here let me wax on about my passion

My latest vegan news is I got a vegetable identifier book. I sorely need one. I'm going to keep it as a reference or maybe try to find the one other person in the city who might possibly be interested in learning about vegetables, and then we can learn one veggie a week and incorporate it into our diet.

I can't even imagine myself as a kid thinking I'd ever want to do that. And now it excites me! Life can be so bizarre.

Nutrition fascinates me and the vegan lifestyle and philosophy resonates with me. I think because the vegan, animal-loving side of it has always been a part of my heart, even in my pre-veg days. As far as the nutrition side, I remember being just blown away when I began learning what a great impact a low-fat vegan diet has for the body. Or really, the detrimental effects of a poor diet.

With the free Cancer Project class and their book, I'm learning more and more about the benefits of healthy foods, and it's really amazing, I'm not kidding, nothing short of amazing all the good stuff good foods do for you. There's still so much more I want to learn. Whereas before I was learning about diseases and conditions caused by poor diets (or certainly not helped) now I'm learning more and more about the impact of certain plant foods, berries, antioxidants, hormones, toxins, etc. on the body. I really love this stuff.

Another thing I've come across is about how healthy greens are for you. I think a lot of people (like moi) already know this, but in reality I know I rarely incorporate the dark leafies into my diet. It's more like I get a lot of broccoli, which I love, some cabbage and green beans, but not really a lot of salads, kale, collard greens, spinach, or chard for example. Luckily I've come across some yummy sounding recipes for greens lately, so I'm going to attempt them. I think the kale, spinach, and chard I'll probably like. I'm also thinking of making a smoothie that's mostly blueberry-banana, let's say, and adding a leaf of kale for instance. I know green smoothies are supposed to be really healthy, but I think that will take a lot of experimentation so it's one step at a time.

I don't think I have any readers, but anyone out there, hope you have a happy, yummy, and healthy day.