Volume 1, Number 14 • June 2011

Habit #14:
Give Up Meat
Do you feel it?
I’m tightening the screws on you.
In the first 13 Healing Habits, I never told you to give up anything. Just to add this and add that.
But in the next few Habits, I’ll be asking you to start giving up stuff. Reason?
I love you. I care for you. I can’t let you stay where you are now. I want to raise you up to a higher level
of health. And enjoy your life the way God intended you to enjoy it.

Avoid Chicken, Pork, Beef—and Minimize Fish

In Healing Habit #5, I said, “I’m not saying you shouldn’t eat
meat. Just make your vegetables your main dish in your meal.”
But that was when you were in Habit #5. That was two months
ago, when you were still a baby in this healing program.
Now, you’re grown up, ready for bigger, more difficult stuff.
In Habit #14, I now invite you to give up meat.
No more meat. Chicken. Pork. Beef. And, yes, lessen your
fish intake too.
Let me tell you why (as if you didn’t already know).

Two Greatest Killers in the World

Cancer and heart disease are so common today, they are the two greatest killers of humanity. These two
diseases have killed more people than all the millions of people who died during World War 1 and 2—plus all the
wars in the history of the world—combined!
But here’s the mystery: Did you know that before 1890’s, cancer and heart disease were very rare? It only
appeared among rich people.
Why rich people? Because only they could afford to eat meat. Other people could only eat mostly
vegetables and grain.
What changed through this century? All of us can now afford to eat the rich man’s diet. And sadly, all of
us are now susceptible to rich men’s diseases.
Because of technological innovations that made meat cheaper, people shifted from a plant-based diet to a
meat-based diet.
Before 1890, most people had a largely plant-based diet. Their daily fare was eating fruits, nuts, root
crops, and green leafy vegetables.

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Before 1890, breakfast was a papaya and watermelon and

oranges and guyabano and other fruits. They didn’t eat eggs and bacon
or sausages. (Unless you were rich.)
Before 1890, snacks include chewing on raw nuts. Or
munching on an apple or banana. They definitely didn’t eat a burger,
fries, and Coke—because fastfood wasn’t invented yet.
Today, we eat meat in every meal—breakfast, lunch, and
dinner—every single day of the week. Chicken, pork, fish, and beef.
We eat hotdogs, longganisa, tapa, tocino, and bacon for breakfast.
We eat fried chicken, or adobo, or lechon kawali for lunch. We eat
porkchop, or kare-kare, or liempo, or lechon for dinner.
This is what we inherited from America.
When the Philippines, Japan, and China were not eating American-style food, we had very little incidence
of cancer and heart disease.
But the moment we were bitten by the bug of American food, cancer and heart disease rose up to equal the
cancer and heart disease in America.
So we inherited American food—and American diseases too.
I recommend that you now avoid them.

Six Reasons Why You Should Now Avoid Meat

Let me give you the big reasons why you shouldn’t eat meat.

1. Meat Decays in Your Intestines

Remember what I said in previous issues: Your human anatomy has more similarities with herbivores than
carnivores. Unless you’re Wolverine, you don’t have claws. And carnivores don’t have skin pores, but herbivores
do. (Do you sweat? Aha!) Most of your teeth are flat—good for chewing veggies.
But it’s the length of your intestines that is problematic. You have the intestines of a herbivore. They’re
30 feet long.
Carnivores have very short intestines. Why? Meat decays after four hours. Since our intestines are very
long, meat starts to rot as it passes through them, increasing the risk of colon cancer (what some alternative
doctors believe to be its main cause).
And, yes, colon cancer is on the rise today. (How long does meat stay in our colon? Some colonic therapists
see meat in the colons of people who have been vegetarians for many years, sometimes as much as 20 years.)

2. Your Strong Stomach Acids

Aren’t Strong Enough to Digest Meat

Carnivores—like lions and tigers—have very powerful hydrochloric acid in the stomach to digest meat.
But your stomach acid is 20 times weaker than carnivores!
We don’t have the strong acids that can destroy the bacteria found in meat. This bacteria multiples in your
system, increasing the risk of food poisoning.

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3. You Ingest the Enzymes of Fear

If you want more peace of mind, a more tranquil attitude and mindset, don’t eat meat.

When animals are killed, their bodies are instantly flooded with the “chemicals” or enzymes of fear. (After
all, animals have emotions, plants don’t.) And these enzymes of fear are what we ingest when we eat their meat.
What effect has this on our bodies? In my readings, there seems to be a link between aggression and meat-
eaters. In general, vegetarians are less aggressive than meat-eaters.

4. You Take in the Toxins in the Meat

Some mothers are happy that their daughters start having their monthly period as young as 11 years old.
They think this is a good sign of maturity. Actually, early onset of the monthly period increases the chances of
ovarian and cervical cancer in the future.
Many decades ago, young women had their monthly period at age 14. Today, it’s getting younger and
younger. I read about girls start having it as early as eight years old.
On the other side of the coin, menopause is getting delayed—also increasing the chances of cancer in the
reproductive organs.
What is causing all these? Alternative doctors believe it’s the chemicals that are in the meat that we eat.
A large number of potentially harmful chemicals are present in meat. To increase profit, animals are fed
tranquilizers, hormones, antibiotics and 2700 other drugs.

