Vegan Challenge Day 4: From B-12 to Protein
February 9th, 2012 at 10:12 pm by Elysia Rodriguez under Health
Day four! Sounds a bit anti-climatic, but I’m impressed we’re still going strong after four days without animal products. Today, we caught up with 22News Registered Dietitian Nancy Dell to talk about what we might be missing with our plant-based whole foods diet.
She essentially said there are four nutrients we should monitor; Vitamin B-12, protein, calcium and iron. They all can be found in plant foods, except for B-12.
Her full report will be on 22News at 11 (Thursday night).
We all weighed each other and had basic cholesterol tests done before we started, but tomorrow (Friday), we’ll be getting our muscle mass tested and a few other things to compare with at the end of the 30 days.
So many people have been asking me if I’m hungry or having withdrawals. I do miss cheese. Bad. EVERYTHING tastes better with cheese. Cheddar, American, Asiago, Parmesan, Gouda, Mozzarella… I could go on. Otherwise, it hasn’t been that bad. Our meals have been filling and we’ve been snacking on fruit and nuts.
Today’s meals were, by far, the best we’ve had so far!
Lunch was a salad (from the grocery store) with edamame, tofu, quinoa, macaroni and a whole bunch of veggies.
Dinner was an AMAZING made-from-scratch soup Kara made.
Help us out and send your vegan meal ideas to erodriguez@wwlp.com. You can also follow my progress on twitter @ElysiaRodriguez.
You can cut your bills tremendously by visiting “Get Official Samples” website without becoming addicted like some of the people you see on TV, That’s more like hoarding.
Scary challenge you are on, Elysia! You should check out the book The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith – http://lierrekeith.com/vegmyth.htm. Interesting read and very informative.
If you’re looking for a good, healthy challenge, try the 21 Day Sugar Detox by Balanced Bites. Visit http://www.balancedbites.com for more info
Scary? The Standard American Diet has this countries health heading in a very bad direction. Read The China Study. Go to Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Google for information on the INCREDIBLE health benefits of a plant-based diet. Certainly not scary, like blinding ingesting decomposing body parts and fluids of tormented animals. Please research for the truth of what it means to eat animals. Watch ‘Farm To Fridge’ to get a glimpse of the truth so that you can make an informed decision.