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Seedvalue
Wow you are educated on the subject
Yes, I do have an interest in health. In MY health. :) And I try to educate myself and that includes considering and learning about things outside of "mainstream medicine". Mainstream medicine and doctors are now completely tied to the pharmaceutical industry. And that industry is about making money....period.
I have been on a plant based diet since September 1st. I consume a lot of fruits and vegetables, including starting every day with a smoothie containing several fruits (apples, grapes, bananas, different variety of berries) and several vegetables, usually, broccoli, carrots, spinach. I also like to make a big pot of my own soup or stew with fresh (not frozen) vegetables for some lunches.
And I eat some plant based meats (burgers and meatballs) for dinner. I am not completely sold on just how great plant based meats are because there is obviously the same processing involved. I do eat chicken twice a week and red meat twice a month, so I am not completely off meat.
Now sugar....everything has sugar in it. Including natural sugars in fruits. What I am mostly concerned about and have tried to eliminate or minimize is ADDED sugars. That is just added poison.
Unfortunately reducing or minimizing added sugars means not only all the obvious things like ice cream (huge for me) and cookies and things, but all breads. :( And I am NOT there 100% yet. I occasionally eat sugar free ice cream or cookies. But are they really sugar free? They have some sort of added sweetener, that may be just as bad as sugar. And I occasionally buy and eat some whole grain, bread that supposedly has less sugar (according to the label), but again does it? :confused:
I am not where I want to be yet, but I am getting there. It is a process. Every step, every bad thing you cut out that you know is bad...is a step towards better health and longevity. By now people should know that I am all about longevity. :rolleyes: But not just longevity. You want it to be a healthy existence kind of longevity.
And I still wish that for you. I don't beleive it is ever to late to start. I am glad to hear that you got started last year.