Beginning a Whole-Foods Plant-Based Diet- Why Start at 100%?

When beginning to eat a healthy Whole-Foods Plant-Based Diet, many people prefer to make changes one step at a time. This is because making big changes to a deeply ingrained lifestyle habit all at once can make a person feel overwhelmed. It can even cause them to give up trying to reach their goals.

However, there are some really good reasons to go 100% from the start…

You will overcome cravings faster

When we eat foods that are highly processed, sugar laden, overly salted, and laden with free oils, we can become addicted to these foods both psychologically and physically. In order to break the addiction we can let go of the substance little by little, or we can make the big break and go cold turkey.

One of the best things about going cold turkey is that your body will begin to get rid of the toxic substances faster. And because you are replacing the toxic substance with nutritionally rich plant foods, your body will be able to overcome these addictions faster.

This happens because cravings often come when the body isn’t getting the nutrition it needs. So a craving may be the body crying out, saying, “I need more nourishment!!!”, because there weren’t enough nutrients in the processed food you just ate.

So replace those unhealthy foods with nutrient dense, fibre rich Whole-Foods Plant-Based meals (including foods like fruit, veggies, nuts, seeds, and beans). When you eat this way the body will be getting what it needs to flourish. So it won’t need to be crying out all day for nourishment.

You will lessen the food struggle

Since you choose not to have any of the bad stuff, you don’t have to fight the control mechanism to only eat a certain portion of the unhealthy food. So, that takes away half the food battle. The other half is to fill up on nutritious rich Plant-Based food to your hearts delight. This is good wholesome foods the body recognizes and can use to its full benefit. So, no continuous calorie counting!!!

The Six Week Whole-Foods Plant-Based Diet Challenge

So why not HAVE A SHOT at going on a 100% Whole-Foods Plant-Based Diet?

Not sure you want to commit for life? Then just try it for a period of time.

In his book – Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition  – Dr. Joel Fuhrman sets out an excellent six week program for eating. It focuses on excellent nutrition through a Plant-Based diet and you don’t need expensive or hard-to-find ingredients to follow the program. You can follow his menus and recipes or you can just keep it simple, doing it your way.

The main focus of Dr. Fuhrman’s plan is to encourage you to really nourish your body. So he encourages you to eat plenty of nutritious plant foods. The call is to commit to this program 100% over a six week period. Dr. Fuhrman gives plenty of scholarly evidence. And the evidence proves that eating a nutritious plant-based diet is a big factor in maintaining good health and wellbeing.

The book contains life experiences of people who were helped to reverse various diseases by following this plan. His advice has certainly broadened my knowledge regarding nutrition and the benefits of eating a nutritious Whole-Foods Plant-Based Diet. So, I encourage you to check it out for yourself. You might just feel the urge to have a go at beginning to eat a Whole-Foods Plant-Based Diet – 100%.

Sincerely