Dear Gloria,

Thank you for your website! I am a woman (60's) who has, till lately, been in excellent health. Recently, however, I've found that I have a small ulcer and high cholesterol/triglycerides (223/264). I
have been a vegetarian for many years--flip-flopping on eating fish when I feel the need. I am overweight by about 100 lbs. Is there any diet you'd recommend for vegetarians? Also, I bought coral calcium (on dr's advice) but was surprised to learn of your website's negative comments. I recently bought K. Trudeau's book,
NATURAL CURES THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT, and other than his angry stance, find that I agree with most of what he says. I was really jolted to read in your website, however, that he has been jailed for various things around finance. How can I find more information on this? Thanks for any help!

Welcome to the board!!! There are a couple of very good credible websites on vegetarian and nutrition - please check them out if you didn't have a chance b4
http://www.vegsource.com/nutrition/pyramid.htm
and
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/index.htm

For a detailed vegetarian diet plan on weight loss/cholesterol-lowering, pls ask your doctor for a referral to see a dietician in your local community/hospital. It may have a waiting list but it's worth the wait

As for coral calcium, nobody summarises it better than Dr Stephen Barrett. He has a whole team of well-trained healthcare professionals working on all sorts of health and nutrition scams.

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelate.../DSH/coral.html

I hope these can help!