Watched the documentary "Forks Over Knives" last night, which advocates a "whole foods plant-based" diet. The film makes an overwhelming case that meat, dairy and processed sugars cause cancer, but that a vegan diet can stop, and in many cases reverse cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc.
After watching the film, I decided I would adopt a vegan diet for one month to see what kind of difference it makes. I am overweight, my cholesterol is on the high side of normal, and I've been eating a lot of crap for quite some time, as well as not exercising. Based on the evidence in the documentary, I am hopeful that the diet will help me to lose weight, lower my cholesterol and increase my energy, at a minimum. I will be blogging about all of this, and hope it will be helpful for me, and for anyone considering a lifestyle change like this.
Day One has gone well so far -- no cheating, and no real wish to cheat. Had a spinach, lite coconut milk, banana, and mango smoothie, a Naked Green Machine smoothie, two pieces of live grain toast with sunflower butter and several handfuls of raw cashews so far today. One of the benefits of this diet is that you can pretty much eat all day (as long as you are eating vegan) and still lose weight. We'll see. Starting this trip at 258 lbs. We'll see where I am at on July 4.
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