Going full vegan

[Millhouse]

(04-08-2018, 11:48 PM)grampahol Wrote: Just realized that the overwhelming majority of pharmaceutical profits come from drugs sold to the meat  and dairy industry and administered to animals intended for human consumption..
Think about what this means for the average diet most people are eating, if you are eating a meat based diet you're probably also consuming a great deal of drugs that don't do a lot of good for your body.
Until recently I didn't give it a lot of thought, but read up on the diets most of the football players are eating and most are plant based diets and you'll be hard pressed to tell anyone that they're generally eating unhealthy diets.

Over the past few months we've completely cut out meat and dairy products with just a few minor exceptions that will also get cut out and doing quite a bit better.. The old woman has lost around 20 pounds in the past few months. I've not lost much, but I've always been rather thin anyway. Hopefully I can get my HepC under control, eat a plant based diet and maybe, just maybe live a bit longer and healthier..  

I'm going to begin charting things and keeping records.. If results are positive and substantial I'll share what I find..

The U.S. food industry is right on par with how big tobacco was, big pharma today, and the other big industries that deceive the general population for profit. It's pretty scary if someone really looks into the mega produced foods here in our country and how there is little to no opposition to them in the main stream. We are the wealthiest nation on Earth, yet overall have so many health issues compared to other countries. 

I wont ever go vegan but now that I am over 40, but I am moving towards eating more organic foods, locally grown meats, etc. When it comes to sweets, I am starting to make my own desserts, cookies, etc from scratch, while staying away from the prepackaged cookies and all that stuff. Main thing is to stay away from buying stuff with high fructose syrup in it as well for me.