Something I wrote to yearly updates to an organization

[9nines]

Here is mine:

I usually do not respond to things such as organizations asking for personal updates etc. but now I am viewing it as a way to spread benefits of vegan diets. This might be a good positive way to spread the idea of vegan diets, when people are unguarded, casually reading stuff (so possibly in better frame of mind to accept it.)

 

 

Here is what I responded to a personal update request from organization to which I belong:

 

 

 

XXXXXXXX (name)

 

I will soon have my third anniversary of eating a

vegan diet. My total cholesterol level is 125 (down

from 180, when I ate the standard American diet.) My

body fat percentage is 10% (down from 18%, when I ate

the standard American diet.) I can honestly say that

my waist is smaller and I am in better physical shape

than when I was 20 years of age and I have more

physical endurance (can run longer and exercise

longer, with no fatigue, require less sleep, etc.) I

would contribute it completely to my plant based diet.

[finbarrio]

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing.

You know, I was thinking about this last night. For me, it's not just that I switched over to a healthy vegan diet, it's also that in doing so, I learned a TON about nutrition and using healthy food to fuel my workouts. Like you, I want to not only spread the word on the benefits of a healthy vegan diet, but I also want to be an example of its virtues. And I definitely feel like I'm getting there.

[Odidnetne]

Me too, I feel like I'm breaking the stereotypes and proving that it's probably the healthiest diet (or a sub-type of the vegan diet (raw food, etc)) that humans can experience.