For 5 Years,Michael Ate Only Plant Foods

Multiple Choice

For 5 years,Michael ate only plant foods.He recently developed numbness in his feet and a sore swollen tongue.A few days after he added eggs and milk to his diet,his tongue healed and the numbness in his feet stopped bothering him.Based on this information,Michael probably

A) developed a nutrient deficiency disorder that was cured by the eating animal foods.
B) suffered from a rare genetic disorder that developed when high levels of various phytochemicals were consumed.
C) had been infected with a rare viral disease that was transmitted by certain plant foods.
D) had absorbed toxic minerals from plant foods,which were eliminated from his body when he consumed the animal foods.