Last year in the month of February I decided to completely stop eating poultry, meat, eggs and sea food.
I took that
decision deliberately as I started observing and noticing different facets of
my personality and my well being.
I had
already taken a break from every kind of distractions in my life and I had tons
of questions to ask and you could say that I finally begun my journey of self
discovery at the age of 26.
Therefore, I
sat with myself and asked myself several set of questions: what are the things
which I want in life, what makes me happy, what do I really love doing and what
is my one goal in life.
Hey, don’t
worry it isn’t one of those philosophical blog!
One of the
things which really intrigue me is nutrition and fitness, I am always looking
for the benefits and harmful effects of different kinds of vegetables, fruits
and other dietary sources and simultaneously making time for working out while
trying different forms of workouts and so much so that I started self studying
about them all.
For years
being a vegan or a vegetarian is mostly recognized as someone who has aversion
to animal cruelty or it is the tradition in certain religion Nevertheless today
it is highly recommended by doctors, nutritionist, fitness trainers whereas many
eminent athletes, cricketers, and swimmers have turned into vegetarian. What
made them changed their dietary preferences?
Nimai
Delgado world’s first vegetarian body builder who lived with his parents who
turned into Hinduism when he was born. Since childhood he was being fed with
vegetarian meals containing lots of Indian aromatic spices subsequently he was
also being taught an old Hindu concept known as “Ahimsa’ which means no harm.
He during
one of his Google talks admits that he believes in compassion and how after
watching various videos of dairy product processing and manufacture he pledged
to completely quit all kinds of dairy consumption and participated in body
building competition.
Today in the
world there are various types of vegetarians:
-Lacto-Vegetarians
(Adds dairy products but no eggs or poultry)
-Lacto-ova-Vegetarians
(Also consume eggs and dairy but not poultry)
-Pure Vegan (Only
consumes vegetables, fruits, pulses and seeds)
Other than
harming innocent animals and poultry we also consume toxins and gets susceptible
to diseases like atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension all
resulting in metabolic syndrome on the other hand it also causes various kinds
of autoimmune diseases and cancers pertaining to their high saturated fat
content.
Whereas
plant based diets completely covers our protein requirements, provides us with
antioxidants, large amount of water content, vitamins and fiber which
ultimately aids in faster metabolism and sustainable health.
Vegetarian diet
is not any special diet but it’s just like any other diet and if planned wisely
it can completely improve our health and overall well-being.
It’s simple,
multicolored and it has variety of options making it exciting for a person like
me who gets too bored with monotonous meal plans.
I have noticed following changes in me:
-I feel
lighter after every meal
-Less
bloating
-More energy
-Agility
-I feel more
calm and relaxed
-Less acne
breakouts
-Better
sleep
I am not
convincing you to completely switch your eating habits however I would like to
advise you to take a break from eating heavy and most importantly start
observing yourself how you feel after each meals and notice which food causes
you heaviness, heartburn and makes you feel lazy and unfocused. Try to exchange
that meal with any vegetable/pulses properly cooked meal of your choice or with
any fruit and feel the difference in yourself.
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