We can't have that either?

"Wait, why can't we eat that?"
"Because it has animal products in it."
"And this, what about this?"
"No."
"Really? Oh well, at least we can still use honey."
"Nope."
"What?? We can't eat that either?!?!!"

Such has been the conversation at our house the last few days. Why? Good Question.
Sunday night we watched Forks Over Knives, a wonderful bit of cinematic propaganda...err I mean education.

The feature film Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.

Not that they are overselling it. No way, no hyperbole here.
Actually I did like the movie/documentary. And at least there is some science backing up their claims. (We'll look at it in greater detail and even point out some of the holes in later posts. )
We watched it with my in-laws, Don & Diane. They share our interest in healthy living, but never really made a hardcore commitment to it.
Until now, that is. They want to go Vegan.
The film pushed them out of the realm of contemplation and into action mode. I'll let them tell their own stories, but they pretty much have the typical diseases we in America think are supposed to be normal for folks in their 60's.
But what if everyone is wrong? What if the Hippies have had it right all along?

And why does all that mean I can't have milk, again? Didn't we already try this last year? Yes, we dropped processed food, but we still had organic meat, cheese and eggs. And Honey. Sweet, sweet honey. Unfortunately it started falling apart around the 6 month mark. By Christmas, we were back to the typical western diet feeding trough.
But guess what, we did feel better eating like health nuts, despite the near crippling inconvenience.

So in a show of support, and in the spirit of scientific exploration, we are going vegan too. For 6 months. Possibly longer, if we feel as amazing as the vegan evangelists claim we will. Maybe we'll lose weight, feel better, live longer and all my hair will grow back. That would be nice.

We are starting the blog during the planning phase, trying to give everyone a look into our thoughts as we drag ourselves into health.
Goals for this week:

1. Find recipes that sound good
2. Find out what we can and can't eat.
3. Mentally try to focus on the positive aspects of what we are doing
4. Have fun with it.
5. Choose the vegetable option when we can right now until we have completely revamped the pantry.
   

That's all from me tonight. Now it's your turn, leave your comments down below.

Excelsior!

Cliff