Fresh Thinking...

After educating ourselves on the wonders of a whole foods plant based diet this past weekend, Riley and I have decided to do a major diet overhaul. It just makes so much sense...eat food...real food!!

This whole thing started when my mom told be about the China Study and the interesting correlations they found between animal protein consumption and the occurrence of many serious diseases. I wanted to learn more about diet and nutrition so we watched a few good documentaries ("Forks Over Knives" and "Hungry for Change") and read some really well written books (Michael Pollan is highly reccomended). It opened my eyes and shook everything I knew about what I thought to be "healthy". The arguments in favour of a plant based diet were so full of common sense that it makes me wonder why it has taken 23 years to figure this stuff out?

So here is the beginning of a happier, healthier way of eating. We are essentially adopting a vegan diet although I'd like to think of it more as a whole foods plant based diet. Cutting out the crap and as many processed foods as we can and replacing them with whole foods, delicious fruits and veggies :)

I will be posting recipes that we make and random thoughts that I have!

The fridge is bursting with amazing fresh food!