tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786914285505960167.post8876879817288679337..comments2023-05-22T04:01:47.043-07:00Comments on Ahimsa Life Coaching & Reiki: Happy World Vegan Day!Steven Todd Smith, CHHC, AADPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276924595957925439noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786914285505960167.post-84953039608760148922012-11-03T13:37:33.121-07:002012-11-03T13:37:33.121-07:00A retired learning consultant and teacher, I'v...A retired learning consultant and teacher, I've learned so much in the past three years about healthy eating, factory farms, animal welfare, environmental degradation, climate change, and moral and personal responsibility toward all living things and the planet that we inhabit. Important topics that were sometimes easier not to think about.<br /><br />About three years ago, my husband received less than positive feedback from his cardiologist. I started cooking vegan meals for my husband and myself two to three times a week for health reasons. Both my son and daughter-in-law were vegans. They offered helpful suggestions and give me a beautiful vegan cookbook as a holiday present. My son asked me to read Eating Animals by J. F. Foer. That book had a profound effect. I became a vegetarian...and a year later after watching a Gary Yourofsky video, I fully adopted veganism. I now own a dozen vegan cookbooks! It has been a wonderful, life-changing decision...with so many positive implications not only for personal health and personal satisfaction, but for animal welfare, environmental issues, world hunger, and so much more. <br /><br />Interestingly, my husband has not become vegan, though he does eat mostly a plant-based diet. I am the only vegan in our 60+ social group. Except for one, my friends do not want to think about what they are actually eating, about the health consequences, about factory farming, pus and blood in milk, environmental consequences, etc., However, some are actively including more plant-based foods in their every diets and let me know when I've had some influence.CurlyLockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285318541116889632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786914285505960167.post-23601945962299895672012-11-02T11:45:53.907-07:002012-11-02T11:45:53.907-07:00Love. It.Love. It.Molly Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261092328179838069noreply@blogger.com