How a plant based diet changed my health and my life.

So its roughly 5 years ago when I first started coming across health problems. I was doing what everyone else did just buying what was in the supermarkets, meat, dairy, and that's without even mentioning my crisp addiction, sweets, and alcohol! Its just how life was, a stressful life living in London I wasn't any different from everyone else in what I was consuming on a daily basis, I didn't even really think twice. I went to the gym now and then I was good to go, or so I thought!

That was until I reached my early 30s, all of a sudden and over what seemed a very short period of time I started to develop really weird symptoms. Really bad stomach and digestive issues, my blood pressure spiked and I struggled to get it back down again, I just knew that something was not right at all. It was at this time I was starting to do a lot of research and was finding out that basically a trip to the doctors far from guarantees good health, and in fact the pharmaceutical industry was not to be trusted, so I ruled out the traditional methods.

It was at that point that, almost divinely timed, I stumbled across a You Tube video which was explaining how people, many people were healing themselves by switching to a plant based diet. Initially the thought of giving up meat was horrifying, I mean a meat pie was my idea of heaven at the time. But I opened up to it more because I felt intuitively that mine wasnt just a temporary detox I needed but if I wanted good health for the rest of my life then I needed to commit to changes long term. These people I was seeing were inspiring me to not only try it, but to perhaps maybe just maybe make it a lifestyle change.

So I confess as a vegan now, my initial intention I am sad to say was not for any ethical reasons, however that has massively changed now, because the off shoot of giving up rotting dead flesh is that it brings you closer spiritually to animals in a way that is hard to explain unless you have gone through this process. It wasnt long before the ethical side came in, it may have even been a few weeks into me considering this lifestyle when someone sent to me by chance the You Tube video from Gary Yourofsky 'Best speech you will ever hear'. It was in that instant a one hour video that I was distraught, there was no way I could go back to meat, it was the final straw. From that moment on I haven't touched meat since. His video is below.

I didnt go fully vegan straight away, there was a transitional period before I cut dairy out, but I was on the path. An amazing thing happened literally days into quitting meat. My digestion improved, my acid reflux disappeared overnight, and I could feel my blood pressure dropping! I was actually quite flabbergasted at how quickly I felt the benefits, and then I remember feeling quite angry at mainstream medicine for hiding this jewel from people. Yet its so simple, if you eat death and suffering, eventually you are going to feel like those very things inside your body.

For anyone reading this who is suffering from ill health try it! Its a lot easier than you think because your taste buds actually change and adapt so you start craving fruit and veg. Five years ago I would have laughed so hard in your face if you had suggested I would be plant based, now I wouldnt have it any other way. I have listed some other benefits below that I have noticed over time.

-clarity of thought
-faster thought processing
-higher states of consciousness (more insights)
-More energy
-Rarely ill
-Clear skin
-Very good digestion
-Blood pressure good
-Nobody suffers
-The Planet is not being destroyed by my choices. (Animal agriculture is the number one environmental issue causing chaos to whole eco systems)
-Increased interest in food and cooking than ever before
-More in tune with my life purpose

The list could go on!

Have a wonderful week

Tony Sayers
Love, care, courage

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