Monday, November 28, 2011

Vegan Time

We all grow up knowing the benefits of eating animal products. Meat has protein, milk has calcium, and butter just makes everything better. I was, without a doubt, a huge advocate for meat my entire life. That is, until this past weekend when I watched a movie called "Forks Over Knives". It gives really strong evidence that meat and products from meat do more to hurt our health than it does to help us. For the first time in my life, I doubted the benefits that meat supposedly has to offer. 

Now, me being the hard core skeptic that I am, I wasn't 100% on board with this whole plants only plan. So I decided to try it out and do some research of my own. For the next month, I will be a full time vegan and will also be excluding all oils (as recommended by Dr. Esselstyn). I will essentially be eating primarily whole plant based foods. I will also be blogging about the stuff I find out about meat and veganism (not the lifestyle). Want a challenge for the week? Eliminate meat from your diet for the rest of the week. Hey, you may find that it isn't so bad!

Let me leave you this week with the trailer for "Forks Over Knives". I recommend checking out the movie if you can! It is quite the interesting show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ijukNzlUg
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3 comments:

  1. JenNovember 29, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    Yay! Also check out the following sites for more information and good whole food plant based recipe ideas as well:

    http://engine2diet.com/
    http://happyherbivore.com/

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  2. JoeNovember 30, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    I've been on this diet for about 4 weeks now. Feeling good and healthy. Even made it through Thanksgiving without animal products. It's a fascinating change and well-worth exploration.

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  3. (Fox)November 30, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Thanks for the support! Christmas might be a challenge, but definitely a good one! I will have to check out some of those recipes.

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