It doesn’t matter how much or little weight you want to lose. It doesn’t matter if you run marathons every week or walk around the block once a day. I don’t care if you are a young-un or if you’re older than Methuselah! No matter what your condition or ambition, there is one most important thing you need to incorporate into whatever your plan may be.
While this important thing is not the onliest thing we need for overall well-being it is one of the top two things that are just not negotiable. Substitutions don’t suffice. The sooner we all accept this thing, the better, healthier, more vibrant, energetic, and beautiful we will all 
become.
It’s not a pill, it’s not a potion, or a gadget. What is it!? It is a fairly simple and easy to access item. It’s plants. Nutrient dense, high fiber plants.
Eating plants is the answer. But wait, don’t go away yet, keep on reading! (WARNING: Food porn ahead) I do not promote vegetarianism, veganism, raw veganism, or any other ism for that matter, but I have nothing against them. I believe that it just doesn’t need to be that complicated. A mainly (90%) plant based diet (which includes unprocessed vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds, and whole grains) is the answer to pretty much all diet-related ailments. And all this plant eating can be done with great pleasure. Sadly, the average American diet is made up of less than 15% unprocessed plant based foods. All of this translates to: we need to eat lots and lots more vegetables. Vegetables pack the most nutritional punch without breaking the calorie bank. Fruits come in second, since fructose adds calories.
Vegetables don’t need to be those horrible, gray, soggy, salty canned crap many of us were force fed as children. I’d never been a fan of vegetables (I can’t stand the word “veggies”) in the past, I only tolerated them. But when I took the time to discover the exciting, colorful, sweet, sensuous, full of life combinations of flavors that can be created, everything changed. EVERYTHING. I’ve made it my job to find the most fantastically delicious way to eat well, with REAL food for REAL foodies. [Read more...]
