-ease within their mind, so heal the mind, and your body will be healthy.
Ty’s hard stance on veganism scares me away from his whole program. I have to agree with Jeanie. Even our Lord advocated and ate meat. I think moderation is in order, but perhaps if we keep our bodies alkalized enough, a little organic meat wouldn’t be that detrimental.
You have no proof that Jesus ate meat. His early followers were vegetarian. God did NOT put animals on the earth to be tortured and killed by us. We are to be stewards of all His creation.
We know that Jesus ate fish. He also ate the flesh of the lamb that was killed each year for the Feast of Passover. After the resurrection He showed up on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and was cooking some fish, which He offered to His disciples. Also, The priests had to eat the flesh of the animals that were offered in sacrifice. And of course, the night before the people of Israel left their slavery in Egypt, each family was to kill a lamb or goat of one year old and put its blood on the door posts and lintel, then they were instructed to roast it and eat it. See Exodus 12:1-11.