Eat Yer Veggies

Dearest Brandon,

I'm so glad I can help you exhale.

I want to congratulate you on your recent weight loss! It makes me so happy to know that you are taking strides to improve your health. That being said, I want to plug a film for you. Yes, it's about a vegan diet, but this movie has seriously motivated so many people to clean up their diets and their lives, they've lost lots of weight, reversed some of their medical problems, and gotten off medication.

It's called Forks Over Knives and it's streaming on Netflix.


Let me make it very clear that this is not an animal rights documentary. There is NO footage of factory farms, slaughterhouses, or the like. It is a documentary on the amazing benefits of a plant-based diet, focusing strictly on facts and studies and SCIENCE. It's actually a very interesting film. We screened it at VegFest to standing room only. I also sent a copy of this DVD to my father and he actually watched the whole thing and is currently making changes in his diet (which is HUGE for my overweight father with a plethora of diet-related health problems, including diabetes and high blood pressure). My friend watched it with her husband (who cooks like Paula Deen, not kidding) and even THEY are making changes. I've met at least a dozen people at random places and events who have told me they've gone vegan because of this movie, that it changed their lives, and they've never felt better. And these are people who, upon first meeting them, I NEVER would have pegged as being vegan.

I'm not sharing this with you in the hopes of "turning you vegan" or anything like that. I'm sharing it with you because there is a lot of amazing information in that film, and if you even made a few changes (even doing Meatless Mondays, for example), you would reap some benefits. I share this with you because I care about you and I don't want you to get crazy-sick and suffer. I share because I care.

I hope that you'll watch it.

To your health and continued exhalation (shoop shoop),

amanda