Day number four and I haven't had any problems with maintaining a vegan diet. Probably because my diet leading up to this challenge was 90% vegan based on the teachings from different books I've read and different lectures/interviews with nutritionists and doctors I've listened to. But, I was thinking about my childhood/young adult eating habits earlier today and reminded how I've done a 180 positive change nutrition wise since my youth! If I still ate the same way as I did when I was in my teens I'd probably have severe health issues!
I was living in Los Angeles "attempting" all the fad diets: Slim Fast, Atkins, Grapefruit Diet etc. when a girlfriend turned me onto THIS book:
This book opened my eyes for the first time to how harmful a typical American diet can be. She writes about the hormones and puss in cows milk. She explains what all the chemicals and additives in canned and other preserved food can do to you. And for the first time I had a better understanding of how much sugar I was ACTUALLY having even though I wasn't eating sweets. Because of her, I started reading labels and I saw how much High Fructose Corn Syrup was added to EVERYTHING! Marilu changed my life. I've read 100's of books and seen many documentaries on the same subject since...but every couple of years I re-read this book because it uses a common sense approach to diet and lifestyle...and while it doesn't advocate a 100% vegan diet it definitely doesn't promote meat!
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