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Welcome to Day 14 of the Global
15 Day Plant-Rich Diet Challenge!
We hope that you’re enjoying your plant-powered week of 100% plant-based lunches and/or dinners. You’re doing great!
Today’s email is a long one, but we encourage you to read to the end since we’re sharing important environmental information and fantastic resources to help you achieve your optimal health!
Week 2 Main Course Challenge –
Eat a Plant based Lunch and/or Dinner.
Plant-Based Recipe of the Day: Vegan Sloppy Joes
A sweet, savory, smoky sandwich which is sure to delight the whole family, including the kids!
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
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Cook Time: 25 Minutes
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Total Time: 30 Minutes
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Servings: 6
Fact for the Day: Environmental and Social Injustice
In many instances, global animal agriculture is devastating Indigenous peoples and communities (especially communities of color) around the world with annihilation of natural areas and toxic pollutants – both water borne and airborne – in the interest of grazing more cattle; growing more animal feed; and raising more pigs, chickens and farmed fish to meet the world’s growing demand for meat, dairy, eggs, and fish. This issue is too vast and multifaceted to cover in a brief email blurb, so we will suffice with several real life examples of the harm (and even MURDER) that animal agriculture is inflicting on our fellow human beings in marginalized and vulnerable communities around the world. The stories at the link below elucidate some of the consequences of our consumption. Why is this happening on our watch? Is now the time for all of us to stand in solidarity with our fellow human beings and the earth and say NO to such injustice and atrocities?
Industrial Animal Agriculture’s Impact on U.S. Poultry Farmers: Under Contract
Industrial Animal Agriculture’s impact on U.S. Workers: Oxfam Investigation
Bonus Tips & More: Chronic Illness and Plant-based Diets
We’ve learned a lot from our speaker series about the power of plant-based diets to prevent and, in some cases, even reverse chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and heart disease.
To learn more, here are some excellent resources from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM.org) and NutritionFacts.org, two of the world’s leading organizations in sharing evidence-based research about diet and health with the world:
Type 2 Diabetes:
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5-minute video: The Best Diet for Diabetes from NutritionFacts.org
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10-minute video: What Causes Insulin Resistance and Diabetes? from NutritionFacts.org
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20-minute video: Neal Barnard, MD | A Nutritional Approach for Reversing Diabetes from PCRM.org (at minute 18:38, Dr. Barnard makes a small mistake in his wording. He’s talking about hypotension (or low blood pressure), but instead of saying low blood pressure, he accidentally says “low blood sugar” and then “high blood sugar.” He meant to say “low blood pressure” and “high blood pressure.”)
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8-minute video: Does a Ketogenic Diet Help Diabetes or Make It Worse? from NutritionFacts.org
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Diet and Diabetes: Recipes for Success Fact Sheet (including recipes) from PCRM.org
Other Conditions & Resources:
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PCRM’s website is a treasure trove of information about a myriad of health topics. Click HERE to access brief, easy-to-understand articles about diverse health topics. Click HERE for PCRM’s Nutrition Guide for Clinicians which provides overviews of most common health conditions, including a discussion of Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Nutritional Considerations.
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PCRM also offers an extensive collection of Fact Sheets (some of which are translated into Hindi, Mandarin, Spanish and Portugese) and Infographics which will educate and inspire you. Here are just a few:
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Here are a couple of our favorite books and additional websites that will help you to achieve your optimal health:
Speaker Series Day 14 – Nicola Kagoro, “Chef Cola”
An African Vegan in Rural Zimbabwe
Nicola Kagoro aka Chef Cola, is a pioneering Zimbabwean vegan chef at the helm of African Vegan on a Budget, an organization that shows people how to thrive on a healthy, plant-based diet on a budget. She also serves an all-female anti-poaching ranger group with vegan meals and ration packs. The group was featured in the documentary, Akashinga:The Brave Ones.
Learn about her pioneering work to demonstrate that traditional and plant-based diets and lifestyles can be the answer to better rural sustainability in Africa.
That’s it for Day 14!
One more day to go!
Warm regards,
The ESRAG Plant-Rich Diet Task Force
(P.S. Please feel free to contact us at any time with questions and/or comments.)
This Task Force resides under the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) and operates in accordance with Rotary International policy, but is not an agency of, nor controlled by, Rotary International.