WHOLEFOOD PLANT-BASED š„¦: MY DIETARY JOURNEY
Higher ānā Higher, Beautiful Friends
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Gather round! Let me tell YāAll what lead me to a Wholefood Plant-Based diet. No! Itās not for me to tell YāAll what YāAll should eat. No! All I want to do is share my storyā¦ You may have read this story alreadyā¦
I DREAMT OF EATING MEAT
Yes, Iāve recently had dreams or nightmares ā depending on Your perspective ā of eating meatā¦
I have to tell YāAll that Iāve been watching a TV show called āThe Bearā ā not related to me. š This TV show has come free courtesy of a mobile phone upgrade. āThe Bearā is about a talented Chef dealing with the death of his brother, and taking over his restaurant. I reckon thatās why Iāve been dreaming of eating meat of late. I started watching āThe Bearā a few days ago.
But are there more to these dreams? Perhapsā¦ Letās exploreā¦
DOCTORāS ORDERS
To cut a long story short, I found myself at my GP because I tore up my Right Shoulder pretty badly. I suspected that I lacked vitamin D through āVampire Hoursā. I used to be a Music Journalist, and I would go out in the evening and end up in bed as the Sun was coming up.
My GP told me to eat beef and eggs, and gave me industrial strength vitamin D pills. Apparently, People with a dark hue need more Sunlight than People with a light hue.
I had stopped eating beef because of the Mad Cow disease phenomena. So, I consumed white meats and fish. When my doctor told me to eat beef, I didnāt need telling twice. I thought, āIt must be okay to eat beef,ā and, āWhat was I thinking trying to be a Vegetarian and Vegan?ā
Before I knew it, I was consuming beef, lamb hearts, lamb cuts, and venison pretty much everyday. The only meat I couldnāt and canāt eat is pork ā as some German Friends found out. I just canāt keep it down.
CHRONIC
Roughly after 6 months, I noticed that my Feet were painfulā¦ I put it down to walking for long periodsā¦ But it turned out that I had gout ā especially in the Big Toe of my Left Foot.
The pain was so excruciating that I cut down on being physically active. But I kept eating until I got morbidly obese! I didnāt even see the weight creeping on.
I was also dealing with a load of problems, which put me into a negative mode, and I comfort ate without releasing it. Can YāAll believe I thought comfort eating was a Female trait? šššš
FITNESS
Physically, I was in a bad wayā¦ My Good Friend saw the state I was in and enrolled Us into a gym, circa August 2016. I struggled on the treadmill at firstā¦ Walking was so painful, but I didnāt give up. Soon enough, I was able to jog lightly.
I struggled with the rowing machine as my Stomach and Privates occupied the same region. But I stuck with it, and attended the gym 4 to 5 days a week. After 4 months, I lost 4 kg. Amazing!
HOW I GAVE UP MEAT āNā DAIRY
One evening, after a hardcore gym session, I found myself in the supermarket with nothing but chump change in my pocket. I had a choice between cut price meat or a vegetable soup basis kit: 2 carrots, 1 parsnip, 1 Swede, and an onion. It made sense to choose the vegetable soup kit as there was a variety.
Me being lazy, I put the vegetable soup kit in an oven dish and lightly roasted them. It was delicious! The next morning, I noticed the pain in my Feet had subsided.
So, just like that, I gave up all animal based āfoodsā. This was September 2016. Iāve not looked back since!
THE (FORMER) IDIOT
Isnāt that an Iggy Pop album title? Anywayā¦ I was doing great on a Wholefood Plant-Based diet until I started making smoothiesā¦ I made my smoothies from scratch, and with a variety of fresh fruits. Circa 18 months later, I had given myself type 2 diabetes.
I always thought I had eczema, but after nearly killing myself with smoothies, I can look back and see sugar was the cause of āeczemaā manifesting on my Hands. My GP would prescribe a steroid based cream to tackle symptom and not the problem.
Thanks to my toxic smoothies, my Hands looked nasty with discoloration ā complete with weeping sores, and I was developing dark patches on my Body. I looked these ghastly symptoms up, and thatās when I knew it was type 2 diabetes.
It took about 5 acute hypoglycemic episodes to understand I was seriously ill. My Body simply couldnāt cope with so many types sugars in my System: fructose, glucose, syrups found in these protein bars, and the sugar in chocolate barsā¦ Insanity!
