from The Denver Post 051712
Going vegan, family style: New vegan fare makes an animal-free diet tastier than ever
By Douglas Brown
Roberto Martin was a typical “Top Chef” kind of guy: meat, meat and more meat. But then Ellen DeGeneres and her partner, Portia de Rossi, both vegans, hired him to be their personal chef.
Now, he rarely puts anything in his body that comes from animals.
For Martin, ethics and health concerns spurred the switch. But it probably wouldn’t have happened, he said, if the food tasted like dreck.
“When it’s a choice, you want something good,”
Dr. Wilson comments:
vegan's choice: salad for lunch
In my medical practice I have yet to see a really healthy person following a vegan diet. Although many non-vegans eat poorly and have many health problems, most of these problems arise from consuming excessive fructose mainly from sugar and HFCS and high glycemic carbohydrates mainly from grains. If a vegan avoids these food elements their health will improve but it will never approach the health of someone eating a balanced diet consisting of meat, seafood, fish, nuts, vegetables and fruit.
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