My doctor gave me very little information to go on when I received my NAFLD diagnosis. I knew one of my first steps needed to be determining a nutrition plan that met my unique needs. I consulted with a few coaches, did some reading, watched a few documentaries, and was convinced that a whole food plant based diet would be best for my needs.
A huge shout out to my friend Claudia Alcantara at Live to Thrive Coaching who encouraged me to explore a plant based diet to help my body heal. As we discussed my health concerns and she shared about the research of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and Dr. T. Colin Campbell, I began to understand how the right nutrition is going to be a key to me improving my diseased liver. At her suggestion, I watched the film Forks Over Knives to gain more information and knew by the end it was the program I wanted to follow.
If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it. It really helps you understand the impact every meal has on blood flow, cholesterol levels, arterial health… its mind blowing how much your body can change with just one meal. Thankfully, Forks Over Knives has become a movement with lots of great resources. I encourage you to check out their site. They have some free recipes and an amazing meal planner that I subscribed to in order to make this journey easier.
This Hippocrates quote now hangs in my kitchen as a reminder that I need to focus on what I eat in order to heal: “Let food be thy medicine.” I know I still have a lot to learn and the work to do to actually heal my liver, but narrowing down a nutrition plan to follow is a big step in my opinion. So here’s to healthy eating, trying a bunch of new recipes, and healing!
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