Day 12 – September Smoothie Challenge – Consider Going Vegan

Hey, Black Women Losing Weight Sistahood.  I hope you’re having a great day.  To recap day 12 for me, I continued to have 2 smoothies per day and fresh veggie juice at lease once per day as well.  As we are on our September Smoothie Challenge, I’m working to go VEGAN.  I’ve been a vegetarian or vegan in the past and I’ve found that it is the best for my body.  I think that more people should consider the vegan lifestyle in terms of eating or at least incorporate parts of the lifestyle (I still wear leather, eat honey, etc…I’m not a complete vegan).  I’ve also found that I don’t have to do as much exercise to maintain my weight loss when I’ve been vegan or vegetarian in the past.  I thought I’d give you a few reasons to consider going vegan or vegetarian since we are all incorporating more fruits and veggies into our diet, two pillars of these lifestyles.

• Avoid toxins and chemicals that your body doesn’t identify as food.
• Avoid antibiotics fed to animals.  Over exposure to antibiotics is causing a health issue for some people who’s bodies don’t react to them anymore.
• Avoid exposure to hormones used to make animals mature faster so that they can fatten up quickly for market
• Weight loss is typically seen when people adopt a vegan or vegetarian diet.   These lifestyle eliminate many unhealthy foods that tend to cause weight issues.   Sure, people still eat some fried food and un-complex carbs, but as a lifestyle many unhealthy foods are discouraged.
• Being vegan saves more than 100 animals a year
• The meat industry causes a lot of pollution in terms of animal waste.  You can help save the environment by eating less meat.
• Eat less saturated fat that will clog up your arteries
• Live Longer: Michael F. Roizen, MD, author of The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat. ”People who consume saturated, four-legged fat have a shorter life span and more disability at the end of their lives. Animal products clog your arteries, zap your energy and slow down your immune system. Meat eaters also experience accelerated cognitive and sexual dysfunction at a younger age.”

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