For the first time ever, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee made the choice to give a recommendation regarding environmental sustainability by pointing out that a plant-based vegan diet has the lowest possible impact on the ecosystem while animal-based food wreaks havoc on the environment in the long run.
After reading this, one thought kept rushing through my mind: This food is nothing short but amazing regarding its almost miraculous health benefits. In fact, it’s pure gold what made me think of the Spanish word El Dorado providing any health effect you could ask for. This food is called Ashwagandha but is also known as Indian ginseng or even winter cherry.
Reading this great article published in The Guardian was like being taken on a history tour describing the fate of animals throughout the ages. History seems to be recurring as these two scenes appear to be repeated time and again: Before countries were inhabited by mankind those countries had been showing a rich and varied population of large animals.
By now, it has become crystal clear that factory farming is responsible for almost half of the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. This is a fact and cannot be ignored by neither meat eater nor vegans. Against this background, everybody knows that a widely meat-based culture is not going to provide a sustainable approach for the future.
Definitely, if celebrities decide to go vegan, it arrests a lot of attention. Suddenly, those fans who use to admire them start to question their diet habits. Now, this has also happened in India, a country which is inhabited by 1.25 billion people. From these people many can be considered to be raving fans of Khan, the greatest Bollywood star ever in India.
Sometimes people seem to wonder if a vegan diet should also be adopted by children. Very interestingly, the Cleveland Clinic tested obese children at the age between 9 and 18 years old providing a significant impact on their health after going vegan even for a short period of time. In fact, after a month only those children had already lost weight, improved their blood levels, reduced the risk of inflammation, lowered their cholesterol and even decreased their insulin level.
Honestly, being a fitness coach and most excited about sports this story has inspired me in a way which only happens very rarely. Definitely, reading the story of Jim Morris, a 78-old vegan bodybuilder, is going to have a lasting impact on my attitude when it comes to remove any barriers and stereotypes that limit fitness, health and optimal shape only to certain ages.
It’s always great to hear from people saying they are vegetarian. This way, they definitely contribute to avoid animal cruelty. However, those people still seem to wonder how going one step further and becoming vegan could also have another significant impact on the planet. Indeed, going vegan has a much more far-reaching effect than becoming only vegetarian if for instance one just considers how vegans contribute to save water dramatically.
Did you know that people who use to eat about 1.8 ounces of processed meat daily run the risk of falling victim to cancer by 18 percent? Of course, this risk increases dramatically if the consumption of processed meat is much higher. The results of 22 scientists who made some researches looking for a link between the consumption of processed meat to cancer were stunning:
Without doubt, meatless Mondays and other campaigns play an important role towards cutting on meat and challenging people towards a paradigm-shift concerning their diet habits. The meatless Mondays can be considered a success story by now as they prevent 700,000 meat-based meals from being served each week.