Since this is the Health and Fitness section of 2+2, a site founded on the idea of figuring out optimal lines in poker, I figure this thread could have some potential, maybe even some life changing or even life saving potential.
First lets go over what's acceptable posting in this thread. I hate rules so it's going to be very liberal. Here you are free to ask questions/debate about a Whole Food Plant Based diet (WFPB). You can even blog it up and post WFPB recipes or if you had a WFPB meal just tell us what you ate. You can also post WFPB videos here you liked, or talk about a WFPB documentary you saw on Netflix or something.
Ok, now let's talk about a WFPB diet. What exactly does that mean. Well my way of explaining it to people is to first look at all the foods we shouldn't eat. Take all the foods that cause or are linked to cancer, heart disease, and other diseases: Beef, pork, fish, chicken, turkey, milk, cheese, eggs, I.E. animal products in general, refined grains, added sugar, too much sodium, free oils, and other processed junk in general. Don't eat them. Now take all the foods that fight and prevent cancer, heart disease and other diseases: Whole grains, legumes (beans, lentils, peas, etc), fruits, vegetables, fungus (basically talking about cooked Mushrooms and nutritional yeast), nuts, seeds, herbs and spices. These are the foods you eat. The premise being the more WFPB centered your diet is, the more healthy you will be.
For those interested in learning more about
this diet, a great resource is
nutritionfacts.org. IMO it is the best site on the internet when it comes to evidenced based nutrition. A great book to read on this topic would be:
"How Not To Die" by Michael Greger M.D. For those who have Netflix, a great starting point on a WFPB journey would be to watch (for free)
"Forks Over Knives".
A little background on me: I switched to a WFPB diet in the beginning of January 2017. Watching "Forks Over Knives" was a major inspiration. In the first three months I lost 30lbs (went from 5'9" 178lbs to 148lbs) which put me back at my high school weight (I was 38 years old at the time, now 40), and I also had
erectile dysfunction issues that completely went away (Sorry
viagra or in my case Cialis). The weight has stayed off and I feel great in general.
Ok let us begin!