Public Lectures
Sat, Oct 11, 2003, 7 p.m.
WILLIAM HARRIS, MD
presents
“Some Thoughts on the Raw Food Diet”
While a balanced diet comprised only of raw plant foods can reduce cholesterol and virtually guarantee weight loss, there are some caveats. Find out the good and the not so good aspects of a raw food diet and if raw foods is the optimal diet for you.
William Harris, MD, a founding and current director of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii, has been a vegetarian since 1950 and vegan since 1963. Prior to his retirement he was an emergency physician and the director of the Kaiser Permanente Vegetarian Lifestyle Clinic here in Honolulu. He received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco and is the author of The Scientific Basis of Vegetarianism.
