David Brownstein, M.D., is a board-certified family physician and one of the foremost practitioners of holistic medicine and editor of Dr. David Brownstein’s Natural Way to Health newsletter.
If you are going to embark on a vegan or vegetarian diet, educate yourself about what fats and protein do for the body, and how you can ensure that you get enough of both.
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