“Whether you are trying to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, open your arteries, tame diabetes, or feel the best you’ve ever felt, resolving to explore a vegetarian/vegan diet is a delicious resolution that will do it all. A vegan diet cuts cholesterol by 20-25%, trims body weight by a pound or more per week, and helps most people with diabetes or high blood pressure wean themselves healthfully off of their medicine.”

“According to a research study by Dr. Dean Ornish at the Preventative Medicine Research Institute, diets based on plant foods rather than animal products reversed existing hearth disease in more than 80% of participants without medicine or surgery.”

“Although it is sometimes a big lifestyle change to eat vegetarian/vegan, begin by exploring meal options and learning about the foods you eat. Two excellent books to begin your research are The Healthy Food Directory, by Michael van Straten, and Vegan Planet: 400 Irresistable Recipes with Fantastic Flavors from Home and Around and the World by Robin Robertson. For more recipe ideas, check out author Robin Robertson’s Amazon blog.” (source: Examiner)

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