Like many of you out there, I was a huge Bruce Lee fan in my childhood and teenage years who wanted to become a martial arts master as a profession. Sadly or not, my father was highly against it. I was beaten up and attacked too, I learned the hard way that reality is so much different from the movies. Experiences on the street taught me that I have to absorb only what is useful for me, forget tradition and be brave to create my own way of defending myself and living my life.
I've always been strong (bones and muscles), God blessed me with healthy genetics. Exercise has always been a part of my life too. About diets, well, not so much. But I've always been careful and conscious about what I eat and drink. Had my cheat meals, cakes for breakies, had my partying years, yet I am 100%ly fine today at age 36.
I became a vegetarian at age 32. So you can count it is only been 4 years (technically 4 years 1 month 5 days), yet I feel better and it seems like I have had been changed my life a long time ago. I regret I haven't stepped on this path earlier like I should have researched the facts about nutrition, antioxidants, protein, and carbohydrates. What we eat and drink has a huge impact on our lives, better start taking that much more seriously. Plant-based is the way.
Transition is so short, recovery is worth it. Everything inside and outside got healthier. Hair, nails, skin, digestion. I had inflammations all over and had never thought it is because of animal-based dairy or even the meat, and the processed foods. Heart disease comes from animal products also (check out the data on the main cause of CHD - coronary heart disease).
Improvement of blood flow and normal pumping of the heart was what I have got from changing to a plant-based lifestyle. Yes, it is not a diet to me but a complete change from one day to the other. I know now what a healthy arteria feels like and how smoothly running up that hill can go! Not to mention many other activities. Yup, after 30 I began to feel my body and most of its hard times.
If Arnold Schwarzenegger could make a big change to his lifestyle so can you. I can not ignore the fact that cancer (prostate-, breast-, colon cancer) and type-2 diabetes also have a higher risk if you follow the animal-based eating routine. I don't care what the caveman had to eat, I am living now. Although, I have heard many kinds of research about what our human ancestors had to eat and their conclusion was: our brain needs glucose/carbs to function and the herbs and greens were (and are) much more accessible.
Being super strong is not just a fantasy when you are willing to give up the myth which has been sold to you by guerilla marketing. Real men eat what is good for their health. The real women also. Hormones are a serious deal here: estrogen, testosterone, cortisol - it matters how they can affect muscle mass and body fat. Not just white flour and sugar are the problem. Cigarettes, alcohol, processed food - the list is sadly longer.
I want other people to change their lives to the real human level. Just try living without meat, fish, eggs, and dairy products! Not going to hurt, I can guarantee you that. Not to mention secondhand smoking which I can be furious about when they say there is no risk of cancer in that. It is a lie, my dear friends! The media causes confusion, so do your own research! The meat industry alone keeps taking away the lands of wilderness to feed those who can not give up their pride and ideas. Water is also something we are running out of.
Internal defense - as I have learned - begins with what you consume. Think twice, prepare your meals to avoid hunger which can easily lead you to buy and eat fast food!
Take action! Lead by example! Join me in this journey to change people's lives from today! The potential of the human body is limitless and when it is perfectly healthy it can assist the mind and the soul inside to focus on what matters in life.
Think about this for a second!
your cheerful friend,
Kata The Writer
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