Veg Cooking Class Success Story

[Guest guest]

I recently received a wonderful email from someone who attends our cooking

classes fairly regularly. I'd like to share it with you:

 

" I just returned from a doctor's appointment. I usually dread them because I

have been battling high cholesterol for six years and, having tried statin

(cholesterol-lowering) drugs, am unwilling to go that route. I think they're

really bad for you (at least for me). So I have tried various herbs, niacin,

vitamins, exercise regimens, low fat diets, etc.

Forget it. Nothing worked at all. Some made it worse!

 

So now, I try veganism for six weeks. Guess what? Yes, you got it. Lowered total

cholesterol by FIFTY points (229 to 179). Good cholesterol up ten points. Doc

says my triglycerides are now the lowest of any person in her entire practice.

Furthermore, she is so impressed that she wants me to give her more info so she

can give it to all her patients with lipid imbalances.

 

So, what I would like to say is how much I appreciate your help and support in

this journey. You have been a treasure and I am so grateful.

 

My doctor asked me if I really believed that veganism is " sustainable " (meaning,

I presume that I won't get sick of it and give up). I really believe it is

sustainable now. But I needed to take your cooking classes and follow up on your

suggested resources before I could get to that place. It is very gratifying that

what is healthy is also good for the Earth and its creatures. "

 

It is such an honor to be on this journey with all of you. This story is not

uncommon when someone switches to a plant-based diet, and I am privileged to

continually hear the positive effects the cooking classes are having on people's

lives.

 

To sign up for any of our cooking classes, just let me know. The new 2003

schedule, which I will send out shortly, can also be found here along with past

cooking class recipes: http://www.generationv.org/compassionatecooks.htm.

 

Regards,

Colleen

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" As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no

peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell

together. " ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

" The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for

humans anymore than black people were made for whites or women for men. " ~Alice

Walker

 

" Nonviolence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution.

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. " ~Thomas

Edison

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Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Senior Content & Creative Director

JustGive.org

1625 Clay Street, 7th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

phone (510) 238-5004

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colleen

http://www.justgive.org

 

" Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do Something. Anything. "

~Sasha