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I am back home and back in the swing of things and it feels really good!

On August 8th I left my home in Austin, Texas to spend 2 1/2 weeks caring for my 92 year old grandmother who has dementia/Alzheimers (early stages), heart dis-ease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, osteoperosis, arthritis, bursitis, and a couple more "itis"-es.

Being the health and nutrition afficianado that I am, I put G-ma on a healthy wholesome whole food vegan gluten-free diet while in my care. I did this for several reasons,the biggest one being that I desire for the remainder of her years in this form on this planet to be the highest quality of life possible because she is my favorite person on earth, next to my beloved. The other reasons have to do with addressing specific health challenges to upgrade them into healing perfection.

There is only one way to get high cholesterol, eat animals and animal's products (eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.). There is only one way to get heart dis-ease and high blood pressure, eat animals and animals' products. There is only one way to get osteperosis, brusitis, and arthritis - eat an acid forming diet (meaning eating animal derived foods, processed foods, fake foods, and some cooked foods). OK, so where does gluten play a role in all this? Inflammation!

Gluten containing grains cause inflammation in the body, which in turn aggravates an already inflamed body, as in osteoperosis, arthritis, and brusitis. Grains also contain opiates, especially wheat. Just try giving up all wheat products for a week or two and see what kind of mad crazy cravings you get. Then notice how when you give in and eat the bread/etc. you go into a coma-like state.

Back to G-ma. So in just 15 days on a vegan gluten-free diet, my G-ma lost 9 pounds and dropped her blood pressure by 7 points! That is what I call VEGAN POWER!!! She was also using a walker to get around and by the end of the 15 days pushed the walker to the side. She also had more color and life in her eyes and her eyes were brighter.

The moral of this story? You can reverse any dis-ease provided you give your body the proper nutrients to heal itself. Our bodies were designed to heal themselves, if not, we'd all of died from our first paper cut. Human beings, despite what the meat and dairy industry try to sell you, and frugivores by anatomical design. That means we are designed to thrive eating a plant based diet with a focus on fruits for calories, soft tender greens for minerals, and seed baring veggies for more vitamins and minerals.

We can get all the nutrition required for us to thrive on a 100% plant based diet. Just look at some good friends of mine who are doing just that - Robert Cheeke - vegan bodybuilder, author, speaker, actor - http://www.robertcheeke.com and Brendan Brazier - vegan IronMan Triathlete, author, speaker, formulator of Vega products - http://www.brendanbrazier.com.

Protein? This question is the number one concern of all non-veg*ns. "Where do you get your protein from?" The same place the gorillas and cows do - the plants! A 100 calorie serving of broccoli has 11.2 grams of protein. A 100 calorie serving of cow flesh has 5.3 grams of protein. Yeah, I'll take the broccoli please.

Chew on this - mother's breast milk contains roughly around 5% protein. We live off this stuff for the first year or two of our lives, when we grow the most we will ever grow in our lifetime. Why as we get older, do we think we all of a sudden require more protein than this? To thrive, one's caloric intake is best divided as follows: 10% protein, 10% fats, 80% carbs (fresh ripe raw organic fruits, veggies, tender greens).

I love being a raw food vegan and I love being able to show how in just 15 days someone's life can be completely transformed by adopting a 100% plant based whole foods diet. Try it, take the 30 day challenge. Go vegan!