The Perfect Diet…What it Misses Every Time
We are awash with great food and drink recipes that reach the bottoms of our souls in pleasure and so healthy we will live forever….except…. There is a critical missing element that we discovered 8 years ago…and it made our lives better in every aspect…except one.
My family experimented with cooking and consuming only plant based foods and drinks. We discovered we all seemed to “feel” better, had more energy and began looking physically better. We were able to maintain this lifestyle and became more adept at selection and preparation of our foods, including experimenting with recipes from around the world…exciting spices and deeply rich flavors.
Then we began to see our friendships begin to melt away. There seems to be a negative “holier than thou” complex with people who have dead animals on their plates in the presence of plant based folks. People are herd animals and expect perpetuation of life long menus. Someone out of step is….well..out of step. It can become awkward to plan a meal for vegans if you are not vegan.
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Some of us can wade through this. There are work-arounds and then some of the “friends” are not so important anyway. But the real issue that evolves after we realized meat is a detriment for our bodies and not at all necessary, was what really good, kind, compassionate people are doing to billions of animals for food that does them harm.
I can no longer even contemplate consuming commercial meat or dairy knowing the misery and terror in the lives of those animals and birds who wind up as decaying flesh in our markets.
We see 99% of the “perfect foods” list will refer to chicken, for example, as a mild source of protein, healthier than beef….but with the blind veil over our kids’ eyes on the immense suffering this poor bird endured to still be in second place in healthy food choices for us and our kids.
The Perfect Diet is one we can lead our children through every step. Today, this journey would scar them for life.
