This is Part 1 of three posts about diet.

Part 2 presents the conclusions I developed in Hormone Secrets, and Part 3 is the latest from Dr. Mercola about balanced approaches.

Five years ago, my old friend Nick Brandy contracted a blood cancer called "multiple myeloma." Since his diagnosis, he has become an expert on natural cancer treatments and is now free of disease. He advocates exercise, supplements, stress reduction, and a vegan lifestyle. For more information about avoiding eating animals, see the massive website nutritionfacts.org. My ideas are somewhat different, but I thought you would benefit from this second opinion and enjoy our dialog. If you care about what I think, wait for the next episode.

He gave me the following for sho ...