Squirrelly Notes

A Vegan's Dinner

Black Bean Burger
Szechuan Greenbeans
Coleslaw

Yuuuum Yum. Very tasty and filling too!

A New Blood Analysis, Good News

Remember this picture from February?  Linked red blood cells overlapping, big chunks of plaque among other smaller indicators - it was bad, somewhat scary news for me. Having the tiniest drop of blood analyzed under a microscope they found poor digestion of proteins,  liver stress, plaque and fungus in my blood. The 'fix' they told me was pretty easy.  Take digestive enzymes 4 times a day, oregano oil for the fungus and probiotics to help with all of that. I was faithful on this regimen for about 3 weeks and then became less regimented - sometimes missing days at a time. Then something would remind me and I'd start taking them again. I didn't know what to expect this time, I was just hoping for some improvement - I didn't want to see that it had gotten worse.

WOW!  I was thrilled!  The red blood cells are free and moving around like they're supposed to. There was NO sign of plaque, NO sign of liver stress and the fungus was better, but not gone. He said there's more oxygen in the blood now and no sign of Iron deficiency.  I couldn't believe it! The guy kept saying, "This is pretty good really, it's looking good."  So I'll continue on the regimen and see what happens next time, but I completely expect even better results. Another possible contributor to the better report could be that I have not been eating animal products. Yes, I'm going Vegan! Not vegetarian, vegan.  I didn't know the difference myself until recently, but vegetarian refers to not eating meat, vegan means not eating animal products at all -  I.E., milk, cheese, eggs.  Truthfully, I will be an 'almost' vegan. I've decided I'm not giving up honey, which apparently vegans don't eat either.  So what inspired us to do this - you ask?  A friend named John who had started it a few months ago. John is thinner now, says he feels good and has more energy.  He pointed us to a couple great books, 'The China Study' and 'Thrive Diet'. 

The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD & Thomas M. Campbell II

In a nutshell, this book covers 30 years of study revealing that many of our health woes, including all cancers, are magnified immensely by a particular protein, 'casien' - which comes from animals.  Proteins in plant foods do not do this, and in fact, do the opposite. Bottom line, we need to eat lots of vegetables, fruit, and whole grains and if we're smart, no animal products. I know from dentistry that our teeth were not designed for meat-eating.

So, there you have it. At 53, my diet is changing, and probably  just in time.

For a MUCH better description of the book contents, read John Vaughn's comment below, and click the link for his posting about it.