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Kathy Freston is an American self-help New York Times bestselling author of vegan books and contributor to The Huffington Post.

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The business of raising animals for food (with its continuous heavy waste stream of methane and nitrous oxide - leading global warming gases) is responsible for about 18% of global warming. Some scientists actually say the number is closer to 50%.

Animal, Gases, Methane, Numbers, Responsible, Waste

When you gradually add in nutrient-dense, fiber-rich foods, you simply stop feeling cravings. You run out of space in your belly for the old junk. Instead of craving, you feel full, fulfilled, and content.

Add, Craving, Feelings, Instead, Running, Space

What you want is to rev up your metabolism so that you are burning fat and calories, not preserving fat and calories.

Burning, Calories, Metabolism, Want

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet; they are about denial and discipline.

Cutting, Denial, Discipline

We've all seen chicken portrayed as the low-fat, heart-healthy alternative to red meat for years, but it no longer adds up. You might want to lean away from eating birds and lean toward more plant-based options of protein like black beans, lentils, tofu, chickpeas and whole grains.

Bird, Birds, Chicken, Heart, Lentils, Years

You can do something as simple as drinking two cups of water before a meal to fill your belly a bit so that you don't overeat, or change up your cheese from dairy to nondairy.

Drinking, Fill, Meal, Simple, Two

You know how most people think that eggs are great sources of protein? Well, you only get about six grams from an egg, and about half of that is in the yolk and the other half is in the white. If instead you opt for a cup of lentils, you get a whopping eighteen grams of protein, plus all that fiber that makes you feel full and cleans out your body!

Eggs, Fiber, Instead, Thinking, White

Animal agriculture takes up an incredible 70% of all agricultural land, and a whopping 30% of the land surface of the planet. As a result, farmed animals are probably the biggest cause of slashing and burning the world's forests.

Agriculture, Animal, Land, Planet, Result

In the middle of it all, pause and look around you. Appreciate what’s beautiful. Take in the love. Nod to what’s good and true. And then move forward one step at a time.

Appreciate, Beautiful, Middle, Moving, Step, Whats

The goal is progress, not perfection!

Goal, Perfection, Progress, Progress Not Perfection

Vegetarian is the New Prius!

Climate Change, Prius, Vegetarian

An abundance of peer-reviewed science is showing that a whole foods, plant-based diet prevents most heart attacks, strokes, and even many kinds of cancer. It gets you to your ideal weight easily and sustainably, reverses Type 2 diabetes, and even fixes erectile dysfunction (because it greatly improves circulation!).

Attacks, Cancer, Circulation, Dysfunction, Heart, Strokes

You know you are addicted to a food if despite knowing it is bad for you and despite wanting to change, you still keep eating it. Addiction means that a craving has more control over your behavior than you do.

Addiction, Behavior, Eating, Knowing, Mean

Be patient and gentle with yourself as you continue to learn new ways of eating and living. There is no need for hard-and-fast rules or white-knuckle determination. Keep leaning forward into the positive changes you are making, and then apply that same gentleness to your family and community.

Character, Determination, Gentleness, Keep, Living, White

Personally, I enjoy a bowl of brown rice for breakfast most of the time.

Breakfast, Brown, Enjoy, Rice, Time

We all thought of chicken as lean, protein-rich food that's good for weight watching, but the truth is chicken might actually be making us fatter!

Might, Rich, Truth, Watching, Weight

I missed a tuna-fish sandwich with mayo on toasted wheat bread more than anything. Six months after I went vegan, I snuck into a deli and took one home. And, of course, it wasn't nearly as good as I fantasized. It tasted, well, fishy.

Fishy, Good, Home, Six Months, Snuck, Tuna Fish

Wellness isn’t about deprivation and it’s not about perfection. It is about pointing yourself in the direction of growth, training yourself to get comfortable with your highest potential, and then taking small steps to support that shift. It’s about showing up for yourself, day by day, and then one day finding that you’ve undergone a transformation.

Growth, Highest, Perfection, Support

So if you're rooting around for something to eat, grab an apple while you're looking, and usually by the time you're finished eating it, your hunger will have been sidelined; it's crowding out at its best!

Apples, Eating, Finished, Hunger, Sidelined

If you want to feel more comfortable and happy, work on making the people around you more comfortable and happy.

Comfortable, Finding Happiness, Happy, People, Want, Work

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