1. Eat dessert after every meal.
2. Eat your favorite food.
3. Have any fruit you like.
4. Eat at your own speed.
5. Drink when you’re thirsty.
6. Fat is not the enemy.
I offer the above as a counterpoint to last night’s Kathy Freston interview on Charlie Rose. She was there to promote her new diet book; The Lean. As a person spreading the gospel on veganism, I commend her. But damn, she made being vegan sound like no fun! I won’t go play-by-play through her whole interview, but to expand my counterpoints:
1. Not only is touting dessert good for my business, it is also central to my life as a vegan living lushly. I loved dessert before I was vegan. Why give it up? Humans and dessert have co-evolved for hundreds of years. I doubt we’ll stop any time soon. Yes, high fructose corn syrup is devil juice. But many people, like me, go out of their way to source all-natural, organic, sustainably harvested sweeteners that are easier on your body and the planet. And then we make yummy things.
Some people may have no problem passing on sweets. I am not one of them.
2. Freston described giving up a food she loved: chips. I can identify. Before I was vegan, I loved donuts. Unfortunately, they were fried, dairy-laden and made with processed ingredients like bleached flour and refined sugar. They made me feel gross after I ate them. Read more…
