I don't talk about my diet much, other than recipes and pictures. Here is some of the behind the scenes. I have a new fry/chip cutter, so I am parboiling them so they can be frozen in individual servings and tossed into the air fryer as needed. Yes, it's worth it when I remember that my endocrinologist said "you have put your (type 2) diabetes in remission and I have never said that before".
#wfpb #ForksOverKnives

In case you don’t know about #ForksOverKnives, they started as a documentary film — you can watch it free on their site → https://www.forksoverknives.com/

“Learn about how a range of health conditions and chronic ailments are impacted by diet and how whole-food, plant-based eating can help.”

#GoPlantBased #chronicillness

Beans! That’s what’s for dinner!! Cheap, environmentally sound, packed with other nutrients, and zero cholesterol. 🫘✨👍

Otherwise, WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR FIBER??!

#beans #fiber #ForksOverKnives #GoPlantBased

"It should come as no surprise that the Standard American Diet, which can block arteries to the heart, brain, and all other parts of the body, can also block arteries to the entire genital region."

https://www.forksoverknives.com/wellness/how-not-to-need-viagra/#gs.7PNV3i0

#health #diet #plantbased #forksoverknives #vegan #science

Over a decade ago when I was still new at Twitter, I chance followed this person who retweeted Dr Greger (#NutritionFacts.org) and #PCRM (physicians committee for responsible medicine). I also leaned about #ForksOverKnives. I wish they were here on the Fediverse.
Anyway, I’m still grateful for the person. (She followed me back eventually, and I was able to thank her before she left Twitter)
Deciding to #goVegan was the best decision I’ve made in my life. 💚

I signed petition to New York Not to Build a Massive Dairy Production Facility!!🌿👺 🐂 #GoVegan #forksoverknives
Tell New York Not to Build a Massive Dairy Production Facility!

https://flip.it/20WsCH

Just returned from the store with purple sweet potato, black rice, whole roasted pumpkin seeds, acai sorbet, lemon sorbet, and #ForksOverKnives frozen meals. #vegan #WFPB #Grocery #vegetarian

So I started using the Forks Over Knives trial run meal planner. It provides a grocery list and prep ahead instructions. I cut up all my veggies on Sunday, made all the sauces for the meals, and cooked all the beans and grains. It took me about 1-1/2 hours.

Last night I made 4 meals for 2 people in about 40 minutes. We had supper last night, lunches/supper today, lunches tomorrow.

If you are a person who likes/doesn't mind routine (like making sure you prep one day during the week), you might enjoy it, too.

#Vegan #ForksOverKnives #MealPlan

https://www.forksoverknives.com/meal-planner/

@GurpreetSingh You may be interested in a #wfpb or whole foods plant based diet, that emphasizes healthy food that can be exclusively vegan too. #ForksOverKnives have done a good documentary on it and you can check their website out for more tips and info.

@gatesvp @filiph I do agree that a cow & many animals that are part of the animal agriculture industrial complex are used not just for food but for so many other different components.

However, I do believe strongly in transitioning away from cows as food & industry will find innovative ways to do things without each of those components.

Some simple eg:
-Cow meat - plant based meat or veggies that are nutritionally equivalent (#ForksOverKnives discusses this as a #wfpb or whole foods plant based diet)
-Cow skin - Since synthetic is not great there is mushroom leather: https://mylo-unleather.com/
-Cow milk - plant based milks are more than satisfactory. Here's one I drink, it's fricken fantastic in terms of nutrition. Look at all that B12: https://soy.com.au/product/soy-protein/
-Cow calcium - Plant based calcium: https://youtu.be/InaujlG-oGQ
-Cow collagen - Vegan alternative exists: https://nutraviva.com.au/blogs/news/the-best-vegan-collagen-in-australia
-Cow hair - This one is cowhide right? Which is mostly used for leather right? So as above.
-Cow Renin - I know this is for making cheese, so you can just use plant based cheeses. There's a lot of good ones out there, but it's a matter of taste.

Yes, I know there are challenges with each of these things (cost, availability etc.), and only a #vegan would embrace the alternatives, but if you are even remotely concerned with the planet (#ClimateChange, #ClimateCrisis, #ClimateEmergency etc.) then these are things that need to be embraced. Or simply embrace the rising sea levels and heat waves. 😂

@DoomsdaysCW Sorry to hear that your body can't handle a vegan diet.

I have to let you know though that even if plants have sentience (which they do not, no matter what the click baity headlines will have you believe), that the amounts of plants that are used to feed animals is phenomenal.

This article shows the incredible statistics of all the land as pasture (full of grass and living plants - 2.89 billion hectares) and land for animal feed (growing all the plants that farm animals eat - 538 million hectares).

So really, by eating animals, you are causing plant suffering too (if you are one to believe that plants suffer, which for the record, do not, and evidence thus far is lacking).

https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

So continue doing what you are doing, but know that for the people that can switch to a vegan way of life or philosophy (and that would be a lot of people), they very well damn should if they care about the environment (that is, humans are contributing to this #ClimateEmergency), their health*, and, finally, for the animals (the thoughts, and wishes of an animals is something that is constantly forgotten or ignored).

*If they really care about their health they should implement a #wfpb or whole foods plant based diet, that doesn't buy in to all the 'processed' junk food. The website and documentary #ForksOverKnives demonstrates this quite well.

