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Black, Vegetarian and Proud of It (819 hits)

I have not eaten meat in almost ten years now. Just recently, I picked up fish again, but I plan on leaving it alone when I can catch up with myself and remember my best eating habits.

I stopped eating pork in 1993. After then, it was beef, chicken, then turkey, then fish.

I could sense that I was on a role to something great. That leaving meat alone completely was going to benefit me well. Well, after almost ten years at age 34 I still look the same as when I was 25. I'm very healthy and I never get tired.

I have read a lot of material about eating healthy. Vegeterianism was quite foreign to me, a brand new world. It was a creative way of living for me. I enjoyed getting to know mopre about vegetarian eating and tasting foods I had never eaten before. Some of it tasted funny at first, but the more I styed committed, the more I liked the foods.

Belonging to a church where a lot nice amount of its members were vegetarian helped a great deal. Vegetarian options were always around when we had potlucks and holiday meals.

I have stuck to my diet. Sometimes I do stray away from my former vegan lifestyle. However, I still know what's healthy and will stay away from dairy as much as possible.
What I learned about dairy products is that 95% of African Americans are lactose intolerant. Dairy, cow's milk, is responsible for asthma and allergies in us.

I'm satisfied with my diet. I am not pushy or arrogant about the way that I eat. I do what's best for me and share information with others when there's an opportunity to do so.

I will live a long time...my way of eating will help me do so.

Christopher Donshale Sims
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