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Change in lifestyle has been described by
Prochaska as passing through nine processes and six stages.
The basic idea of learning a new skill
is, as i understand it, to “See one; Do one; Teach One.” Now, when you can do all three, i maintain that,
what ever the subject, then you really know it. But until then you're still learning.
The following nine
steps are meant to be a very rough guide to helping you find your way into and through the processes and stages of
changing your lifestyle towards a more plant based diet. Good luck and enjoy!
1.
Consciousness Raising
If you have never contemplated changing to a plant based diet (pre contemplation stage of change), but you are interested
to find out good solid information about what goes on behind the scenes with respect to nutrition, may i suggest you
consider going to
see movies like : Forks Over Knives; Earthlings; Food Inc
Furthermore,
any one of the web site links on the left would be a suitable consciousness raising but very useful baby step exercise
towards improving your level of consciousness and understanding about the issues.
2. Social Liberation
Society is evolving in terms of change towards a more sustainable
planet. It's just taking for ever. There are social structures in place - structures that society has put in place for
us to change our environment - which gives us a vast array of options in today’s’ context, where we swim or drown
in the Age of Information & Technology.
Consumers are bombarded constantly through the media with information
concerning what we should and should not eat. Who are we supposed to believe?
Emeritus Professor of Nutritional
Biochemistry at Cornell University in New York, Colin Campbell, ‘cuts to the chase’ in summing up this dilemma,
in his landmark classic on the link between diet and disease, The China Study, when he writes: “Very few people truly
know what they should be doing to improve their health because the public is drowning in an ocean of very bad information.”
The China Study turned the nutrition world upside down, proving many ‘nutritional
facts’ to be totally false, and has been described as:
“the Grand Prix of all epidemiological
studies, the most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease.”
the most comprehensive survey of food, environment, social practices
and diseases ever made in China - and one of the largest epidemiological studies ever done anywhere.
Campbell et al found that as the amount of animal foods increased in the diet, even
in relatively small increments, so did the emergence of the cancers that are common in the West. Western diet consumers, compared
to vegans, were at risk of cancer by a factor of 200:1.
The incidence of cardiovascular disease rates, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, renal insufficiency,
and kidney stones were 20:1 comparing western diet consumers to vegans. Most cancers and heart attacks occurred in direct
proportion to the quantity of animal foods consumed. The greatest protective effect came from the consumption of green leafy
vegetables.
Even at high levels of intake, plant proteins, including from wheat and soy were found to be safe
and did not promote cancer. To delve further into the teachings of this master scientist one could follow the links to the
following sites for more ‘consciousness raising’ activity.
Alternatively, one might care to go to internet sites such as doctoroz.com
or suprememastertv.com among many others on the internet for media sign posts pointing to best-evidence-based nutrition outcomes.
3. Emotional Arousal
To deepen your awareness of and to
get in touch with your true feelings about what you eat, such as meat and dairy, one baby step would be to go visit www.peta.org
This site is likely to trigger emotions about the consequences of not making a change for good.
The other films
mentioned above also will help you get in touch with your true feelings. It may be that some of those true feelings will surprise
and even shock you. Please be aware of that in advance, because the are some inconvenient truths associated with the food
industry that may upset you when you become acquainted with them.
4. Self Re-evaluation
FORKS OVER KNIVES
A Feature Film
SYNOPSIS
Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every
measure. Could it be there’s a single solution to all of these problems, a solution so comprehensive but
so utterly straightforward?
FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called
“diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of
animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering
yet under-appreciated researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.
The idea of food as medicine
is put to the test. Throughout the film, cameras follow “reality patients” who have chronic conditions from
heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole foods plant-based diet as the primary approach
to treat their ailments—while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.
SUBJECTS
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. His principal scientific interests, which began with his graduate training
in the late 1950s, has been on the effects of nutritional status on long term health, particularly on the cause of cancer.
He has conducted original research both in laboratory experiments and in large-scale human studies; has received more
than 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding, mostly from the National Institute of Health, and has served on several
grant review panels of multiple funding agencies.
Dr. Campbell has lectured extensively, and has authored
more than 300 research papers. He and his son, Thomas M. Campbell II, are authors of the bestselling book, The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health.
Dr. T. Colin Campbell
is the recipient of several awards, both in research and citizenship, and has actively participated in the development of
national and international nutrition policy.http://www.brynmawrfilm.org/films/?id=38
Visit the website of Dr Joel Fuhrman,
in Flemington NJ, atwww.drfuhrman.com
5. Commitment
If a client wants to take a baby step in sustainable health, a baby step towards testing commitment
would be to have a go at putting together a really healthy recipe from the kitchen of the Juliano Brotman who owns and operates
Planet Raw in West Hollywood. His site can be visited at www.planetraw.com
A few other good sites to take
a baby step peek at are on the left
6. Environment Control
Mahatma
Gandhi once said: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” One baby step in that direction would be to commit
to sustainable health and do your bit for climate change. This is a baby step towards effective and sustainable health,
‘one step at a time,’ slowly but surely eliminating the dangers to sustainable health for self and planet.
7. Countering
A nice easy relaxing but highly informative
way to take a baby step in this direction would be to take a look at the 48 minute film clip of Dr Russell Blaylock titled:
“Food & The Brain.” This can be found at www.therealfoodchannel.com by going to Nutrition & Behaviour.
8. Rewards
Ah! Now
here comes a taste of the bonuses one can expect to experience when one takes a baby step in the direction towards sustainable
health.
For sheer
pleasure, and for having a taste of how wonderful life could be if one did make the change for sustainable health, I suggest
options from among the following:
www.TheBestDayEver.com
www.DavidWolfe.com
www.ftpf.org
PLANTING TREES WITH DAVID WOLFE
www.LongevityNowProgram.com
www.twitter.com/davidwolfe
9. Helping Relationships
To begin building helping relationships,
start teaching what you’ve seen and do to those around you in your network; start building small groups and classes.
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