Brand New Vegan

Hi there, I’m Chuck, and I’m a Brand New Vegan!Well – technically, I guess you could say I follow a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based diet that focuses on lots of healthy starches – but that’s quite a mouthful. Either way it just means I don’t eat meat of any kind, or dairy, and no added oils or fat. Why Vegan About 5 years ago as I was rapidly approaching my 50’s – I noticed everyone around me was getting sicker with one kind of chronic condition or another. (And in some cases just downright fat). It’s all a part of getting older – some would say. And, at the time I would have agreed as I was pushing 225 pounds and had trouble tying my own shoes. But it was when my doctor started warning me that thanks to my standard american diet of cheeseburgers and cigarettes I was becoming a high risk for a heart attack…… I stopped and took notice. My cholesterol numbers were thru the roof, and I was pre-diabetic.It was time to change something or become a pill taker for life.