My System either couldnāt produce enough insulin or I done something to compromise it. Needless to state, Iāve dropped the smoothies, and fruit juices. The damages are still there a year onā¦ Thankfully Iām seeing evidence of repair.
MINERALS
From figuring out that my Body couldnāt cope with the amount of sugars in my System, I then learned I was deficient in essential Minerals ā especially Magnesium!
I discovered that Magnesium was pivotal in clearing up my sugar ravaged Skin. I first thought it was Iron. But it was the Magnesium within the Iron supplementā¦ From there, I researched Magnesium ā there are a few variants. Magnesium Citrate works the best for me! Boy, did it make me poop!
The funny thing is that I tried Magnesium before, and I wasnāt really paying attention to the effects beyond stopping my Legs from cramping in the middle of the night after a taxing Tae Kwon Do session! I obviously didnāt observe the effects on my sugar metabolism.
REDUCTIONS
Iāve reduced my sugar intake a great deal. I would like to think that my current dietary habits are much better than it was 2 years ago. My Skin is looking a lot betterā¦ In fact, my Skin had never looked so good.
I try to eat in a varied mannerā¦ I canāt lie to YāAll, cooking for 1 is freaking boring! I have a tendency to be lazyā¦ But thinking about itā¦ What does it say about the way I think about myself when I canāt be bothered to prepare a decent meal for myself? Self-Love ā at least for me ā has proven to be the hardest Love of all.
WHATāS THE MATTER? WHATāS WRONG?
Even though Iām doing my best to eat well, Iām still feeling oddā¦ Itās not like Iām lacking energyā¦ When I was doing Tae Kwon Do, I was able to keep up with Those significantly younger than me. But I noticed my recovery rate was slow. Soreness lasted for months instead of days!
At the moment, my portions are goodā¦ I eat when Iām hungry. I donāt go crazy on snacks. Iāve cut down on the protein barsā¦ So, whatās the matter? Whatās wrong? Whatās missing in my diet? Do You have any idea?
HEREāS WHAT I THINK
I reckon the reason why I feel somewhat unfulfilled with my diet is because what Iām eating is close to garbage.
Hereās how I see itā¦ Forget the pesticides for a minute or twoā¦ Fresh produce is in plastic packaging or in cratesā¦ Just how much of the nutrients are retained from when it is harvested and brought to the shops?
Think about the soil and how We as Humans extract all the Minerals from the Earth to make the soil inert. What nutrients are going into the plants? There are more Minerals in Your smartphone than whatās in produce!
Into meat? Well, the animals are getting Plant-Based feed ā for the most part. In addition, the animals get injected with all sorts such as vitamin B12!
As a result, Iāve needed to stock up on Vitamins and Minerals. It seems to me that Iām not getting enough nutrients from my food. Itās not because plants are ābadā or ānot as nutritionally dense as meatā. NO! It seems to be that vital nutrients are stripped from fruits and vegetables due to poor soil, premature harvesting, and transportation.
INTUITION
Call it my āHigher-Selfā, āGuardian Angelā, āDivine Creatorā, āThe Holy Spiritā or āGodā. But Iāve learned to follow a calling from withinā¦ I was driven to purchase Multi-Minerals, and it helpedā¦ Then I received a message to get some Iron supplements, then Magnesiumā¦ This brings me toā¦
MEAT JERK SAUCE
Guys?! The following is no jokeā¦ I donāt know if YāAll know, but Iām a Martial Arts Enthusiast. This has given me more impetus to get my Splits! Iāve been wanting to do The Splits for years! Anyway, one evening, I went too far in the Box Splits position, and upon Awakening the next day, my Nutsack doubled in size š±! So, I Googled it and learned that this can happen from straining the groin areaā¦ Phew š ! When the swelling went down, I did a few master strokes to make sure that everything is in working orderā¦ I observed that it was low on volume. Thatās not going to be much of a Facialā¦ š
This told me that I was lacking Zinc, and water. After taking a Zinc supplement, my volume has doubled, and it shoots out with force! As a Male, itās essential to maintain my vitality! I see Men younger than me with these huge Bellies, and whatnotā¦ Itās scary! š± But if thatās what They likeā¦ Roll onā¦
WOKE?
The Great Awakening is freaking awesome! However, Some of Us have it in Mind that being Wholefood Plant-Based means Iām down with the agenda for lab grown Frankenfoods, and all the rest of itā¦ NO! For me, if Mother & Father Nature didnāt make it, Iām not eating it.
