Vegan's must be crazy???...by Ryan Leopold

First visit to see a doctor in years!!!

So today was my day to visit the naturopathic doctor.  I met with Dr. Lisa Wada at Sound Natural Medicine in Kirkland.  Dr. Wada came highly recommended so I went in with an open mind.  My objectives were to: (1) get blood work done to test for food allergies and (2) to see what a naturopathic doctor recommends when it comes to my health and nutritional objectives.  I shared with Dr. Wada my biggest issues right now: (1) Sleep, (2) Natural Energy and Focus, (3) Mood and (4) Back Pain.  I will have the test results back in a couple weeks.

Dr. Wada made several initial recommendations:

1. Start with a (1) a day multi vitamin (Everyman Multi-Vitamin)
2. Fish Oil capsules
3. EHB (Immune Support) to help with my nagging cold

And lastly...she recommended a gluten free, vegan based diet!!!  Yikes!  She said that this strategy is by far the most efficient way to help me achieve my objectives in the next 90-days.  Dr. Wada also recommended that I read the book, "Eat to Live" by Joel Fuhrman.  What is so crazy about my appointment today and her recommendations is that I watched the documentary "Vegucated" last night and it was all about the benefits of a Vegan diet...and the author of the book was actually one on the main contributors in the movie (pretty crazy).

Oh man...watching that movie was eye opening to say the least!  I felt like I wanted to cry and throw-up at the same time.  If you ever want to know the truth about how animal products are really mass produced you need to check this movie out; you can find it on Netflix.  I must admit, I was rattled and it really made me think.  I really do not think I have the will power to ever pull off being a vegetarian or crazy yet to be a vegan but I am certainly going to continue to change my eating habits in that direction.  I am also going to buy the book, Eat to Live, and see where that takes me. 

I was still sick with a cold this morning but I finally got a workout in.  Pretty mellow lifting and core day but worth the effort.  I changed up breakfast a bit and had oatmeal and fruit in the morning.  Pho soup with spring rolls for lunch...spring rolls are good but I am done with the soup!  Had some veggies as a snack then a shrimp salad for dinner.  I had a couple pieces of bread and I really do not feel well so I think I understand the gluten free thing a little more...should of stuck with just the salad.  No wine with dinner so that was a nice change and not hard.

All for now...