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CorporateSlave · 11-09-2006, 12:07 AM

This question has been resounding in my mind for over a month now. I knew it'd be much easier to go strictly vegan than to stop my smoking habit. So, two weeks ago I began my diet, with plans to attack the smoking habit later.

So far, so good. Steve addresses many of the pros about switching to the vegan diet/lifestyle. I read The China Study first and did quite a bit of research. So far, so GREAT. Whereas, the smoking still holds me back, I feel better than I have in MANY years. It's a bit odd adjusting (though, I didn't have as bad of a transistional period as I expected). I've also quit drinking caffeine (Redbulls and Cokes) completely unplanned. The extra energy I have from eating whole foods cut out the need for caffeine.

There are many sites which are good to refer to. Make sure you keep a balanced diet and add some extra time for food prepping. Considering I'm sleeping 2-3 hours less than I did before, with MORE energy than with the average diet, I find it's an easy trade off.

Here are the cons I noticed though. During the transistion, I became a bit irregular. It was not a painful irregularity, just odd that I went 2-3 without going (as opposed to everyday). The other con was the excess gas production. It's controllable, but, it's more than I am used to. As a side note, I've went back to a regular schedule, so all is well.

Good luck and keep us updated if you do decide to try it.

11-09-2006, 12:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
CorporateSlave Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1	This question has been resounding in my mind for over a month now. I knew it'd be much easier to go strictly vegan than to stop my smoking habit. So, two weeks ago I began my diet, with plans to attack the smoking habit later. So far, so good. Steve addresses many of the pros about switching to the vegan diet/lifestyle. I read The China Study first and did quite a bit of research. So far, so GREAT. Whereas, the smoking still holds me back, I feel better than I have in MANY years. It's a bit odd adjusting (though, I didn't have as bad of a transistional period as I expected). I've also quit drinking caffeine (Redbulls and Cokes) completely unplanned. The extra energy I have from eating whole foods cut out the need for caffeine. There are many sites which are good to refer to. Make sure you keep a balanced diet and add some extra time for food prepping. Considering I'm sleeping 2-3 hours less than I did before, with MORE energy than with the average diet, I find it's an easy trade off. Here are the cons I noticed though. During the transistion, I became a bit irregular. It was not a painful irregularity, just odd that I went 2-3 without going (as opposed to everyday). The other con was the excess gas production. It's controllable, but, it's more than I am used to. As a side note, I've went back to a regular schedule, so all is well. Good luck and keep us updated if you do decide to try it.