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Where I found the photo. Caveat: In this post I am discussing veganism, a topic that a lot of people have passionate opinions about. I am genuinely looking for informed advice and commentary, so please try to remain civilized and refrain from judgmental, self-righteous, or over-generalized statements. Instead of arguing, let's strive for genuine understanding. I'm looking for perspective here. Thank you in advance.  I find myself on the horns of a true dilemma. Earlier today I was reading a health-oriented blog I follow and a post popped up about how Anne Hathaway mentioned in an interview that she gave up being a vegan . The comments on that post threw me into complete turmoil. They were all very vehement, and very poorly spelled, and  I am positive that I would not want to be in conversation with any of these people in real life. But the most vitriolic of the comments did get me thinking. See, I have been on the fence for a while now, debating about whether I really...

A few weeks ago I watched this documentary on Netflix. Then I watched it again, in the presence of my husband. The premise of this documentary was one so controversial and foreign to my general philosophy on life that I felt compelled to get a second and definitely more objective opinion. I didn't want to get all swept up in inspiration and subjective camera work and start this endeavor for nothing. Essentially the premise of this film is that this guy (the documentarian) is overweight and suffering from a debilitating condition in which his body creates too much histamine, causing sores to break out all over his body. He is taking multiple medications and living an all around wretched life,  when inspiration hits. He goes on a sixty day juice fast, drinking nothing but juice that he has juiced with a juicer from unadorned fruits and vegetables. At the end of the sixty days he has lost  a massive amount of weight and was able to completely give up his medication regimen. T...