Becoming Vegan
Being vegan is still thought to be so absurb in the world today. "Thats for the hippies and the tree huggers". But is it really all that crazy?
Think about it. All vegan is, is eating plants and things that grow in nature. The crazy people should be the ones who eat animal flesh and the liquid that comes out of their bodies!
I will get into the nitty gritty at some point on my blog but I really wanted to open up on why I went vegan and why you should too.
When I was 16 years old I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease. It has since become more commonly known but in case you havent heard of it, in short, its a inflammatory bowel disease that is literally a pain in the arse.
Its been 8 years now and I was still in the worse comfort and missing out on a lot of things because of it. After watching the documentaries on Netflix and wanting to follow in my healthy brothers footsteps, i decided to make the switch and go vegan.
It legitimately only took 2 weeks for my inflammation in my intestines to go down, the blood in my stool to go away, my weight to go down, and my stomach pain to diminish. TWO WEEKS!
Its been a month now since I have been fully vegan and I couldnt even convey through words how much better I feel and how much more energy I have.
Now, I get the question all the time "Isnt it hard to not eat dairy and meat? Isnt it expensive? How are you getting protein and all your nutrients? Etc. People when you think about what your actually putting in your mouth and in your digestive system, then it doesnt become hard to cut those things out of your diet! No its not expensive, its actually cheaper. I mean cmon youre mainly buying rice and beans! Rather than your $30 pack of meat! And yes, im probably getting more nutrients than those chemically enhanced products that I was eating!
I truly believe that I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease because of the food that I grew up on. I feel as though the food processong companies are doing worse and worse things little by little that is recking our bodies and I want to encourage every single person to make the switch with me and be healthy for the long life that we deserve to live!!!
Until next time 🌱
Ya, it's funny how people usually see vegan as extreme, when really it's just avoiding the few things that are harmful. And then there's the whole wide world of everything else to choose from.
And that's even despite massive subsidies to the meat and dairy industry! If allowed to compete fairly, meat would essentially be priced out of the market and not really a staple of anyone's diet.
Ive been thinking about doing this as well but im still struggling @coraljessalyn. Its a process and it takes a lot of work. Who knew eating healthy would be this difficult? The rewards from doing so are priceless and I try to use that as motivation to keep going. Thanks for sharing this post with us.
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@slickhustler007 I recommend checking out "Bite Size Vegan" on YouTube if you are thinking about veganism. She has countless videos that are ridiculously informative and very helpful if trying to switch your diet. At times, they might be more informative then you want but I think it's a great place to get quality info.
Also -- if you're on Instagram, "veganfoodvideos", "veganvideos" and "bosh.tv" are AWESOME accounts that show delicious vegan recipes that are usually pretty easy and will make you excited for making vegan foods!
Good luck! :)
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An interesting post, but not one I agree with -
Quite the opposite, for me.
I eat almost zero carbs - no rice, pasta, bread .-beans very occasionally . And zero processed food of any kind. ( no fast foods)
Any carbs I have come from fresh vegetables. I eat meats, a lot of dairy, and lots of olive oil, and pork fat.
I feel 15 years younger since I started this diet, ( 3yrs ago)am much healthier, on a day to day basis.
If you diet works for you, that's brilliant.
It is not a one size fits all ,however. All our bodies operate differently.
Very true! Its amazing how that is. My hopes are to try and help the Crohns warriors out there since there is no cure and the pain is brutal so I post about vegan because maybe our bodies are similar in that sense. Im happy you figured out what your body needs! Thanks for your insight!
I am no way advising this - I don't your issues like you - just an interesting titbit they may be of some use, I dunno. More information can never hurt. - Cancers need carbs to live - literally. no carbs, no cancer - carbs appear to be the main ills of most conditions, from what I have learned. One of the big problems is the imbalance -candida for example - in the gut from too many carbs there , in the gut.
Balance in the guy is pretty much the foundation to all your body health.
Just some information, you find useful, in your quest for feeling great !, is all . Good luck !
( I have spent a lot of time researching this side of things, btw)
It's possible cards feed cancer, but there's evidence that meat and dairy causes cancer. So cutting back on carbs may be a necessary counter-measure if you aren't willing to give up meat and dairy. But it would seem better to strike the root of the issue.
Of course research and information can always go back and forth and argued every which way. But if one thing or the other is more likely to cause cancer, my money is on artificially inseminating a cow and forcing her into motherhood and drinking the reproductive juices that come from that (the juices that were designed to make a different species grow to be huge). I'd bet on that over rice or pasta.
You make your bets and take your choices!
I would point out meats (and eggs), were parft o our diet thousand of years before any crops showed their faces, so logically speaking you could argue our bodies are way more finely tuned to that diet.
(totally agree on chemical/hormone use however, but that's not exclusively a meat issue - monsanto crops for example)
We probably didn't eat meat in abundance tho.
There's a difference between picking off a squirrel or trapping a boar once in a while, vs the endless conveyor belt of chickens that we have now. So I don't think there's really a history of using meat as a staple like people do today.
Seems more likely that you'd lean on fruits and nettles and seeds and nuts and things like that -- once you find a source, it's pretty reliable, whereas hunting animals is more a crapshoot.
It's possible for one thing (meats) to be more easily processed and digested by our body than the other (grains). I'd agree that's probably true. But then when you get into the territory of eating it in excess as a staple (for longer than we ever lived back then), it's a different question, and meat being easily processed and handled doesn't mean it isn't worse longterm for disease and health issues.
Ethical considerations aside, I don't think hunting your prey and eating it with lots of greens and fruits etc would be bad for you at all.
But often when people talk about this natural diet, they're actually eating factory meat, and probably eating it far in excess of what our ancestors were able to hunt.
Factory meat, besides the hormones and blahblah that I'm sure you don't like either.. will also have fear and stress. It seems so much worse to me to basically deny the animal a normal life in the environment he wants to live in. (When you kill a wild animal at least he had a fine life up until that point.)
I know it sounds kind of funny and pseudo science.. but I don't think the universe lets us get away with things. So if you cause this fear and stress, and then consume it, I think you're consuming fear and stress in one way or another.
Tldr: Probably agree grains don't digest so well, but I don't think they cause longterm chronic issues in the way meat can.
(Upvoting your post because I like you 😀 but disagree a bit of course)
lol- very good post mate, and I actually agree with 90% of what you said.
I grew up in a farming/ butchering family, I see the factory farming of animals abhorrent -
which is not the same as 'growing' your animals.
We had lambs we bottle fed, (up at 3 am, every 5 hours)who's mothers had died - still ate them - And i loved the little buggers-)
They were not in their natural environment - they would be dead.
Yeah, I don't buy into the pseudo, -but - saying that.
Animals not slaughtered in a slaughter house ( hours cued up in strange environment, stressed - adrenaline pumping), don't taste as nice as ones killed at home- seriously. - zero stress, quick knife job - as 'bad' as it sounds to 21 century sensitivities.
Good post though, matey
cheers
I'll always follow intelligent posters but cant promise to be faithful ....
I thrive under uncertainty sometimes. 😆
And makes sense regarding the taste being different. Theoretically you'd imagine that's the case. Interesting that you noticed it.
One of my best friends died with crohns disease/complications/infections ( back in late early 90').
Its a horrible condition - hopefully easier to manage today, than back then.