We have already established that my body hates me. That being said Veganism was the best things that happened to me. I became Vegetarian at the age of 12 and had a pretty dairy centric diet. Dairy is hell for inflammation but I was cheese addicted and I did not care. I have IBS everytime I ate a lot of cheese I would pay for it . I have asthma I was on a long working daly steroid and albuterol.Then later on in my 30's I started developing arthritis in my shoulder where I had an old martial arts injury , then one hip started getting affected. For 10 years I would get painful flares that would leave me half immobile. But still I did not want to give up that cheese ... Then i saw some dairy farm footage and I realised that I did not want to be part of the horrors in that industry so on my 40th birthday I went vegan. 2 months in and my IBS flares became less frequent, about 2 months more and I was off the steroids and started to use my inhaler maybe once a month instead of once a day. 6 months in and my arthritis was gone! now 9 almost ten years in it has been 6 months since i have used my inhaler and I used it about 1-2 times in the year before that, I had one arteritis flare in the whole 9 years (after eating a really high fat meal ). My IBS does show up from time to time but no way in the amount that it used to. My other condition is sadly genetic so there is little diet can do to change it but seriously veganim has me off most of my medication.
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Yeah veganism is pretty good, my only problem with veganism, as i said in steemit chat, is the amount of protein, vitamin b12 and iron, i workout a lot and being vegan is almost impossible for me because i run into those problems, i tried for 1 year, i ate 500g of spinach a day just trying to get iron in me, only to realize the iron from plant sources is not that well absorbed i was getting anemic and had to take a iron supplement
I love trying to fix whatever problem have with food, sometimes i need to take medicine of course, but i always try to fix the problem with food, i've stopped drinking milk, i do however eat fat-free light greek yogurt and whey protein, i think it has almost 0 lactose.
Only had IBS 1 time, or at least i think it was IBS, and it was my own damn fault, wanted to try a thermogenic, only took it for 2 days, that damn thing had capsacin in it (the stuff that makes hot sauce hot), never trying that stuff again
Thanks for reading, and stay away from that cheese and eat your vegetables xD
nods I am vegan for ethical reasons as the industry is killing our planet, animals and people and I just can be part of that. You can get more than enough protein and Iron on a plant based diet if you know what to eat. B12 is trickier, however 40% of the world population is vitamin B12 deficient and only 1% of the world population is plant based so many have to take supplements anyway. Some people have genetic issues and cannot absorb certain vitamins or minerals well so they need to supplement no matter what diet. I for example have issues with vitamin D and B12 absorption so I take multivitamins and get a regular B12 shot. there are several vegan body builders and strongmen. Wold Champion Patrik Baboumian for example but they eat totally different then most plant based folk. Brian Turner has some good videos on that as well.