Quotes from Dr. Morse follow (used with permission)
OVERALL:
• High protein consumption does not fit our species, nor is it physiologically sound. (pg116)
• A protein structure is not useable by the body, as such, and must be broken down into its simplest compounds, called amino acids before the body can use it at all. This process requires energy instead of yielding energy. (pg116)
THE HIGH ACID PROBLEM:
• Protein from meat is highly acid-forming, lowering the body's pH balance. This causes inflammation and tissue weakness, leading to tissue death. (pg116)
• When protein breaks down, it creates sulfuric and phosphoric acids, which are highly irritating, inflammatory, toxic and damaging to tissue. These acids also stimulate nerve responses leading to hyperactivity of tissues. (pgs 114 & 116)
• Because of the high acidic content, too much meat protein has also been linked to colon cancer, the second largest type of cancer in America today. Thousands of people die each year from the accumulated effects of eating high protein diets. The liver, pancreas, kidneys and intestines are destroyed when protein consumption is too high. (pg114)
• Protein is a nitrogen compound, high in phosphorous, which when consumed in large amounts, will deplete calcium and other electrolytes from the body. (pg116)
• Some of the final digestive states of protein-matter result in the production of uric acid. Uric acid is abrasive and irritating, which inflames and damages tissues. Uric acid deposits can create arthritis in the joints and muscle tissue. Uric acid causes gout. (pg114)
THE UTILIZATION PROBLEM:
• The body cannot use “flesh-type proteins” (grouped amino acids) until it breaks them down into simple amino acids first. This extensive process robs the body of vital energy, only to achieve “second-hand” building materials. (pg114)
• Plant proteins are simple structures of amino acids which are considerably less energy robbing. Plants, being full of electromagnetic energy, counterbalance this energy need. (pg114)
• Meat protein is much more structured and electrically dead. This requires a much more radical digestive process, which robs the body of vital energy. (pg114)
THE ADRENALINE/ENERGY ISSUE:
• It has been said that meat gives you energy. Since this energy is mostly from the adrenaline found in its tissues, this is only a stimulated energy, not a dynamic energy. (pg115)
• If you’ve ever visited a slaughterhouse you will see and sense the fear that these poor creatures experience just before they are killed. Physiologically, this fear pumps the medulla of their adrenal glands, producing epinephrine or what’s commonly called “adrenaline.” Epinephrine is a neurotransmitter, stimulating energy through the nervous system into the tissues of the body. This is mostly what gives protein-eaters a heightened sense of energy. (pg115)
• However, after years of eating meat full of adrenaline, your adrenal glands become weakened and lazy at producing their own neurotransmitters. This begins to lower your blood pressure. As we begin to pass our adrenal weaknesses down genetically, future generations may see multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Addison’s Disease, and other neurological weaknesses develop from a chronic lack of neurotransmitters. (pg115)
• High blood pressure can also be a result of adrenal gland weakness. When the adrenal glands become weak, we also begin to fail at producing adequate steroids (our anti-inflammatories), because meat is highly acid-forming (which creates inflammation). The body will use cholesterol in place of steroids where this inflammation is present. This becomes a serious problem because lipids, in the presence of acidosis, stick together and plaque themselves “in” and “onto” tissues. (pg115)
• In people who have adrenal weakness, a high protein diet causes the liver to create large amounts of cholesterol, which then begins to plaque throughout the body, especially through the vascular system, liver and kidneys, Stone formation also begins to take place in the liver and gallbladder. (pg116)
• High protein diets contain excessive amounts of epinephrine (adrenaline) and thereby create aggression, anger and adrenal failure in humans who consume these foods. (pg116)
• Energy from eating meat can also come from growth hormones fed to the cattle (or other animals) for rapid growth. Energy should be dynamic or cellular, not created by stimulants. Dynamic energy comes from raw-food eating where alkalization, proper electrolytes, electricity, amino acids, proper synergistic compounds and complexes (vitamins, minerals, flavons, etc.) are found. (pg115)
THE IMPACTION PROBLEM:
• Meat can become impacted on the intestinal walls causing our mucosa and intestinal lining to decay along with the meat. It is important to note that putrefaction changes proteins into toxic chemical by-products. Fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, do not cause body odor. (pg114)
THE PARASITIC PROBLEM:
• Foreign proteins from meats, dairy products, grains, eggs, and the like, are abrasive to the mucosa of the body. This causes a lymphatic (mucous) response that can cause excessive mucus to build up within the tissues and cavities of the body. This mucus build-up, with the trapped proteins, fills interstitial areas as well as lymph nodes, sinus cavities, brain, lungs, etc. Pimples, boils and tumors are expressions of this congestion or toxic build-up. (pg114)
• Studies by some of the world’s top educational institutions have proven, over and over again, that meat protein is toxic to you when it is absorbed through your intestinal walls. This creates acidosis, affects an immune response and invites parasites. (pg116)
• The more flesh protein you put into your body, the more you work your immune system, and the more you invite the parasitic “kingdom” to grow inside of you. Many parasites (including many viruses, bacteria, and some “big boys” such as worms and flukes) all feed on wastes from flesh-protein digestion. (pg114)
• Animal proteins putrefy in the body causing body odor. This rotting putrefaction causes a cesspool of toxins to build up in the intestines and body tissues, both intersitially and intracellularly. This not only creates a base for parasites to grow, but the acidity creates inflammation, which blocks cellular respiration, eventually causing cellular death. (pgs114 & 116)