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  A List of Vegan Alternatives To Collagen     Click on link above to see the list Another excellent reason to go Plant Based!! Most, if not all Collagen supplements are derived from animals, so if you are Vegan or Plant based, (or even if you aren't) then you are doing more harm than good in taking them,  BUT, take heart....you can get a lot of Natural Collagen from eating your beans, nuts, seeds, legumes, etc. Yes, food does pretty much have all we need to live a long, and very healthy life. I call it "Food as Medicine". So hard to believe isn't it, that we can heal and prevent many ailments by what we put into our mouths? It took me quite a while to grasp this concept, UNTIL I tried it for myself.  By eating this way, my bleeding ulcer disappeared (this after the Dr told me that there was "no way" I could cure it unless I had surgery) Ha, I showed him!!! 😉 Also my joint pains disappeared almost immediately. I was sold from day 1! Not to mention how grea...

High Blood Pressure? Read this Most people think in order to lower their Blood Pressure, they either have to take prescription medication or a supplement. Do you know that you can lower it by just changing your diet? Namely a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet. Now, hear me out. I put this to the test to see if it would work. I ate only Plant-based foods, such as beans, legumes, vegetables, fruits, whole grains & pasta. Before I started on this journey, my BP was around 160/90 all the time. My doctor wanted me to get on prescription meds, but I told her, let me try eating healthy, and see if I can lower it myself. Well, shockingly, to me, after eating this way for only 2 days, my BP dropped to a staggering 120/70!!! And it stayed that way. I even tested it and purposely went off my plan for one day, and I kid you not, the very next day, it was back up to 160/90, and even higher later on in the day. So, I got right back to eating WFPB, and the next day I checked it, it was back down to pe...

  So, you decided you want to get started on changing your life and taking control of your health, but you have no idea where to even begin eating this way. Well, I am here to help! Just follow the guidelines below and you will find how easy it is.  If you haven't already, I suggest you watch one of the Plant-Based Documentaries that are available pretty much everywhere-Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, etc. Most are free to watch. They will give you an abundance of info and also motivate you to get going! STEP 1: Reduce your intake of Dairy.   This one is hard for a lot of people, and I understand you love your cheese (I did too!), but it is so worth it in order to get healthy. There are cheese alternatives you can easily make that are absolutely delicious! If you really have a hard time giving it up, I recommend reading the book called: The Cheese Trap, by Neil Barnard.  Substitute your Dairy milk with plant-based milk, such as, Almond, Oat, Cashew, Coconut, Ric...

 If you've noticed in my title, I did not put Plant-based DIET. I put LIFESTYLE. This is not a temporary way of eating, or at least it shouldn't be. Diets are something you go on in order to drop a few pounds, then what happens? You go right back to eating the foods that got you fat in the first place.  Some people think they cannot possibly stick to a plant-based way of eating. I used to think that. Once you try it (even for a week), and you see the difference in how you look and how you feel, it will motivate you to stick with it. Right away, you lose inches, you lose all the bloating, and you just basically feel great! For me, I sleep amazingly after eating this way. I notice when I go off, that is when the bloating comes back, I feel sluggish during the day,  and I cannot sleep at night. Trust me, your taste buds WILL change. I love foods I never really cared for. Veggies taste amazing to me now.  Sometimes you have a hard time sticking to this plan. Whether it b...

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I have seen time and time again people using Food as Medicine and getting amazing results. You really are what you eat. What happens when you put Cancer on a plant-based diet? Watch the Video, "How Not to Die from Cancer" here: Link I also highly recommend these very inspiring Documentaries:  -Forks over Knives -What the Health -Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead -Hungry for Change (my favorite) -Food, Inc. - - Eating you alive