jar546
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OK, I know I will get my nuts busted but here it goes.
Almost 2 years ago, I gave up eating any form or meat, fish, dairy or eggs. Zero, zilch, nada, nothing that even contains any of those products. Some of you may call me a vegan which would fit but I don't like labels.
To set the record straight, I did it for my health and eat a very nutrient dense, extremely nutritious diet, even though this is a lifestyle as I found out. I'm not on a "diet", I just live a healthier lifestyle. After all, you can be aa college student living on beer and french fries and call yourself a vegan. A lot of people try to be vegetarians or vegans and do it wrong, end up with other problems and make us look bad when they were just eating like ****. Again, I don't like labels and here I am using one. I did not do it because I am an animal lover, which I am but simply put again, for my health.
I was on simvastatin, a cholesterol lowering pill for years and thought I was eating healthy. Little did I know what healthy really was. My total cholesterol was in check, under 200 but my triglycerides were still too high, even with the simvastatin. Taking meds gives you other side effects and I was not happy about how I felt. I am very technical and left brain dominant so me buying into the whole "plant based diet" thing did not come easy or without a fight. In the end I let scientific facts and thousands of studies performed over decades prevail and sway me. I wish I had done this 20 years ago.
I think the last time I felt this good I was in my twenties. I have more energy, less aches and pains, more strength, I am more alert and overall, feel way, way, way better than I did when I was eating those foods that cause so much damage to our bodies.
My doctor said my triglycerides could not be helped because it was "hereditary." I gotta say that I just love hearing that word out of a physician's mouth. On medication, they could not get my triglycerides under 200 and the hereditary word was used to say way. I thought I was eating pretty good, I had already cut out a lot of red meat and was exercising regularly, especially during hockey season when I ref. Only 5 months into a plant based diet and 7 months from the time I stopped taking my medication, my triglycerides were 98. Yes, 98. Less than half of what they were when I was on a prescription medication. That is just one example.
The longer I do it, the easier it is and the better I feel. Yes, I take a b12 vitamin supplement just to be safe. In the end, I lost about 20 pounds as I was never heavy to begin with and feel great.
The most often asked question is "Where do you get your protein from?" and my answer is always the same, from everything that I eat, just not from meat, fish, dairy or eggs. It is completely unnecessary to eat those things, completely. I am living proof and I feel better for it.
Almost 2 years ago, I gave up eating any form or meat, fish, dairy or eggs. Zero, zilch, nada, nothing that even contains any of those products. Some of you may call me a vegan which would fit but I don't like labels.
To set the record straight, I did it for my health and eat a very nutrient dense, extremely nutritious diet, even though this is a lifestyle as I found out. I'm not on a "diet", I just live a healthier lifestyle. After all, you can be aa college student living on beer and french fries and call yourself a vegan. A lot of people try to be vegetarians or vegans and do it wrong, end up with other problems and make us look bad when they were just eating like ****. Again, I don't like labels and here I am using one. I did not do it because I am an animal lover, which I am but simply put again, for my health.
I was on simvastatin, a cholesterol lowering pill for years and thought I was eating healthy. Little did I know what healthy really was. My total cholesterol was in check, under 200 but my triglycerides were still too high, even with the simvastatin. Taking meds gives you other side effects and I was not happy about how I felt. I am very technical and left brain dominant so me buying into the whole "plant based diet" thing did not come easy or without a fight. In the end I let scientific facts and thousands of studies performed over decades prevail and sway me. I wish I had done this 20 years ago.
I think the last time I felt this good I was in my twenties. I have more energy, less aches and pains, more strength, I am more alert and overall, feel way, way, way better than I did when I was eating those foods that cause so much damage to our bodies.
My doctor said my triglycerides could not be helped because it was "hereditary." I gotta say that I just love hearing that word out of a physician's mouth. On medication, they could not get my triglycerides under 200 and the hereditary word was used to say way. I thought I was eating pretty good, I had already cut out a lot of red meat and was exercising regularly, especially during hockey season when I ref. Only 5 months into a plant based diet and 7 months from the time I stopped taking my medication, my triglycerides were 98. Yes, 98. Less than half of what they were when I was on a prescription medication. That is just one example.
The longer I do it, the easier it is and the better I feel. Yes, I take a b12 vitamin supplement just to be safe. In the end, I lost about 20 pounds as I was never heavy to begin with and feel great.
The most often asked question is "Where do you get your protein from?" and my answer is always the same, from everything that I eat, just not from meat, fish, dairy or eggs. It is completely unnecessary to eat those things, completely. I am living proof and I feel better for it.
