What the Health Page #14

I did my first full Ironman.

Although I could possibly

get away with eating

a little bit of meat and

dairy without ill effects

to my personal health, I could

no longer willingly support

an industry I knew was

causing so much suffering

to communities, families

and all life on the planet.

A whole new world opened up.

I felt whole again.

Connected to a greater sense

of what true health is.

And where true health doesn't end

with me, but begins with us.

If people adopted a plant-based

diet, the changes we would see

in our individual health, in

our national health situation

and in this physical,

environmental world we live in,

would be so profound.

Today, you can say,

I'm not gonna

eat that stuff anymore.

It's the one thing that I

can do myself personally

to make a difference.

It will give you a greater sense

of well-being and happiness

when you know that one, you're

not destroying your health

every time you sit down and eat,

you're not promoting cruelty,

and you're not

damaging the Earth.

I don't want my gains to be at the

detriment of the planet of other things.

And yet I'm not weaker,

I'm stronger.

That's the beauty of it,

when you're altruistic,

when you make choices for

the greater good of others,

it's comes around benefits me as well.

It benefits us all.

Studies show that we can not

only survive but we can thrive.

I just feel this is a great way to

live, not harming other beings.

When you can be

healthy and happier.

I love it!

It's a great life.

I never thought that I could

feel this good at this age.

And I just want everybody

to feel this way.

I feel like a 20-year-old,

I'm almost 50.

Nothing tastes as good

as healthy feels, basically.

And so the choices that

we make every single day,

day in and day out

around our food

has the capacity to bring us true

health and optimal wellness.

Not just individually,

but collectively

as a species

and for our planet.

We're not gonna live forever.

But while we are alive,

we can live well.

And for me, as a doctor,

that's what I wanna see.

Where there's a will,

there is a way.

And I believe that.

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