Now we are going to go over a second reason that you can go vegan: HEALTH. The wealth
of research and information on the health of being vegan is absolutely astounding. The
little titbits I’m about to go over don’t even come close to scratching the surface.
Let’s start with a list of diseases from a diet rich in animal products: high cholesterol,
coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, asthma, high blood pressure, large
bowel disorders, various cancers, gall stones, coronary artery disease, osteoporosis, kidney
disease and dementia.
Vegans have a ridiculously lower incidence of the diseases I just mentioned; but wait,
I have the perfect argument here: I know this one person that went vegan and they died.
Before you contribute this life-changing nugget of research, just take a moment and think
about the significance of that statement. Well, if veganism was so healthy and eating
animals was so detrimental wouldn’t doctors be saying something about this? They are – and
no, they are not hippie doctors or gym healers, these are medical doctors. Dr. T. Colin Campbell
has spent over forty years as a scientific researcher doing federally-funded studies
for organizations such as the American Institute for Cancer Research, The American Cancer Society
and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Campbell says: “other research shows that various cancers, autoimmune disease,
bone health, kidney health, vision and brain disorders in old age (like cognitive dysfunction
and Alzheimer’s) are convincingly influenced by diet. Most importantly, the diet that has
time and again been shown to reverse and/or prevent these diseases is the same whole foods,
plant-based diet that I had found to promote optimal health in my laboratory research in
the China study.” Then there is the fact that 95% of all food
poisoning is related to animal products and then we have things like the swine flu, the
bird flu and the mad cow scare. Have you ever heard of a “mad melon scare?”
As Gary Yourofsky says “Lettuce doesn’t shit.”
Now, for the men out there I know that you’re thinking,
“well, I have to be manly and virile and so, I need to eat meat.”
Think about this: animal products are high in fat. Diets high in fat restrict blood flow in the body, blood flow
(think about it) is absolutely essential for your most manly of man organs.
In other words, vegans do it harder and longer.
Let’s be honest, what is most convincing is a good “before” and “after” story.
Ooby wasn’t always vegan, so let’s take a look at the difference that this diet has
made in her life: so, here she is before vegan [showing a “before” picture of her dog]
and here’s the radical change after [showing an “after” picture]. If that isn’t enough
to convince you, here are some people who are vegan.
So, maybe you don’t care about animals, or the environment, or feeding the hungry;
do it for the most American reason – no, the most human reason: your ego.
So, that wraps up our little nugget on health. I’m headed to the gym, Ooby is going to
rest, and we will see you next time for the third reason to go vegan.