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Sarasota News Leader December 7, 2012 kinds of non-dairy milks are in the supermarket and that local gourmet grocery stores carry a good many prepared vegetarian items. I learned balsamic vinegar and olive oil make a good salad dressing. Page 75 gery and the implantation of two stents, now considers himself a vegan. Vegetarians and vegans, however, are still a tiny proportion of the U.S. population. The latest update on vegetarianism is contained in a I also learned to avoid processed egg substi- Gallup poll of July 2012. tutes and to eat whole eggs instead. Jill told me to stop worrying about calories Additionally, I learned it was all right to go and fat and to focus instead on eating properoff my diet at the occasional reception and ly. She turned out to be right. In short order, I cocktail party as long as I went right back on lost about seven pounds and have kept them off, and my cholesterol dropped from 201 to afterwards. 174. I found a good many local restaurants have Jill's handout included the following quote vegetarian and vegan options. from Hippocrates, the iconic Greek philosWhen I am going to a function given by an opher who was born around 460 B.C., died organization at a local restaurant or country around 370 B.C., and is considered to have club, I request a vegetarian meal and fresh been the first physician in human history: fruit cup for dessert in advance. "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be As a vegetarian, I am in good company. Pres- thy food." ident Clinton, who had quadruple bypass sur- It was true then and it is true today. % Jill Edwards works with Peter Morrison (left) and Robert Lew. Photo courtesy Sarasota Memorial Hospital