Oh! I donāt like to state that Iām āVeganā. I prefer the term āWholefood Plant-Basedā. According to a lecturer, Who I canāt remember the name of, the term āVeganā came about from taking the āVegā and āanā from the word āVegetarianā. Andā¦ Ta daaaa! But today, Veganism has been hijacked by nefarious agents to perpetuate sick agendas, e.g. mutilating Our Children for this Trans agenda. They are experimenting on Our Children. The damages cannot be reversed.
Many Vegans support this Climate change psyop. Many are fooled by the Greta Thunberg actor. No doubt, industrial agriculture has a devastating effect on the Planet. In any event, promoting Thunberg is not the way to go.
Not forgetting that a load of āVegansā jumped on the scamdemic based on the āBat Soupā narrative. šššš I guess Their Hearts were in the right place, but Their Headsā¦ šššš
Still, Some use being āwokeā as an excuse to hate on Wholefood Plant-Based / Vegan People. Thatās not my idea of being āwokeā. āWokeismā isnāt about descending into hatred of Others. Well, it shouldnāt be!
We have to take the time to inform and be the best versions of Ourselves.
RESPECT
Look! I donāt eat meat because it almost ruined my health. I donāt want to put death into my Body. Iāve seen how the animals are treated and I find it abnormal. Thereās nothing Humane about a slaughter house. Thereās nothing Humane about separating a Calf from Its Mother so that it can become veal. Thereās nothing Humane about mincing Male Chicks ā by the thousands ā alive as They arenāt deemed profitable by the breeders. Thereās nothing Humane about industrial agriculture.
Milk is rape. The Cow has to be artificially impregnated to lactate so Some of Us can have cornflakes, tea, coffee, etc. As a Child, I NEVER enjoyed milk. It was forced on meā¦ Itās the same with baconā¦ That was forced upon me tooā¦ It made me sickā¦ But I followed my Folks tradition until I was able to keep it downā¦ Then when I took up Bodybuilding as a teenager (15/16), I had become so indoctrinated, I believed consuming animal products would transform my sickly, asthmatic Self into a Superman.
Going back to milkā¦ I found it repulsive from day 1ā¦ When I reached the age of 15, I naturally got the notion to water down the milk in my cereal, then I just started to use water completely. That said, I did try skimmed and powdered milk; they werenāt too bad in taste. I could only ever have it cold. The smell of hot milk makes me want to hurl! Gosh! Thinking back to when I was forced to eat hot porridge as a Childā¦ š¤®
From there, I discovered soya milk, and I didnāt really like it. These days I donāt consume plant mylk. I donāt need to. Water is the best! Or I make my own milk!
The point I wanted to make is that when I gave up cows milk in my teens, my asthma went away. I donāt think thatās a coincidence. Professional singers avoid dairy like the plague as it induces mucus production.
For a long time, Iāve fluctuated between Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, White Meat ānā Fish (never Pork), then I added Red Meats to my detriment.
Today, Iām Wholefood Plant-Based for Life! This September will mark 7 years as Wholefood Plant-Based. In that time, Iāve never needed to see a GP! Touch wood!
VARIETY
Variety is the spice of Life! What Iām missing in my food are herbs and spices! Through watching a show about cooking, I realize that I miss cooking with herbs and spices. Iāve come to realize that I miss being creative with Wholefood Plant-Based cooking. I used to do a Vegan Cooking Blog, but I stoppedā¦ To be honest, I was disheartened by Vegan racists that took every opportunity to write their shitty bitchy uninformed comments about my food. Thatās another reason why I stopped calling myself a āVeganā. I want to be separate from the assholes calling themselves āVeganā.
I was even contemplating writing a Wholefood Plant-Based Cookbook. Maybe next year!
IT WAS JUST A DREAM
Guys?! Donāt get it twisted! It was just a dream. Maybe this dream will see me become a 5 Star Wholefood Plant-Based Chefā¦ Who knows? At the very least, Iāll be making more of an effort with my cooking!
I think the dream is also telling me to ensure that I take good supplementation to make up for whatās lacking in food.
Not every dream is meant to be taken literally. If so, I would be Gay or Bisexual. I would also have special powers that would enable me to to fly, fight crime in a costumeā¦ Iād also be a multimillionaire! When I dream that Iāve become a multimillionaire, I do the lottery on the basis that the lucky numbers are somehow with me! Obviously, Iāve not been lucky with the lottery! š
Well, thatās it for this oneā¦ Iām wondering where to post thisā¦ I hope You got something out of it. š
Love Always,
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