The ideal REID plate: 75% Raw & Cooked Vegetables, 15% Protein and Fats (<10% from animal meats), and 10% fruits and other fiber sources.

Reduce consumption of animal meat. While REID is not a vegan diet, the food lifestyle does stress the importance of avoiding over consumption of animal meat and eliminating dairy. Over consumption of animal protein increases toxins produced from microbial fermentation. Protein fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract contributes to increased inflammation, glutamate and other inflammatory byproducts like increased ammonia, phenols, amines, hydrogen sulfide and increases microbes that thrive on amino acid metabolism like Clostridia. Maintaining proper proportions of food in the diet is nearly just as important as the removal of inflammatory food sources.

A talk on compounds called excitotoxins. Excitotoxins such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and aspartame are being added to almost all processed foods. There is a substantial amount of evidence that excitotoxins play a critical role in the development of several neurological disorders.