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When I tell them to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, it’s not that they actually object. They’re just so focused on getting more and more protein into their diets that they don’t have room for plant-based foods.

Vegetables: Mixed greens, kale, spinach, collard greens, mustard greens, broccoli, chard, cabbage, onions, mushrooms, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, artichokes, alfalfa sprouts, green beans, celery, bok choy, watercress, asparagus, garlic, leeks, fennel, shallots, scallions, ginger, jicama, parsley, water chestnuts, nor

Diets of denatured, overcooked foods put tremendous demands on the body’s enzyme capacity, and Dr. Howell believes that this unnecessary, unnatural, and unabated depletion of the body’s enzyme capacity is “one of the paramount causes of premature aging and early death” and the “underlying cause of almost all degenerative disease.”

Meat—even grass-fed, clean-raised, organic meat—is a carcinogen; that is, it contributes to the formation of cancer. Dairy products and eggs may also be carcinogens.

Instead, sulforaphane is a powerful genetic modulator known for its activation of an antioxidant pathway called Nrf2. Nrf2 is the body’s master switch for creating powerful chemicals that mop up oxidative stress.