Oprah’s Going Vegan!

…for 21 days :)

Read all about it on her blog.

She is on day 4. Go Oprah!

For her, it’s part of a cleanse that’s about cultivating a sense of more conscious eating. In addition to abstaining from animal products, she’s skipping caffeine, alcohol, gluten (wheat products) and processed sugar.

This is actually way better than just going vegan. It’s so easy to go vegan and then just go nuts eating over processed vegan junk food, like I did for a few years. She’s doing it the right way.

In fact, I recently had a food allergy test done and found out that I am (apparently) allergic to Bananas, Almonds, Peanuts and Navy Beans!

The first three I eat by the bushel….so I’m modifying my diet a bit to exclude them for a while to see how I feel.

I don’t apparently have a wheat allergy according to this test, but I was only tested using the IGE antibody test, which accounts for allergies that elicit a response through blood and typically impact the body after a few days (not immediately). However, I am pretty sure wheat doesn’t sit well with me, so I am excluding that as well.

As substitutes, I am going to be eating more cashews, pumpkin and sunflower seeds; and using apples in my smoothies instead of bananas. I don’t eat navy beans much at all so that isn’t a big deal to skip.