Let’s not kid ourselves, well I’m not kidding myself. I know how I got here, I wasn’t force fed or not allowed to do exercise. I knew that allot of my choices weren’t the greatest ones.

However with a bad family history, where you think your fate is pre-determined and you have literally seen all of your aunts and uncles on one side of the family have at least one major cardiac episode, you are probably not alone in thinking that you don’t have a choice. That’s what I thought.

Outcome, destiny, call it what you will but I had it locked in from my mid-late 20’s that I WOULD, ONE DAY HAVE A CARDIAC EPISODE, that wasn’t a MIGHT have, it was a WILL have

As someone that was overweight and had cholesterolaemia, hypertension and has suffered a heart attack (although luckily quite minor), my journey has made me determined to as politely as possible, spread the message that you are what you eat and that your genetics don’t necessarily control your outcome. You don’t have to die or you don’t have to be fat because everyone else around you is that way. Break the mould, be you, be what you want to be.

Once I started on a Plant Based journey, the more research I undertook, the more information I absorbed, the more awareness I gained, I ultimately found myself associating as VEGAN

But whether you call it Plant Based, Whole Foods Plant Based or VEGAN is up to you. Don’t call it anything, it can just be what you do

My journey went something like this:

1. Worked A Lot, High Stress, Smoked, Ate Badly, Poor Sleep (loved my job but it and me were killing me)
2. Knew already, but eventually acknowledged to myself that I had major health issues and there was no miracle cure (or was there)
3. Needed to do something about it not only for me but for my family
4. Thought it was a bit to late, the damage was done and my genetics were bad

Often as people approach number 3 though, it’s pretty late in the peace and you might have been at this for 30, 40 or 50 years, so we are not talking about small amounts of damage. At that time you are starting to look for a hail mary type pass.

The thing is…….. it’s never too late. Every cigarette you don’t have, every amount of animal products you don’t eat are all better than having every bit you could have.

“Each time you don’t eat animal products and your system clears out the by products, it recovers and begins making good. Your body doesn’t give up trying, so neither should you.”

Inadvertently Vegan

5. We made fun of a friend of mine that was trying plant based for a month with great frivolity as we sat around a pub in Dubbo, NSW (yes its a place if you’re not from Australia). We looked at the pages of paper he had with him telling him what sort of things he could eat. Black beans, chickpeas, tofu, it was hilarious, we had a great laugh at his expense but I did take away some thoughts that maybe I should have a look at this because this guy is a pretty smart guy and a bit of a gym junkie at times, he seems serious
6. I found out that plant based eating could save my life, you can literally eat yourself healthy. Seriously? It sounded a bit far fetched to be honest and it sounded weird because surely you need to eat meat to get protein right?
7. The MUCH LARGER EPIPHANY moment came when I realised I might be able to UNDO SOME OF THE DAMAGE I had done
8. Then there was the realisation that a Plant Based diet was nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be. Let’s be serious here I went all in and I don’t mind a good salad but I was thinking to myself, crap, I’m never really going to eat well (tasty) again
9. Then, further realising that this was what we all need to do to save the environment as a collective that shares this one tiny blue planet
10. Further realising that slaughtering animals for food wasn’t necessary for me to live and just because you can’t see it they do suffer, they are sentient beings that do have feelings and given a choice between life and death, they will choose life.

Over 4 years in now and I’m not malnourished, I’m not lacking in protein, my levels are fine, I’m healthier than I have ever been, my recovery from exercise is short and to be honest I don’t really get sick anymore. Excluding of course the major underlying health conditions we are slowly walking back from the cliff edge over time. Those ones aren’t an overnight fix btw.

Wow Moments!

When you get through a large amount of the literature including books, documentaries, journals, papers and internet research, you come to a pretty significant realisation.

Food companies for the most part don’t care about the negative effects their products might have on you, they just need to sell more products to make more money. You’re paying them so you can eat it lets not forget you eat it because you want to. Food science and the science of taste is a whole different topic on its own.

Your weekly trip to the grocery store is about choice. You choose what to buy, you choose what to eat, you choose what to put in your body.

When you discover that your old favourite cured meat products could literally kill you and there is no warning on the packet……..

WFPB and Vegan lifestyles are NOT:

• ….just about animal cruelty
• ….about self righteous individuals expounding their single minded viewpoint
• ….about limiting your choice or your right to choose

WFPB and Vegan lifestyles ARE:

• ….about choice
• ….about freedom
• ….about making the world a better place
• ….about saving the environment
• ….about making you, the healthiest you, that you can be

Make one night per week Plant Based night. When you get comfortable with that, make it two nights a week. Have a go at three nights a week for a 1-2 months.

We ended up here because I was a numpty that eventually found my way through the false advertising, misinformation and stereotypes to discover I’m better not eating any of that, ever and I want to help other people discover that sooner rather than later.

We ended up here because I want to provide you with awesome, tasty, easy recipes and easy to digest information that can help you to become Inadvertently Vegan too.

You choose, that’s the beauty of it. All I can ask is that you try it.