Comments on: Americans Are Getting Fatter

By: Lane

Lane — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:52:28 +0000

Hi David,
Yes, yummy killer indeed.
Shhhh! Don’t let big pharma hear you. They don’t want you not taking their lipitor/crestor/paxil/viagara/boniva/prilosec/ zoloft/cialis… (and those are just the ones I thought of off the top of my head!)
Re the exercise…. I’m not as diligent, but trying to get back to my routine. In addition to improving metabolism, I find it makes me more able to deal with stress.

Hi Christina,
It’s really sad. Definitely one of the ills of our society.
And thank you so much for your kind comment on our blog!

Hi Bea,
Nice job! I dropped 20 in the first 6 and have stabilized at -18. Jane’s -11.
Thanks for the link. I often find the Adventists to have good veg*n info.

By: Bea Elliott

Bea Elliott — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:14:13 +0000

Having been a large cheese eating vegetarian for quite some years and vegan for less than one – I can see clearly that my “baby fat” was due to dairy. Within the first 6 months 25 extra pounds “melted off”. I don’t feel “deprived” as there are so many wonderful (and healthy) vegan foods to choose from.

This site also offers some compelling reasons to eliminate dairy as a weight and cholesterol reduction plan: http://sdachip.org/about_chip/videos.html

Loosing fat is good – not killing baby calves – is sublime!

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:49:14 +0000

I’m pro education, pro herbivore, anti fat America. It makes me so sad to see so many elementary school students are so overweight at such a young age.

Rock on. Your blog owns.

By: David

David — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:47:56 +0000

It does feel effortless at times.

I have a genetic predisposition for collecting bad cholesterol and unwanted pounds.

Becoming vegetarian helped some, but I found that I did consume lots of cheese. I admit I love the stuff. Pulling off big gobs from pizza was one of my vices. Yummy killer.

Now that I’m vegan (and exercise), my metabolism has improved enough so that if I skip a week or two of exercise (not likely) I don’t notice a difference.

Compared to taking Lipitor, having a heart bypass, or gastric bypass… I’ll take the vegan diet, please.