It is interesting too see that slowly but surely, with surmounting evidence that even physicians can not deny, veganism is starting to be promoted heavily even by certain members of the medical community. Hallelujah! Let’s talk now about Doctors Against Eating Animal Products.
I am NOT a doctor myself. But I firmly believe that being a vegetarian is great, and to reach new levels of health and beauty, it is critical to give up dairy. For more info, check out my blog, “Calcium Myths Debunked.”
There is a non-profit organization called The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), which currently boasts a membership of about 5,000 doctors and 100,000 lay members.
PCRM advocates that a vegan diet will help combat many different diseases, including diabetes, high blood pressure, and can even help to prevent cancer. PCRM runs a website that collects reports of adverse health effects experienced by people on the Atkins Diet. PCRM also argues that consuming dairy products is unhealthful and advocates for improving the food served in school lunchrooms. In addition, PCRM runs The Cancer Project, a program for cancer prevention, research, and nutritional assistance to cancer patients.
It is so great to see that there are progressive doctors out there that are adopting their views on nutrition. I recently went to a health lecture out in New Jersey by a prominent cardiac surgeon and well published phD that totally changed his views on nutrition and had become a vegan. How awesome is it that after all his schooling and being so prominent in the community, this surgeon is not so arrogant to admit that what he believed in the past was wrong! At this point in his career, he puts on a lecture for the public and his patients to share with them his new beliefs that he discovered and now, after all his years of experience, wholeheartedly believes to be the truth.
The USDA’s four basic food groups, introduced in 1956, are so outdated. The health of our country is in a crisis mode, with obesity and disease clearly on the rise. We have to re-examine all our old habits, even ones that we have come to accept as being “the truth,” because we were just told so, which the mainstream also promoted.
A plant-based diet provides superior nutrition and will promote the highest levels of beauty and health. Plant-based foods digest cleanly, without leaving toxic, acidic residue in our bodies which over time is aging, brings down our energy, and make us sick- in various forms. In the past, erroneous information has spread, such as the belief that protein and calcium can only be obtained in adequate amounts from animal products. Now we know that to not only be false, but we now realize that getting protein and calcium in our diet from plant-based sources is much easier for our bodies to assimilate and digest with much less energy.
It’s NOT all or nothing though. Even if you don’t become a full vegetarian or vegan right away, I greatly encourage you to cut back, and eat animal flesh at most one meal a day. I tell you not because I am an animal freak- but because I love you and want you to feel and look your best! 🙂
I leave you with one of my favorite recipes that got me started on the right path, my sweet potato shepherds recipe – simply delicious!
Love, Kimberly
kimberly…i just stumbled upon your blog and really enjoy reading your posts, partially because you take the time to go into details about smart health. love this one about veganism and the linked post about calcium absorption. i’ve been vegan for about ten years now and constantly have people asking how i get calcium, iron, protein, etc. i tell them much the same things you wrote about, but it was nice to hear it reinforced. be well!
Hi Kelly!
Yay, that’s great that you found me and I found you.
I know about the questions- people have been so programmed, and with education, hopefully more will realize that all the nutrition we need we can get from plants.
Take care and visit me again!
xx Kimberly
Hi kimberley I was just wondering why you chose Dr. Ohhira’s probiotics over one like Megaflora? I thought the best probiotics had to be refrigerated? Thank-you!
Hi Kim!
That is sort of like saying that the best food comes from the most expensive, fancy restaurants. That is not always the case! I’ve used several different refrigerated brands of probiotics that were utterly crap. Dr. Ohhira’s brand is in individual, air-sealed sections of a container. The reason his brand is so effective is that there is an enteric coating to get it safely through the stomach into the intestine, which is where it needs to be. Most probiotics are destroyed by the stomach’s acid before it even reaches there, and are therefore highly ineffective- refrigerated or not.
xx Kimberly
Great news! I love hearing more about how vegan/vegetarian is becoming more known and accepted!!! About time! 🙂
Hi Kimberly,
I love your blog an have started making a lot of the changes you’ve recommended. I recently had bowel surgery and now have an ileostomy. I was wondering if you have any dietary recommendations firstly for healing post surgery and secondly, for the stoma.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks,
Kate
Hi Kate,
That is great that you’ve been making positive changes!
