Why a Plant Based Nutrition??

"Why a Plant Based Nutrition??'

Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates. "

     -T.Colin Campbell

        After trying the Rip Esselstyn's Engine 2 Diet's 28 Day Challenge http://engine2diet.com/tools to eliminate animal product from my diet including: meats, dairy, cheese, eggs- I failed, not once but twice. I wasn't prepared and couldn't get this whole new time management thing together with coordinating when to go to the grocery store & when to cook meals. I attended one of Chef AJ's seminar classes on a Plant Based Diet Lifestyle Classes http://www.thinnervention.info/Home.html in which she shows you how easy it is to make delicious, quick meals that are all very green friendly! I thought this is it, I can finally do it...it was starting to click....The whole concept sounded so radical, almost impossible: no meats, dairy/eggs/cheese/milk, no salt, no oils, no sugar, "yeah right its not possible". Chef AJ's class in which she made delicious meals proved me wrong. Now was just the dilemma, What do I eat?

Shortly after my husband and I spent almost a month in Thailand & Bali where meat is a luxury, dairy was just about non-existent, EVOO what is that?....it was quite funny that after failing a couple times to change our lifestyle, we were basically forced into a vegan diet! We went through withdrawals, especially the first week and seeing a Burger King was like water in a desert. After the initial shock, our tastebuds changed. We came back home to the States and food didn't even taste the same, everything was so processed and not fresh. Now we can't imagine going back to a regular western diet. We have so much more energy, feel healthier, and there is something spiritual and harmonious about this whole process. I hope this blog can help you to a more balanced life!