Compassion, rather than health ben- ing seven books a week and cooking analysis to determine the nutrition and
efits, was the reason Chloe Rose, a for her family of 11. A strict vegetarian health needs of her clients. Like Moon,
junior at Naples High School, recently until she took up cooking in a restau- she sees deficiencies in vegetarians, as
chose vegetarianism. Her decision rant, Teague now occasionally eats well as in meat eaters.
was sparked by a classroom viewing shrimp, fish and “Since we
of Meat.org, a 15-minute video expos- chicken. aren’t cookie-cut-
ing today’s disgraceful factory farm- Conscious ter people, and
ing methods and the chemicals and of their body’s because blood
hormones commonly present in meat needs, Teague chemistry doesn’t
products. Rose feels surprised that and Ritter prac- lie, I’ve seen
few of her classmates were moved to tice combining healthy meat-eat-
become vegetarians. Rose notes, “Only foods at meals ers, as well as
a few of them stopped eating meat, and and eat tofu and unhealthy vegetar-
only for a few days.” soy products to ians,” notes Evans.
Typically, parents are role models get their com- “That’s why doing
for their children. In Rose’s case, she plementary pro- a blood analysis
delights in the affect her decision has tein. They also every six to 12
had on her mother. Rose works at Food take nutritional
Freedom Teague (front center) and vegetarian
months comes in
& Thought, an organic market and supplements.
Food & Thought co-workers (L to R) Amber
handy. It allows
vegetarian restaurant north of the Coast-
Teague, Amanda Woodward, Jamison Johnson
me to target defi-
land Center mall, in Naples. “Mom has
achieving
and Christina Ortega.
ciencies and better
gone back to cooking and eating veg-
Balance
inform a client
etarian meals, and last week she made
Dr. Trudy Moon, a chiropractor also
of the specific supplements and foods
delicious vegetarian lasagna that was
board-certified in clinical nutrition at
needed in their diet.”
just the best,” sighs Rose, who equally
The Moon Family Health Center in Na-
Evans prefers that people practice
relishes the tasty dishes available after
ples, applauds such proactive behavior.
an intuitive diet, because she believes
her shifts at the
Says Moon, “Some vegetarian purists
that our senses tell us exactly what our
counter.
won’t take supplements, because they
body needs. “Everyone needs to learn
The entic-
think their food provides all the nutri-
to slow down and chew better,” sug-
ing food smells
tion their body needs. That may have
gests Evans, “so that the body gleans the
that waft past
been true 100 years ago, before our soil
nutrients from whatever food we eat.”
the restaurant
was depleted and most farmers were
Evans encourages clients who want
register at Food
pushing production, but not today.”
to be vegetarians only because they
& Thought are
Moon advises that vegetarians
are concerned about inhumane animal
compliments of
need to be aware of their need for cer-
treatment to find meat from organic
one of Rose’s
tain amino acids, vitamins B
farms that raise their animals humanely.
Chloe Rose
working com-
12
and D, in
addition to iron and calcium. “I can tell
“Everyone isn’t cut out to be a vegetar-
panions, Free-
who’s doing it right, based on results of
ian, but we are all cut out to be hu-
dom Teague. This young, self-taught
their blood analysis,” she says.
mane.”
vegetarian chef learned to cook early,
Teri Evans, a doctor of Oriental
out of necessity, because neither of her
medicine and owner of Tae Healthy Ag-
Growing trend
parents was particularly adept in the
ing Center, in Naples, also uses blood
According to a late 20th century survey
kitchen.
Teague, who came by her vegetari-
anism naturally, courtesy of her parents,
is now passing the lifestyle on to her
young son. “I moved with my parents
According to the American Dietetic Association,
to Belize in 1990,” she says, “where we
supported ourselves by selling the pro-
vegetarians like Alissa can expect to enjoy
duce we grew on our 20 acres.” What
lower blood cholesterol, lower blood
was left of the banana, pineapple, cu-
cumber, papaya, watermelon, tomato,
pressure, lower hypertension and
okra and peanut crops, fed the poor.
less risk of Type 2 diabetes
“I wouldn’t trade my early ex-
periences in Central America for the and colon cancer.
world,” smiles Teague, “even though we
had no electricity.” Without TV, Teague
spent time away from the garden read-
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