As I’ve been blogging, a few months ago, I decided to try a vegan diet. At the time, I really thought I was going to have a hard time giving up stuff like cheese and whey protein. About a month later, I realized that the hard part wasn’t so much giving up dairy and egg items but reading labels and educating myself on what’s in all this food I’ve been eating. Since then, I veganized all my recipes, perfected a vegan hemp shake for my pre-run fuel, purchased vegan cook books and added vegan blogs to my daily reading.
Yesterday, I finally received my copy of Alicia Silverstone’s book The Kind Diet in the mail (after scouring bookstores only to come up empty handed, I ordered it online). I was intrigued with her book after watching her go on a vegan grocery shopping trip on a recent Oprah show and reading rave book reviews … reviews which I agree with. I love Silverstone’s writing style. I learned a few new things regarding the human body’s true capacity of processing meat and I have been introduced to so many new foods. I highly recommend this read!
Also just today, Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals, made another appearance on the Ellen Show. I love Ellen Degeneres and appreciate the eloquent way in which she and Safran addressed the issue of factory farming and veganism. She also featured three guests who shared their own experiences in removing animal products from their diets.
sharing the video clip from vegan.com