5. You Can’t Digest Meat Protein Properly

Many people have this misconception that protein comes only from meat.
That’s a lie. The meat industry has conned us.
The best protein comes from fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes.
Animal protein is very difficult to digest. Even after our best efforts to
digest it, there is still excess animal protein that overloads our kidneys.
Kidney failure is on the rise. I cannot count the number of people who ask
me to pray for them because of kidney failure.
Be kind to your kidney and liver—the two organs in your body that cleanses
the pollution in your body. How?
Give up meat.

6. Meat Causes You to Leach Calcium from Your Bones—Causing Osteoporosis

A meat-based diet causes osteoporosis.

Animal protein raises the acid level in your blood. To normalize its natural pH balance, your body excretes
calcium from your bones. This causes osteoporosis.
A lot of people think osteoporosis is cured by drinking cow’s milk—because there’s calcium in cow’s
milk.
Actually, the cure is very simple: Avoid meat.
And eat vegetables, especially green leafy types. Because that’s the best source of calcium, not milk. Milk
is problematic. (I’ll explain why in another issue.)

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Not Even Fish?

Yes, you can still eat a little bit of fish (if you want).
Compared to chicken, pork, and beef—it’s easier to digest.
But not too much.
There are 21 meals in a week. I probably eat a few bites of fish in three
or four of those meals.
Why do I still eat fish? Sometimes, I’m eating in someone’s home.
Because my hosts know I’m vegetarian, they cook fish for me. (You see,
that’s how most Filipinos define vegetarian: “You eat fish.” Worse, I went to a
restaurant one day. When the waiter was offering me steak because it was their
speciality, I told him that I was a vegetarian. He smiled with pride, “Sir, we have
chicken.”)
Not wanting to offend my hosts, I nibble on the Bangus or Salmon or
Lapu-lapu that they prepare for me.
But generally, I no longer eat fish. Whatever protein or Omega 3 I get from fish, I can get from vegetables.

What Can You Eat

I can hear you now: “My goodness Bo, what can I eat if I don’t eat meat?”
That’s why I took you slowly in this journey. Week after week after week, I was changing your diet. Inch
by inch, step by step.
Each time, I’d slip in a Habit that would make a tiny change. A tiny change that will give you giant results.
For example, if you followed Habit #3, your breakfast is now 100 percent fruits. That’s an amazing
accomplishment!
And if you followed Habit #4, your lunch and dinner is now 80 percent vegetables (with unpolished
organic rice—Habit #11).
And if you followed Habit #8, you’re now eating a raw vegetable salad in every meal. By this time, you
already googled the word “salad” and discovered that there are thousands upon thousands of delicious salad
recipes to choose from.
With your meal, you also eat slightly cooked veggies.
And to spice up your vegetables, you now eat fermented food (Habit #12): Kimchi, Korean chili paste and
Korean soybean paste, Filipino buro, etc. Yum!
Sometimes (not always!), you mix quesong puti (white cheese) or itlog na pula (salted egg) or fish
bagoong into your raw salads, all of which are also fermented food—and thus pre-digested—which you can eat
in moderation.
You can also cook tofu and mix it with your vegetables.
Just increase your vegetables. And give up the meat or fish.
You’ll feel so much better.

Research on Vegetarian Dishes

Oh believe me, you’ll be awed by how many vegetarian dishes are out there. It’s a whole new world!
Google it: “Vegetarian recipes” and be surprised.
Here’s another idea. Visit vegetarian restaurants just to study their menu and try their bestsellers.
I’ve eaten in two vegetarian restaurants here in Metro Manila, and they’re very good.

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• Corner Tree Café is in 150 Jupiter Street in Makati.

• Greens Vegetarian Restaurant and Café is in 92 Scout Castor Street in Quezon City.

I’m sure there are other great vegetarian restaurants around that I haven’t visited yet.

Non-Meat Dishes in Regular Restaurants

Some people think that if they avoid meat, they have nothing to eat in regular restaurants.
That’s not true.
Because of my work and ministry I eat out a lot.
I’m now an expert in ordering non-meat dishes in regular restaurants. (Narrowing my choices down to
three or four dishes in the menu makes my life less stressful.)
For example, when I’m in a Mexican restaurant, I order a salad and vegetarian burrito. Really yum.
When I’m in an Italian restaurant, I order a salad and an alio olio pasta. That’s a very simple spaghetti dish
with olive oil and garlic—with some chili oil. Nothing else. I can also order a putanesca or pesto since that has
no meat.
When I’m in a Greek restaurant, I order a Mediterranean salad with feta cheese (fermented too) and a
Vegetarian Moussaka.
When I’m in a Japanese restaurant, I eat a seaweed salad and one of their non-meat maki’s—like California
Maki. (Sometimes, I eat a little salmon or tuna sashimi—as this is raw and therefore has lots of enzymes in it.
Remember Habit #8. But not too much because Japanese restaurants sometimes put chemicals to kill all bacteria
in their sashimi.)
When I’m in a Chinese restaurant, there are many vegetable dishes to choose from. It could be as simple
as Kangkong with garlic.
Obviously, in restaurants like these, you have to bend your standards a bit. How I wish they didn’t use
monosodium glutamate. How I wish they used whole-wheat pasta. How I wish they served unpolished organic
rice.
But I figure that as long as I can eat more healthy food at home, I’ll be fine.
Friend, give up meat.
And have fun entering into a whole new world!

May your dreams come true,

Bo Sanchez

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