That's too bad, because eating more of a plant-based diet, is being pointed to more and more as a great way to maintain good health or lessen severity of illness or disease when it does strike. It is in fact health reasons that are mentioned most often as why people either reduce their intake of, or give up, meat and poultry.

Please believe me when I say that you can go without meat and poultry either full-time, or from time-to-time, and still eat foods you love--the foods you grew up on, and foods you like to eat out--you'll just find healthier ways to do so by making substitutions. Of course, in addition to "fun foods" I've described, you should also be eating more of your favorite fruits, vegetables and other simple non-meat dishes, like whole-grain pasta, that are easy to prepare and that you'll love too. There's no tofu required, and possibilities are delicious!

So remember, if your image of someone who goes meatless does not include eating your favorite foods, it's time for a change in mindset. You can have your cheeseburger and keep your health too!

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Vitamin C has been known—for 40 or 50 years—to reduce cholesterol levels. That is not news. The reason most of us have high cholesterol—which means high plaque levels in blood, veins and arteries—is that liver produces low density cholesterol (LDL), then it sends it out to patch up arteries so we don’t die of internal bleeding. That low density cholesterol builds up over years and becomes plaque. Eventually, it clogs arteries and we go into a condition of stroke.

When you start consuming vitamin C in right electrical pattern, you are supporting body’s ability to build collagen. As collagen restructures arteries and veins, plaque is released from walls of arteries. Cholesterol levels go up at first. Then they go down. The plaque build-up on your arteries goes down. Your liver stops producing LDL, because you now have collagen to build tissue.

Augmenting your nutritional program with high-quality, plant-based enzymes help body grab stray protein profiles (plaque), digest them in bloodstream and deliver them to liver, which eliminates them from your body. All tools are here for a clean and well-fed body . . . which means this condition may disappear, as it has in many cases. Please do not be overwhelmed with all technical jargon. Simply upgrade your lifestyle and eating habits. Couple that with supplements that mimic natural creation and you've got a winning combination. And who knows, maybe you'll be next to live your own success story!