Goin' Vegan

Yes I am finally doing it! i have always thought about trying it and now thanks to the book "Skinny Bitch" I have decided to move forward and go for it. Loaded with gross facts and written with a comedic tone that makes you unable to put it down, it was all I needed to finally take the plunge.

Here is today's excerpt forom this fabulous book
(an excert I like to call SCARY DAIRY):

Got Mucus? Dairy products produce mucus, and often the body will develop a cold or ALLERGIES to fight the dairy invasion. Mother Nature is no fool. All species, including ours have just what we need to get by. She did not intend for grownups to suck their mothers' tits. We don't need our mothers' milk as adults, just like grown cows don't need their mothers' milk anymore. We are the only species on the planet that drinks the milk of another species. We could be putting gorilla milk on our cereal or having zebra milk and cookies. Why cow's milk? Using the animal that produces the largest quantity of milk but is more easily housed than an elephant means more money for farmers. It has nothing to do with health and nutrtion. The dairy industry is a multibillion-dollar industry based on brilliant marketing and the addictive taste of milk, butter and cheese.

Cows are injected with bovine growth hormone. Their udders, under normal conditions would supply about 10 pounds of milk a day. Greedy farmers have their cows producing up to a hundred pounds of milk a day! Cows are milked by machine; metal clamps are attached to the cows' sensitive udders. The udders become sore adn infected. Pus forms. BUT THE MACHINE KEEPS ON MILKING (GROSSSSS) sucking the pus into the milk....AHHCK

Milk is not a reliable source of minerals you get much higher levels of manganese, chromium, selenium and magnesium from fruits and vegeltables. Fruits and veggies are also high in boron which helps lessen the loss of calcium through urine. Consuming high amounts of dairy BLOCKS iron absorption contributing to iron deficiency. A simple way to get calcium is by including the following foods in your diet: fortified grains, kale, collard greens, mustard greens cabbage, kelp, seaweed, watercress, chickpeas, broccoli, red beans, soy beans, tofu, sesame seeds and raw nuts.....