It is so important to keep the lines of communication open with our kids. Absolutely. Communication, first and foremost. Zoe and I talk a lot. I really want to know what she’s into. What
concerns she has. She keeps me in the loop as much as she can I suppose, but sometimes she tells me that I’m too
over protective. But I just want to know that she’s safe.

Your mother died of breast cancer. Did you change any lifestyle habits, diet, and exercise, as a result of that? Growing up, we really didn’t eat so well, but later my mother became macrobiotic and now I’m vegetarian for the most part. Sometimes, I will eat some salmon just because I feel the need for the protein, but I consider myself pretty much a vegetarian. I think there are certainly environmental reasons that cancer has become so predominant a disease. I think plastic is a large
contributor, and extremely dangerous. Did you know that there is this huge island of plastic called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch floating out in the Pacific Ocean? It’s twice the size of Texas and weighs about three and a half million tons, and it’s out there floating in the ocean. There are just so many environmental issues.

Like the effects of hormones and pesticides in our food. It’s terrifying. I’ve had Zoe on an organic diet since she was little. I also had her on soy growing up, as we all believed that was the right thing to do. And now, we’re learning that soy too has it’s own share of problems, and contains a lot of estrogen. The Chinese and Japanese have known about the toxicity of soy for centuries and now we’re finally realizing that here. I thought, “Oh my God, what have I done.”

Immunization has also become a topic of controversy. Yes… I didn’t immunize Zoe. I felt that it was extremely toxic and dangerous. If she was going to get the chicken pox, she’d get the chicken pox. She got them – friends sent their kids over to get them, and that’s what you want to happen.

You want the body to strengthen it’s own defense systems, naturally. There’s actually a book out now called, A Shot in the Dark by Harris Coulter, which details why some of these vaccines can be hazardous to a child’s health. Jenny McCarthy is also covering a lot of this material in her fight to cure autism.