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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 688898" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Hi Copa, (and everyone!)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You might be interested in a Documentary which stars the Dr. who wrote the China Study. It's called Forks over knives. It's the documentary my husband watched which convinced him to give the plant based diet a try. The 2 Dr's who are in the documentary both have sons who also did documentaries about food and health. I've watched them all, they are all very informative. I've always been kind of a health "nut" but my husband hasn't been and his transition to this way of eating has been a miracle of sorts. I believe it's because he feels so good and truthfully, looks good too!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I completely agree.</p><p></p><p>I have an extremely sensitive system, I have a number of allergies and food sensitivities, certain foods that everyone can eat, upset my stomach, or I have a histamine response..... so I've always had to be somewhat careful with what I eat. I worked with a nutritionalist when I was 39 and he told me all those years ago I would do best with a plant based diet, but I was just not in a place to make that kind of a change. I <u>am now</u> and I can see the difference in how my whole system is just screaming, "THANK YOU.......FINALLY!" </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My parents were from 2 different cultures, one cold and one tropical, my Mom made heavy foods like sauerbraten and dumplings and my Dad made lighter meals, with shrimp, fish and a lot of rice.......I grew up enjoying both, but although I loved my mothers cooking, I fared better with my Dad's. As I got older, I developed so many food allergies, for awhile, I was pretty sick.......I worked with a lot of different healers and I had to adjust my diet throughout the years, little by little.......trying many different diets and many different ways of looking at food........and I now think this is the best one for me. But I certainly don't believe it is for everyone......we each have to be responsible for our health and well being and find our own way. </p><p></p><p>Although I have an enormous sweet tooth, sugar is not my friend. I could actually see my face get swollen (inflammation) when I would go on a sugar binge (chocolate mostly) and that really bummed me out. When I was younger I didn't have that kind of reaction, but I think it's accumulative. Now I don't crave sugar and I'm never really hungry.....I eat half as much as I used to and I exercise twice as much. At 66 years old, I don't just want to live a long life, I want to live a healthy life. At this point, my husband and I are not on any medications at all, we are both in excellent health and my belief is that we have to actively work at that with diet and exercise......attitude, laughter, rest, relaxation, fun, and as free of worry as we can muster.</p><p></p><p>It takes up a good part of my day now.....finding recipes, shopping for food, growing some veggies, doing research, reading about health, working out, hiking, meditating, doing yoga.......geez, it's now my full time job!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 688898, member: 13542"] Hi Copa, (and everyone!) You might be interested in a Documentary which stars the Dr. who wrote the China Study. It's called Forks over knives. It's the documentary my husband watched which convinced him to give the plant based diet a try. The 2 Dr's who are in the documentary both have sons who also did documentaries about food and health. I've watched them all, they are all very informative. I've always been kind of a health "nut" but my husband hasn't been and his transition to this way of eating has been a miracle of sorts. I believe it's because he feels so good and truthfully, looks good too! I completely agree. I have an extremely sensitive system, I have a number of allergies and food sensitivities, certain foods that everyone can eat, upset my stomach, or I have a histamine response..... so I've always had to be somewhat careful with what I eat. I worked with a nutritionalist when I was 39 and he told me all those years ago I would do best with a plant based diet, but I was just not in a place to make that kind of a change. I [U]am now[/U] and I can see the difference in how my whole system is just screaming, "THANK YOU.......FINALLY!" My parents were from 2 different cultures, one cold and one tropical, my Mom made heavy foods like sauerbraten and dumplings and my Dad made lighter meals, with shrimp, fish and a lot of rice.......I grew up enjoying both, but although I loved my mothers cooking, I fared better with my Dad's. As I got older, I developed so many food allergies, for awhile, I was pretty sick.......I worked with a lot of different healers and I had to adjust my diet throughout the years, little by little.......trying many different diets and many different ways of looking at food........and I now think this is the best one for me. But I certainly don't believe it is for everyone......we each have to be responsible for our health and well being and find our own way. Although I have an enormous sweet tooth, sugar is not my friend. I could actually see my face get swollen (inflammation) when I would go on a sugar binge (chocolate mostly) and that really bummed me out. When I was younger I didn't have that kind of reaction, but I think it's accumulative. Now I don't crave sugar and I'm never really hungry.....I eat half as much as I used to and I exercise twice as much. At 66 years old, I don't just want to live a long life, I want to live a healthy life. At this point, my husband and I are not on any medications at all, we are both in excellent health and my belief is that we have to actively work at that with diet and exercise......attitude, laughter, rest, relaxation, fun, and as free of worry as we can muster. It takes up a good part of my day now.....finding recipes, shopping for food, growing some veggies, doing research, reading about health, working out, hiking, meditating, doing yoga.......geez, it's now my full time job! [/QUOTE]
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