The Whole Truth...

Quote du Jour
      The truth belongs to all of us. 
       ~ T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

Audio Veg-ucation
What we're listening to 
We're listening to an outstanding audio-book written by a hero of ours, T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. The book is Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition, written with Howard Jacobsen, and read aloud by Don Hagen. This science-based book is so well written that it reads aloud beautifully.

For more info, check out this link:
 T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Dr. Campbell understands the data from his and the research of others, the implications of the data to our health, and our world, and articulates the information in a clear, convincing and logical style. For more information about his background and career,click this link: Research Career & Highlights, NutritionStudies.org

We've listened to about 25% of the book so far, and it's resonating with us. It's a perfect audiobook for a road-trip. We listen for a bit, put it on pause, discuss it, then listen some more. Quotes from  Whole, "It's never too late to start eating well," and "we don't have a health care system, we have a disease care system." 

Whole Foods Plant-based
WFPB
For long term health, Dr. Campbell urges people to eat plant-based whole foods. Skip highly processed foods - flour, sugar, oil.

Implementing WFPB is personal
Our VeggieBound mission is to seek out strategies for plant-based eating and living, for a healthier life and healthier world. 

WFPB on the Road
We weren't sure how successful we'd be eating plant-based while traveling. The Standard American Diet - SAD - foods, highly refined, soaking in oil and portion controlled in chain restaurants, are served everywhere. SAD foods are what we avoid, and originally we'd planned to stick with Mexican Restaurants for their rice, beans and salsa. 

Well, we haven't eaten Mexican yet, and today we found a small restaurant that surprised us with really excellent veggie cooking!

Good Food, Well Prepared!
In Benson, Arizona, we enjoyed a great lunch at the Farmhouse Restaurant. With a menu that includes both American-style favorites and Southwestern dishes, we ordered a salad with the best honey-mustard dressing I've ever had (it reminded me of sweet 'n sour sauce), awesome corn bread, and when we asked if they could add veggies to their country-fried potatoes, oh yum, they sure did! Truly, their fresh vegetables were cooked absolutely perfectly, the best I have had.

The Farmhouse Restaurant in Benson, Arizona    
                         serves great food. What a find!  ~ VeggieBound.org                          

When we told the cook that he knows what he's doing with the veggies, he said he's Italian and likes his vegetables cooked al dente. Since this is how I'm going to try and cook my veggies from now on, I'll have to go back to the Farmhouse Restaurant for more of their cooking...for educational purposes, of course! What a find!

To our good neighbors across the border
Feliz Navidad 
Another unexpected sight: The very long line of cars - backed up into Interstate 10, waiting to cross the boarder from El Paso, Texas into Cuidad Juarez. Large numbers of people returning to Mexico to be with their families over Christmas., and folks traveling to Mexico for the holidays.

Plant-based living works for me!