"We know that millions of Americans are literally sick with diet related illnesses. Five of the ten leading causes of death in the United States have been connected to diets, and millions of Americans are failing to realize their full potential because they do not have a proper diet. A study done in 1969 estimated that billions of dollars in economic benefits are lost nationally each year because of improper nutrition. The report shows that the American public is eating blindly. Medical schools have under emphasized nutrition, with the result that the typical physical examination does not involve thorough nutritional evaluation or consulting. The starkest evidence of medical neglect of nutrition is the finding of malnutrition in hospitals. Doctors (M.D.'s) have traditionally relied, for nutritional examination and counseling, on dieticians and nutritionists, who simply are not large enough in number to handle the load. The result is that the American people know more about what their cars need than what their own bodies need. The American public is tempted by unhealthy foods on one hand, and weight reducing gimmicks on the other. The result is a physically unhealthy nation. The threat is not beri beri, pallagra or scurvy. Rather, we face the more subtle but also more deadly reality of millions of Americans loading their stomachs with food wich is likely to make them obese, give them high-blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and cancer – in short, to kill them over the long term. We face the tragedy of anemic children failing in school and repeating this pattern of failure throughout their shortened lives."

Because of the tremendous amount of chemical food additives such as coloring, preservatives, emulsifiers, stabilizers, sweeteners as well as alcoholic beverages, carbonated beverages and many different drugs that our patients may have taken, it is often necessary that they be detoxified in order for them to absorb their food and eliminate toxins. Food and oxygen are transferred into the cells after digestion. In the cells, nutrients are metabolized into energy, carbon dioxide, water, and waste products. It is the accumulation of these wastes which frequently interferes with the normal function of the cells.