Thank you though for acknowledging that cutting down animal meat and processed food consumption is a good idea.

@rabia_elizabeth I ask this in good faith, but what science have you seen or can provide, showing that a #vegan way of life is nothing but good for your health, the planet, the environment, and most importantly, though least considered, the animals?

The #science is on the side of a vegan way of life, whether people accept it or not. #ForksOverKnives shows this (on a #wfpb or whole foods plant based diet) regarding health, #EatingOurWayToExtinction is the newest and clearest documentary that shows the benefits of #veganism for the planet/climate, and #Dominion shows the atrocity that is the animal agricultural industry regarding the #AninalRights of these poor creatures.

Our world in data has dozens of articles on this too, one of my favourite:

https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

Here's a great article showing the manipulation that is utilised by the animal agriculture industry:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/03/beef-industry-public-relations-messaging-machine

Peace be with you!

@smithkevinc @0xBEA I want to +1 in recommending the #ForksOverKnives website. Watching the documentary if you have time will give you a good overview of how it's possible to eat in the healthiest way possible. If you want to go vegan for ethical/environmental reasons in addition to the dietary/health benefits, I have a list of films I can recommend.

"The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization declared 2023 the International Year of Millets"

Some great info below on this super food.

#vegan #ForksOverKnives #diet #food #health #nutrition
https://www.forksoverknives.com/how-tos/cook-millet-instant-pot-stovetop-more-tips-sustainable-whole-grain/

@lannan Can you share the study? I have seen many studies (large scale meta analysis etc.) showing these links between a meat/'normal' diet and the links with cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes etc, especially when compared to vegetarians/vegans, but of course my bias is very transparent. 😁

The movie #ForksOverKnives (free to watch on their website) covers this in better detail, and of course #WhatTheHealth does a good (but some would argue biased) job of going through all the positive aspects of it.

If you're still consuming animal products, you clearly don't know where they come from, or the damage they cause.

You are harming yourself, your children, the planet, and the animals.

PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT YOUR CHOICES.

#ethics #environment #education #cowspiracy #seaspiracy #vegucated #earthlings #forksoverknives

I saw another film recently, and while it is not #vegan by name, it all but confirms it throughout the movie.

The movie was #TheGamechangers (available on Netflix), and it feels like an updated version of #ForksOverKnives (in fact there are a few 'cameos' of some of the people from the original film). I believe it was very well done stylistically, and I found the animations when discussing the science quite nice. Also, the appearance of #ArnoldSchwarzenegger was, I feel, a great boost to the movement. In fact, I found the executive team consisted of quite a line up, in addition to Arnold the executive producers included:

-#JackieChan
-#JamesCameron
-#LewisHamilton
-#NovakDjokovic
-#ChrisPaul

(There's debates on their dedication to the #veganism movement, as I am sure some will point out.)

Not sure how I feel about the section on the erection talk but it seems like the film was targeting a male based audience at that point!

The conclusion was quite clear though, a #PlantBasedDiet, doesn't hinder an athlete, and you can get tasty food out of a vegan diet.

It is rated well on #imdb and is rated 'fresh' on #RottenTomatoes.

#Vegans #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #AnimalRights #VeganForTheMovies #wfpb​ #JamesWilks #LouiePsihoyos

For all those that have seen #ForksOverKnives and the Forks Over Knives extended interview (which I highly recommend for those wanting to hear from the people interviewed in the movie), I recently watched and enjoyed this 10 year follow up to the movie with the film creator and a number of the key people that were interviewed in the movie:

https://youtu.be/cvnzfwRmYfA

#vegan #vegans #veganism #VeganForTheAnimals #AnimalRights #GoVegan #wfpb #WholeFoodsPlantBased

@wfpb Tonight's dinner is RAMEN! Homemade ramen rules! (the soup, not the actual noodles. I'm not that crazy)
https://monkeyandmekitchenadventures.com/easy-vegan-ramen
#wfpb #veganfood #forksoverknives #plantbased

After watching #WhatTheHealth and #Cowspiracy, I made some time to check out a few other similar movies.

I first saw #Seaspiracy, and the message was very clear to me...

If you don't eat, but like and admire the intelligence of:
-#Whales 🐳
-#Dolphins 🐬
-#Sharks 🦈
and
-#Octopuses 🐙 (side note, #TeamOctopuses! 🐙🦑),

Then you shouldn't be eating #fish of any kind, and you should very well adopt a #vegan / #PlantBasedDiet. 🐟🌱🐠

Directed by Ali Tabrizi and available on Netflix, it has the same style as the previous films directed by Kip Andersen, so that could be seen as either a +ve or a -ve, depending on your bias. I thoroughly enjoyed it, finding the whale hunt and the subsequent whaler interview particularly powerful.

It is rated well on #imdb and is rated 'fresh' on #RottenTomatoes.

The second film I saw was #ForksOverKnives. This I found to be a much better film overall in presenting the history, science and research in benefit to a whole foods plant based diet. Sadly, I feel like the way it was filmed will put some people off (some -ve reviews talk about it being slow/boring (c.f. What The Health being over the top)). I personally didn't feel that. In fact, I am currently watching the Forks Over Knives Extended Interviews film, because I want to know more! It is the kind of film I wish someone recommended to me when it came out! It's the scientist in me talking. 🧑‍🔬

#Vegans #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #AliTabrizi #AnimalRights #VeganForTheMovies #wfpb