What’s Holding You Back?

Name one beneficial thing other than taste that we gain from meat that we can’t have by eating a mainly plant-based diet? These are some of the reasons that I have heard people say is why they haven’t began a mostly plant-based diet and dropped a heavily loaded down meat diet.

Too MUCH PREP WORK:
- doesn’t take that much more time than having to kosher and soak your meat, skin and clean it than to wash and grind your meat substitutes or season them, etc.
- Do meal prep 1-2 times a week and make it a family event! It will serve as education, help bring the family closer and get the job done quicker.
I WANT TO GET FULL:
- Some people’s excuse is that there’s not enough protein and B vitamins and they don’t feel full. Not so, there are some very filling foods high in protein and/or fiber, even more so than meat: chia seeds, hemp seeds, chick peas and much more.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO/HOW DO I START?
- Nothing beats a failure but a try. It’s fun experimenting. There is too much info out there now on healthy and alternative recipes for plant-based diets.
COSTS TOO MUCH
- This is a myth. Calculate how many meals you can prep out of what you have bought from the store cooking plant-based and from scratch and how many meals you can get buying meat products.
- Vegan and Vegetarian diets are said to cut costs by up to one third.
I don’t want to lose muscle mass:
- Listen to this video by Dr. Bobby Price, a pharmacist like myself who recognized that his diet was killing him.

Video Credit: 4 Ways To BUILD Muscle Plant-Based NO MEAT, Dr. Bobby Price

BENEFITS OF GOING VEGAN/PLANT-BASED:

Meat and the process of cooking meat causes cancer ⚠️
You’ll see usually within the first 2-3 weeks a decrease in:
- Weight
- Blood pressure
- Insulin resistance
- stress hormone (cortisol) and hormonal balance
- better quality sleep
- decrease inflammation and pains
- feeling less bloated and sluggish
It will educate us and our families and bring us together….generational blessings; not only a longer life but better quality of life
You will gain a more youthful look and feel!
Decrease the need for medications or get rid of them altogether; avoid adverse drug reactions and the kidney and liver toxicity that comes along with some drugs.
Herbs are cleansing, so you will most likely have more frequent bowel movements and less junk in your body (imagine all of that toxin in your system for days on end, undigested and fermenting at body temp 98.6 degrees F). TOXIC
It encourages us to eat at home and choose our food wisely (no GMOs, no preservatives, etc.)

What’s the minimum to start with in my pantry/fridge to get my plant-based/mostly plant-based diet going:

Please see my post on getting started:

http://What to stock in your cabinet/fridge to get started 🍲🥝🥗🍎

Tips from Dr. Bobby Price:

*Add before you start substracting: Put more veggies and fresh fruits into your diet and slowly ease into it. You’ll find it easier initially.

*Make it fun! Go to restaurants that have vegan menu options, find some staple recipes to start with (see my examples of breaded cauliflower, breaded broccoli and egg plant in my previous posts). 🥦🍄 You would be surprised how tasty, filling, nutritious and easy plant-based patties are 😋

*Know the major signs of toxicity: trouble sleeping, skin issues, body odor and bad breath, pain in the right upper abdomen (sign of liver issue)

*Top 3 things to strengthen your immune system: Dump sugar, Increase fiber to feed the good gut bacteria and make sure you get enough vitamin D (controls so much in our bodies). The average American eats 152 pounds of sugar per year 😱

*Know what the dangers are: meat and deli/processed meats are classified as level one carcinogens: The same as cigarettes, asbestos and plutonium!!!

Please watch this video also by Dr. Bobby Price about his personal story and why he turned to a plant-based diet:

Video Credit: Dr. Bobby Price Talks How To Get Unwanted Toxin Out Of Your Body, Detox The Right Way + More

Well I hope that this will encourage someone to get more healthy and that you minimize or eliminate meat in your diet . I am not 100% plant-based but I started this journey to help me and my family to be as healthy as possible and hopefully have a long life with quality. Perhaps one day I will be 100% plant-based. Now with all of that being said, I’ll ask again, WHAT’S HOLDING YOU BACK❓ Why not give it a try?

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Thanks so much for visiting and let’s get healthy!!!🙏🏿

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142 lives claimed daily

4-5% Americans will develop this sometime in their lifetime

150K will be diagnosed this year and 50K will pass from it
410 diagnosis from this every single day
800% more in Americans as compared to India
African Americans compared with Native Africans have 65 times greater risk

So what is this deadly and famous assassin?????? It’s colon cancer. It can slip in silently and leave devastation behind. Well we’ve covered the bad news, now I want to share some good news. It is highly preventable and there are some easy ways to keep this from claiming our lives or someone that we love. Please watch the below video as Chuck Carroll interviews Gut health expert Dr. Will Bulsiewicz on 5 Ways to Prevent Colon Cancer.

In Summary the 5 Ways to Prevent Colon Cancer and that you can start doing today:

Get a colonoscopy done those age 45 years or older (in most cases) and repeat according to your doctor’s recommendation. If every eligible person were to do this, it has been said to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by 90%. Don’t wait until you have symptoms!!!! Be about prevention and do a colonoscopy. If you have a family history of colorectal cancer, it may be recommended to get this procedure done sooner.
Get rid of red meat and processed ”meat” in your diet. Red and processed meat has been linked to the development of carcinogens in our microbiome. Also Dr. Bulsiewicz explains that the heme iron in these meats causes an inflammatory reaction. When we cook these meats, they form other carcinogens as well. Dr. Bulsiewicz also goes on to explain in this interview that WHO (the World Health Organization) discovered that the risk of developing colorectal cancer is increased with consumption of read meat and processed meat and as a result they were labeled as carcinogens. Now keep in mind that this does not mean that there is no risk with white meats.
Plant based diet: There was found to be a statistically significant reduction in colorectal cancer incidence among vegetarians in a study called the Adventist 2 Study, a very large population of Seventh Day Adventists in California.
Eat more fiber: Fiber is consumed and in the colon is where our microbiome is able to be fed. In-turn, the fiber is transformed to short-chain fatty acids. There is a direct mechanism linked to shutting down precancerous cells (apoptosis). It is explained in this interview also that with increase in fiber, you decrease the cancer risk.
Get more tumeric (from the phytochemical curcumin) in your diet: get more of this in your diet to receive more cancer fighting power!!! Tumeric has been shown to be a powerful anti-inflammatory agent over centuries. It’s been shown to decrease the number of polyps by 60% and the size of them by 50% in a specific high risk population who have FAP (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis). You can take it as a tea and adding a pinch of black pepper will increase the bioavailability by 2,000 %. This is a powerful combination.

Now on the flip side, what if you or a loved one are diagnosed with colorectal cancer? Is all hope lost? What other helpful information is available and is being discovered daily that if combined with modern day medicine and treatment will increase the likelihood of survival? Please take a look at the below video about a fascinating story of a cancer survivor who was diagnosed with stage 3 borderline stage 4 colorectal cancer and how he overcame it to no cancer in 4 months!!! Interview of Fred Evrard by Dr. Eric Berg.

I hope that this will help to prevent colorectal cancer in a lot of people and please spread the word, share the post and the videos by these professionals. I think seeing testimonies like this lend credibility to the healing power of The Most High and what He has naturally given us to stomp out disease and even prevent it. Coupled with the advancements in medicine and technology, if we’re willing to make healthy changes in our lives, surely we can achieve longevity and in good health.