{"id":540,"date":"2018-03-18T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2018-03-19T05:46:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T05:46:46","slug":"veganism-youve-caught-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theholisticpursuit.com\/blog\/veganism-youve-caught-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Veganism…you’ve caught my attention!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last year I started watching some documentaries about food on Netflix, “What the Health”, “Forks Over Knives”, “In defense of food” to name a few and my whole paradigm for food began shifting. Even before watching these I had went dairy free for almost a year when nursing my daughter and noticed a huge difference in her little body. She no longer arched her back acting so uncomfortable after nursing her.\u00a0 After several trips to the doctors and “allergies” being the culprit, I took my son off dairy and his daily sniffles went away within a couple of weeks. “There must be something to this,” I thought. I was intrigued to say the least.<\/p>\n
I have had a background in exercise and fitness but the food thing is fairly new. What we put in our bodies absolutely makes a difference in how we look and feel. I stopped buying meat and started experimenting with plant based recipes. We have always love Thai & Indian foods which are super easy to do without meat and many of them have coconut milk versus dairy. But really you can do Italian, Mexican, and even burgers without meat. I started using almond milk instead of cow’s milk, flax eggs or bananas in baking in place of eggs, and adding avocados to about everything.<\/p>\n
This experiment started to become a way of life. At first it was weird to not have chicken be the center of my meals, trust me! For years I used to eat 2 eggs with spinach every single morning. I thought I could never give them up but I started eating homemade granola with fruit, muffins, oatmeal, and lots of smoothies. I went back to eggs to try them and I didn’t like them at all. It was the strangest thing. My taste buds had changed.<\/p>\n
I would read articles on veganism and plant based diets, listen to incredible testimonies of people reversing cancer and regaining their life back and felt so inspired. Sure, I believe it’s trending at the moment but I also believe Americans are waking up. Something has to change because obesity, heart disease, and other weight related illnesses are an all time high. We are literally killing ourselves by what we’re putting into our bodies.<\/p>\n
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I used to think what will I eat\u2014is this even possible? It can seem a bit overwhelming at the start. However pinterest and the internet are wonderful resources. There are hundreds of easy, healthy, and amazing recipes out there.<\/p>\n
Here are a few benefits from a plants based diet.<\/p>\n