Being "Kind"

Last week I bought a book called "The Kind Diet." I got this book at the perfect time, because for the last few weeks I have begun the transition to a vegan diet. Alicia Silverstone wrote this book, who is a vegan and the girl from Clueless, but it is not just about avoiding meat. The message is about being the healthiest you and being "kind" to yourself, your environment, and other living things. Most people probably don't think about the food they put in their bodies as some important event or anything that is worth spending to much time thinking about, but this needs to change. There are so many yummy alternatives to the things many people just can't seem to give up, but this isn't to say that being a vegan is about having an alternative eating style. It's about reevaluating what food is and what is meant to go in our bodies. We eat so many awful things, often time without even knowing. The only real way to avoid this is to put down the bag of chips and and other processed foods and adopt a diet made up of real food. You know, the stuff that grows out of the ground. We aren't being kind to our bodies when we eat hard to digest meat and dairy products nor are we being kind to the environment that's suffering and the lives we're taking to produce these products. There's really no upside to eating a typical American diet. As people who know better and can do better, it's crazy that more people aren't. I realize that people who struggle financially and don't have a lot of time think they can get more bang for their buck by buying a $1 hamburger from McDonald's than spending a dollar on a bag of carrots. However, shouldn't we be making time? It's our lives at stake after all. A vegan diet is often cheaper than a diet with meat anyway, especially if you load up on veggies at a local farmer's market. (Isn't it kind of funny that meat is so cheap these days? Hmmm, I wonder why?) Most of us can't use this as an excuse and therefore have no reason to behave so nasty. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be kinder. I promise you will like it and find it inspiring. There's even a section for you stubborn people who don't want to give up meat. (Does it really taste that good? Think about what it's costing.) The section is called flirting and I encourage all of you to start flirting ASAP. (For those of you who are ready to move beyond flirting, there's the Vegan section, and then the ultimate section, Superheroes.) Once you start, you'll feel so good mentally and physically, you'll be angry you went all those years feeling less than your best.

P.S. I didn't intend on writing another post about food, but I really believe in being the best person I can be and what I eat is just another factor in this evolution. Hopefully, I can inspire someone else to join me on the journey to being "kind."