Diem Nguyen

In a couple days my juicing ventures will hit 2 months, and I can not express to its furthest extent of how great I feel. The natural high in energy is awesome to say the least. I don’t have the urge to drink coffee anymore. Well actually I do just because I miss the taste of vanilla soy lattes. Don’t judge me. But I have had a couple 5-hour energies due to a couple 12+hour weddings.  You don’t realize this at first but being a juicer is like marijuana*, it’s a gateway to other similar and greater transitions. I say this because I truly believe juicing will be my first stage into becoming a vegetarian and ultimately into a vegan. But before I go on, I want to make it clear that I’m not trying to force this lifestyle onto any one. I’m rather trying to promote a healthy style of living through my experiences.

 

What do you do when you enter new territory in your life. You would, of course, do research and learn the in’s and out’s of it.  In my case I surrounded myself with a support group that circled around other juicers. I would watch youtube videos, read books, and join online forums. What I ended up finding out through all of this is one common theme: the elimination of eating meats from your diet. That sounds familiar doesn’t it? Bingo! That’s right, that is the gist definition of vegetarianism!  Vegetarians, opposed to vegans, consume either/both dairy and egg products. I can go on and on on why not to consume animal products but I’ll just stop here and suggest a few documentaries to you guys. The first movie that inspired me is Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. Forks over Knives, Food, Inc., Food Matters, Earthlings, and finally Gary Yourofsky’s and Dr. Michael Klaper’s videos all helped persuade and revealed to me the useless and dangerous consumption of meat and dairy products in our society. And You can call me a no good hippy, tree-hugging and animal rights activist, but watch these movies and tell me for yourselves that we have a right to do this. I was a born meat eater for nearly 28 years. I loved the taste of meat but after watching these movies, how can you humanely stand for something like this? /ENDRANT

 

Mucho CONGRATULATIONS to you, Janie, in opening your own private pediatric practice. You and Andy make such a great couple. Thanks so much for volunteering and taking the associated abusing I did when posing you. Remember, the more uncomfortable the pose, the better it’ll look! LOL Janie’s awesome make up was done by her talented sister, Amber Doan Viray