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(This storywas particularly eye opening, if a bit alarmist.)
So I decided to stopat least for a while.
I also wonder how eating animals that have been treated this way affects myhealth.
I thought I would feel better not contributing to the demand for animal products for a while.
I was willing to try, and interested to see the health effects of overhauling my carnivorous ways.
(Beyonceis a major proponent of his plan, and if Beys in, Im in.)
So, why 22 days, specifically?
Borges theory is that at that point, youve started tobuild habitsaround plant-based eating.
Theres also no room for eating out or alcohol, and definitely no processed foods.
I decided to focus on the cornerstone idea of eating plant-based, vegan foods.
So, my first question (naturally): Was I going to be hungry?
The answer was a resounding yesbut mostly at the beginning.
My source assured me theres a light at the end of the hangry tunnel for most people.
I would estimate that within two weeks of having a balanced vegan diet, you will feel satiated.
If people merely avoid animal foods, its not enough, she says.
Id need to seek outhealthy fatsandhigh-protein vegan options, as well as pay attention to some major vitamins.
First and foremost,vitamin B12, which is important for cognitive function, says Palmer.
Id need to actually seek out foods to fill in these gaps.
(I also decided to take supplements for these to cover my bases, just in case.)
The first couple of days were, surprisingly, NBD.22 days?
Pshh, I thought to myself as I cooked my first meal of zucchini noodles and vegan pesto.
No matter how big thesalador how hearty thegrains, I couldnt shake that feeling of emptiness.
I hadnt realized how hard that sensation would be to get without it.
As my body and habits adjusted, that insatiable hunger went away.
I started to feel greatlike, really great.
Coffee was an option, not a necessity.
In fact, one afternoon, I did.
Its probably because of, yknow, the veganism, my friend Jessica offered up.
But this hunger felt like truly running on empty.
I also noticed that this was when Id makeless than stellar food choices.
I had to be mindful that it was actually pretty easy to eat unhealthily as a vegan.
And have you ever had coconut ice cream?Heavenly.
Not that eating a vegan diet means resisting all indulgence.
Nah, but zero regrets.
Aside from the hunger early on and that one fainting incident, it was a good experience.
I didnt mean to.
And I didnt eat another, honest.)
Borges had been right.
I no longer feel like a meal is incomplete without animalprotein.
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