The Ornish diet is vegetarian, since cholesterol-containing meats are eliminated. The diet allows the use of egg whites and nonfat dairy products; technically it can be classified as a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet.
The ingredients are minute quantities of colorant (caramel), a couple of acids (phosphoric and citric), and the chemicals aspertame, as a sweetener, and sodium benzoate as a preservative, as well as...
foods are selected for their metaphysical qualities rather than their nutritional value. The regime, which is high in whole grains, vegetables, beans, and soy protein, has many of the same benefits...