Don’t Make This Harder Than It Is

It’s Hard… But The Longer You Do It, The More You Learn… and The Easier It Gets!

Whole Food Plant Based Eating is easy to learn, but it’s hard to put into practice. Essentially, everything about the way you relate to food and all of your food related habits have to be scrutinized from top to bottom. That’s hard.

But the GOOD NEWS is that once you learn the simple rules and begin putting them into practice, it gets easier and easier… because it becomes your new norm. In time, you don’t think about your old way of living or eating anymore. You don’t miss those old foods that kept you weak and made you a slave to pain and disease. You appreciate what you are able to do now, and what you have overcome. You appreciate a good night’s sleep and daily movement/exercise. You enjoy your new life that is not dictated by pain or medications.

THIS IS THE NEW YOU. THIS IS YOUR NEW LIFE. YOU CAN DO THIS. TAKE IT UP, AND LIVE THE LIFE YOU HAVE.

The simple rules of plant based eating to fight symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and other auto-immune diseases with diet and lifestyle modifications are:

Eat whole plants, lots and lots of them. Do not eat dairy, added oils, or processed foods. Limit meats to one to three servings per week, from clean sources (organic, free range, grass fed, etc. )

Of course, you will also have to avoid anything you know triggers your immune system. If you can avoid those triggers for long enough, they will no longer trigger your immune system, and things will get even easier!

You can do this. Try not to get too caught up in supplements, or details. If it’s a whole plant, eat it in limitless amounts… and ENJOY every bite!

Warm regards,

Cassie

This simple guide to whole food plant-based eating from T. Colin Campbell’s nutritionstudies.org might be helpful. In the diet I promote, I allow meat one to three times per week, which is not included in this guide. Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet Guide – Center for Nutrition Studies