Since I don’t know your past medical history and because you just had a serious operation, I can’t really make any specific dietary recommendations, though you can ask your doctor. I think the Green Smoothie is healing for everyone though! 🙂
I hope your healing goes great, and let me know how you are doing!
xx Kimberly
I just found your website and am so excited to have found such a bounty of useful information presented in such a beautiful way. You are an inspiration, and just the kind I need in my life right now. Thank you.
Hi Gillian,
That’s great! I’m happy that you found my website also. 🙂
Come visit me again soon!
Hi Kimberly –
Could you give me an example of how you eat during the day? I am trying to tweak my lifestyle and you are a great inspiration to me! It would be super helpful if I could get an idea of what a typical day could look like ie breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You truly glow!!
Thanks!
Jenny
Hey Jenny,
I replied back to another comment you left on another post. Go check it out, and see if what I wrote was helpful.
Let me know!
xx Kimberly
Hi Kimberly! I found your blog by accident when i was trying to find some hot chocolate recipes, and your almost-raw version came up. I’m hooked on your site now and I’m very excited to get to a mostly raw state! I’ve always considered myself kind of healthy, but now I’ve cut out microwaving and I started drinking a full lemon everyday. I’ve been yapping about the benefits of raw food non-stop to everyone. Thanks so much for being such an inspiration!! By the way, did your yoga video ever come out?
Hi Jessica,
Great! No the yoga video is not out yet, but is coming!
I’m glad you found and like my blog! Please pass it to all your friends, and help us spread the word. 🙂
Hope to see you back here soon.
xx Kimberly
Hi Kim! me again! I read the China Study which you had mentioned on your site before. what other books do you recommend in getting info about health, nutrition, and with some scientific evidence incorporated preferably. something similar to china study. after reading it i’m hungry for more similar literature! (ps…YOU should write a book!…and still anxiously awaiting your dvd..i hope you will be shipping to Canada!)
Hey Kat! Also, check out Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. You’ll like it! 🙂
Hi Kimberly!
I’m so glad about this post. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m going to graduate from medical school in a little more than a year.
Recently, I’ve gotten more and more interested in veganism and raw food diet. I follow a 90% raw food diet myself now and I’ve never felt better. I hope that in the future I’ll be able to help my patients to see the benefits of a plant based diet.
The biggest problem I see in Western nutrition science is that it puts too much emphasis on for example loosing weight or lowering your blood pressure and not on the overall well-being of a person. Sure, you might be able to loose weight on a low-carb high-protein diet, but just loosing weight won’t necessarily make you healthier.
The origin of many of our health problems in western countries (allergies, auto-immune diseases, cancer, even heart disease) is in the imbalance in our intestine and the condition of our mucous membranes of the intestine caused by poor diet and use of antibiotics. This has been proven scientifically. A plant based diet is what brings back the bacterial balance in the intestine.
Hi Kimberly!
I just found your blog! 🙂 Really interesting and nice blog you have!
I have couple of questions for you. Perhaps I could find the answers through this blog but I’m just in the beginning and anxious to here them already. So if you just find some time by asnwering I would be pleased. 🙂
Thanks already!
🙂
Are you 100 % prosent raw food diet?
What do you think of B12-vitamin? Can we get it from raw vegan food or do you recommend some food suppliment?
Hi,
I was excited to read your blog. I have been converting my family over to a clean diet since Jan. and I spend most of my free time in research of understanding how our bodies work and respond to our environments. I take care of an adult with Mild MR, a five year old, a husband, a business, and I am in gradschool. I resently just started trying to understand the influence of animal products on our bodies. I get overwhelmed there is so much out there and I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to share your research and experiences with the rest of us.
Thanks for taking time to thank me! There is a lot of information that people aren’t aware of and should be, and a lot of half truths that people are exposed to. We all need to share what we know!! xx Kimberly
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