Is There Anyone Here Who

[nailit]

has completley changed their diet for the better?
Meat eater to veggie/vegan?
Veggie to Paleo?
Other?

How did you do it?
Why did you do it?
What have been the benefits?

Thanks

[nailit]

//Nailit, stop eating Wright's Pies and oatcakes with bacon and cheese!//
Come on Tills, you know how hard it can be with the local dishes ...
the cuisine that makes Stoke such a 'right on' place to be.......

[ummmm]

I stopped eating meat when I was 12.

It was easy as I didn't really like it.

Why?...as above.

I don't know if there were any benefits. I was a very active child.

The only reason I eat meat now is because I have a family to feed.

My last holiday I only ate fish the whole time we were away.

[Clanad]

As with Tilly2, sugar elimination from diet has been a major goal and a pretty good success. Followed Mrs. C. into the plan and soon found myself 25 pounds lighter and feeling great.

Problem is, food processors are always trying mightily to subvert the effort... missed lunch a couple of days ago and stopped in to the local health food store to pick up a protein bar. They didn't have the brand I usually take and when I looked at the nutrition label I was astounded that a "health" bar would have 20 plus grams of sugar!

As someone mentioned, it's amazing the amount of sugar we unknowingly consume each day. (Coincidentally, chocolate doesn't contain much sugar if it's not milk chocolate... the darker the better... lots of other health benefits as well (see here: http://authoritynutrition.com/7-health-benefits-dark-chocolate/ ).

Other sneaky ways used to introduce sugar off the nutrition label is to not count the sugar alcohols... just as bad as sugar. Simply subtract the fiber content (in grams) from the carbohydrates and divide by 5. The constant 5 is the amount of sugar in grams in one teaspoonful. Men should have no more than 10 to 12 teaspoons a day and women no more than 8 or 9 ... Most of us could do that in one snack or lunch...