Living The Plant-based Diet Lifestyle

This year, I am attempting a plant-based diet yet again. I really think that this is what is the healthiest diet for us, and what God originally intended for people to eat.
I read a great book by Dr. McDougall, called “The Starch Solution”, and he explains why we need starches in our diet, as well as why the SAD (standard American diet) that most people eat is very unhealthy for our bodies. Not that people who do not eat any animal products can’t be very unhealthy as well, so I do not consider myself a vegan, but just someone who wants to eat a plant-based diet.

I have been making my fresh almond milk in the Vitamix, and then straining it, but I have really been looking at those gadgets that will make the milk, like the Almond Cow machine. Most of them are upwards of $100-$500 dollars, so a lot of money for me to spend on something, even the cheapest ones.
Instead, I bought a special strainer from Amazon, so I do not need to squeeze the almond milk out through a cloth like I have been doing, which is kind of messy.
I am hoping that this works a lot easier. I do not use a lot of the nut milk, so I don’t have to make much of it, or very often, jut about a quart a week is plenty for me. I most likely use it in my morning coffee, and a little bit for making something where I need milk.

 

No plant food has cholesterol, so you can make any kind of plant milk that you want without increasing that. If you do an online comparison, it will show you the difference in calories, fats, protein, and vitamins between the different types of plant milk, @Susan Paynter . I have added a link for comparison with almond milk, but you can get comparisons that show more types as well.

I soak the almonds overnight , starting with warm water, but not hot. The next day, I use the soak water for my plants, since there are nutrients that have soaked into the water.
Then, I put the almonds and a quart of water in the blender and blend really well. I have not tried adding any sweetener or even the pinch of sea salt, although I have read that people do this for preservation purposes.
The homemade plant milk has no chemical additives like the store bought milk, which has very few almonds, and lots of stuff added for flavor and thickness.

I also tried oat milk, but so far, I like the almond milk best. My next experiment is going to be cashew milk, because I have read good reports about that, and also almond/cashew mix.

https://www.mojofury.com/rice-milk-vs-almond-milk

 

This morning I was watching a Dr. Joel Fuhrman video about anti-aging foods. He called them by the acronym of G-BOMBS, which stands for Greens, Beans, Onions, Mushrooms, Berries, and Seeds.
He explains why each of these foods is important in our diet and the best way to use them, and also their anti-cancer and other health preserving attributes.
This video is just a few minutes long, and if you are interested in having the healthiest body possible, and in holding back the aches and pains of aging, then it is very much worth the time to watch it.

 

This is another short video (he has LOTS of long ones, too !) where Dr. Fuhrman explains more about the G-BOMBS , why they are good for our health, and how they can help prevent serious illness like heart disease, cancer, and obesity, all of which are very rampant in America right now.
Watch at the end where this man jumps right up on top of the table from a standing position, it is totally amazing !

 

I am checking out what appears to be an unexpected result of plant-based eating. I have noticed that my hair seems to be growing faster (and my fingernails !), and it looks like my hair might be getting thicker, but it is hard to tell.
It might just look that way because of the growth.
Anyway, it is about time for me to get another summer haircut, and the other night, I was trimming off a little on the very back of my neck, where there were scraggly ends growing out.

To my amazement, the hair was very dark, and not white/grey like the hair on the top of my head is.
I have read about people’s hair losing the grey after they started eating a healthy diet, but it does not happen very often; so I am not going to say that mine is changing.
I read that each hair grows for about 3 years and then “dies” and comes out, and a new hair grows in. So, even if a person was having a hair color reversal, it seems to me like it might take a long time to actually tell, unless the hair changes color as it grows.

I have been putting the flax and chia seeds in my oats every morning, and both of those are supposed to be healthy for the hair. I think that this has a lot to do with the fast growth rate, and getting thicker.

 

So, I am almost back to a plant-based diet again. I think that I actually like eating this way, so it mostly suits me. I still have animal proteins like eggs, cheese, milk, and sometimes meat or fish; but the main part of the meal is coming from vegetables, or some other food from plants.
After reading both Dr. Davis Wheat Belly, and Dr. Gundry Plant Paradox, there are just a lot of reasons not to eat animal foods, or to at least limit them to healthy-sourced ones. Those are expensive, so for me, just not having them often seems to be working better.

Anyway, I am making nut milk again; but the straining it takes such a long time, and it is not good in coffee unless it is strained. So, I have been looking at the nut milk machines, but even those have to have the milk strained afterwards, unless you get a really, really expensive one; so that one is off the list, too.

However….all is not lost !
Upon further research, I discovered that you can make nut milks using a JUICER ! It separates the milk from the pulp, so you do not have to do all of that squeezing in a nut milk bag, or with a strainer, like I was doing before.
So, off to the Amazon Warehouse (maybe my favorite shopping place ?) I went to look for sales on small juicers.
I found one for around $16, (usually around $40) and it looks like it will work perfect for what I need it for.
I only need to make small amounts at a time, because it is just for my coffee or chicory drinks, or tea; so I seldom use much at a time.
It will be here next week, so I am looking forward to testing it out.

 

What kind of milk do you use, @Don Roles ? As a vegetarian, you said you eat cheese , as do I . From what i have been reading, fermented dairy is not such a problem as just regular milk would be. However, there seem to be a lot of good reasons to avoid using milk and cream, even in coffee, so I am working on making my own plant based milk.
I tried the A2 milk, but that is over $6 for 2 quarts, and a whole gallon of regular milk is around $3 here in Alabama.

Back when I was a kid, my mom used to read the Gaylord Hauser health books, and followed quite a bit of his advice. I used to have his Treasury of Secrets, but lost it somewhere along the line during a move.
I just bought Hauser’s 1950 book, “Look Younger, Live Longer”, and am reading that.
Hauser is not a vegetarian, but does recommend eating a lot of greens and veggies. He also enthusiastically promotes using powdered milk, mainly to add the extra protein and vitamins to foods (like yogurt).
It is part of his 5 main foods, which also include brewers yeast, blackstrap molasses, yogurt, and wheat germ.