I should probably be more on top of "nutrition" stuff, yet my family & I are thriving, I feel for the first time. I follow along with what I have learned from plant based doctors of Forks Over Knives. The one thing I know for sure is that I have never felt better physically, mentally & spiritually than when I stopped consuming animals and their secretions. I lost at least 30 pounds of bovine depression, anxiety & suffering when I stopped consuming dairy & eggs. (25 yrs vegetarian) My daily choices reflect the most kindness & compassion I have towards all, not just some. Humans are the hardest part in this; they are the most violent arrogant animal in existence. So for me it is not about dietary needs or taking from animals what is not mine, it is what I can give back now that I know better I can do so much better. I never, ever want to support violence directly, indirectly in any way I can help. In so doing I honor my own self & everything I stand for. It is a win, win, win situation all around and that is why I choose to live & breathe vegan. The majority of nutritional info seems to be designed with animal proteins as needed, without question & I just don't agree at all with that. I don't believe all the other stuff that I've been told my whole life either, and it is truly liberating. The biggest one of all is that animals need to die for me to live daily. What a joke. That babies need to be born only to die so that I can drink their breast milk?!?! What! And this is 'the norm' in society, how is this so??? I am vegan for the animals and for Ahimsa which is why I share daily of the joys of becoming vegan. Can I see the violence out there & my daily choices are easy to make, deflecting the violence so readily available at every turn. Choosing to never allow violence into my body, not in a food or any other way, shape or form. How I could go on and on and on and how I would love to. Thank you for reading my rambling thoughts. 

 

By Heidi Shepherd