I have recently been pouring through a vast number of studies regarding the vegan diet. A few months of enjoying the diet has been most compelling. Strictly speaking I am not totally vegan since I will still, for example, ingest some honey once in a while. My diet consists primarily of plant based foods, no dairy, and no wheat. My journey began with a book, 10-day Green Smoothie Cleanse by JJ Smth, and lead to Dr Greger’s website, nutritionfacts.org.
Most of Dr. Greger’s videos on his website are only two or three minutes long and flipping through his alphabetized index on the homepage to find topics of interest has become an enjoyable and fascinating adventure. Doing the cleanse for 10 remarkable days and then continuing with an essentially vegan meal plan has been wonderful. If interested, you may want to watch the videos and give it a try.
As with most anything, the more you learn about it, the better, so please do your research if you are interested. Personally, I do not want to turn a diet plan into a religion so I am a tad flexible with the diet and am certain I have not had my last ice cream cone!
Enjoy!
I understand that supplementing the meal plan with vitamins K2, D, and B12 is recommended for those who are strict with the life style.
I also completed the 10 day cleanse diet. Afterwards I slowly went back to the old foods including the little glass of wine with dinner. That was the hardest. It took me days to have a little glass of wine. I have modified my diet now. Less meat more fish and chicken. I miss the smoothies with the protein. Today I’m trying a smoothie with vital red and a green leaf substitute in my water. I’m toying with the added protein for lunch. I really didn’t want to stop the smoothies when the cleans was over.
Carol,
Perhaps as is suggested in the back of the book you may want to do the smoothies all day long and then just have a nice dinner at night.
Thanks for your article.
Diet has been such an adventure for me. I grew up eating mainly meat and milk. Years ago when I started to eat a more plant based diet my family thought I was crazy. But gradually, after many experiments I find myself mainly vegan for two reasons. One is the science makes sense to me. The second reason is that I have found over time, when I eat plant based I really do feel healthier and function better.
(I love Dr. Gregor’s website and its been a source of wonderful information, helping me to distinguish between fact and fancy.)
After first suggesting to friends to watch the first 10 minutes of the currently posted 1 hr 2 minute talk on nutrition facts.org, I ended up watching the entire talk. I would recommend it to anyone.
I went to nutritionfacts.org and found quite a number of posted videos.
Could you please either give a link, or give the exact title of the one that you are particularly recommending?
Thank you
Gail,
I like many of them. The one I was referencing was on the homepage just a couple days ago. It was a lecture about 1 hour in length. But I can’t find it now. If I do come across it, I will post it in another comment.