Bill Clinton - Vegan

Did you know that Bill Clinton follows a whole foods/plant-based diet?

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Bill Clinton Explains Why He Became a Vegan

I particularly like the last two paragraphs (emphasis mine):

"If you don't have the willpower to do it for yourself, he adds, do it for your loved ones. "A lot of people who are busy and stressed feel that eating and being comfortable is their reward," he says. But particularly for those who, like him, have children, he says "you have a responsibility to try to be as healthy as possible."

Sounding the themes that still drive him every day, Clinton wraps up our meeting with a message, reminding me that "the way we consume food and what we consume" are driving the unsustainable level of health care spending in America. To truly change the conditions that lead to bad habits and poor health, he warns, "we have to demand it by changing the way we live. You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.""

In The News

News from the American Institute for Cancer Research:

AICR, the China Study, and Forks Over Knives

Recommendations for Cancer Prevention from the WCRF/AICR (World Cancer Research Fund)

News from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute:

Fish oils may raise prostate cancer risks, study confirms

Did you know...?

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics supports a vegetarian/vegan diet.  You can read more about it on their website.