Giving up animal products is the easy part

Switching to plant based food is tough at times.   Giving up meat and animal products is the easy part...there are tons of unhealthy vegan processed or junk foods out there.   For all purposes potato chips are vegan...tortilla chips.    Chips and guacamole are a vegan food...but it is not a healthy food.   There are many overweight vegans out there..giving up meat and animal products will not necessarily make you thin.   The switch to fruits and vegetables and unprocessed food is what helps...no margarine on that whole wheat bread... And not too much bread, as in many ways it is a processed food. 

  If you spend your days eating broccoli, cauliflower, peas, spinach, and beans..and eating your fruits and vegetables in their natural forms..your body will feel better.. This is what is key to whole foods, plant based living.  Giving up the ease of processed food is definitely the tough part.  I find bulk cooking spaghetti squash helps ... As I can add veggies and beans to it later for a quick lunch.

Green beans are one of my favorite snacks.. I love the bags that steam in the microwave.  

Whole food plant based living

This post is something I want to share with everyone.

One of the many emails I get contained a link to a web site that I feel blessed to know about.

It is http://www.nutritionfacts.org 

The site contains a lot of information about food and it's positive and negative affects on humans. Dr. Greger is all about the science and if new science proves the old science wrong.. He will try to let you know. There are no hidden agendas on this site, just healthy living for all.

His book is fantastic but if you cannot afford it a lot of the information is on the web site in video and articles for all. He has a free email list that gives you a weekly article or video on nutrition. It is a great way to start.

What a gift for all humans.