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Essence Now Guest Mya Shares How She Overcame Illness By Going Vegan
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00:00and so I'm curious to know you're a vegan right yes not vegetarian big difference between the
00:10two right so what tips can you give people that are interested in going into the vegan lifestyle
00:16or a bit apprehensive well yeah veganism a very interesting word yeah there's a stigma attached
00:22to veganism it's done wonders for me but what is it veganism means that you do not consume
00:28where purchase by support anything that deals with animals animal flesh animal products animal
00:35byproducts and some of the cruelty that obviously it partakes in so it it was a transition naturally
00:44vegetarianism for me and that meant that I had to also now cut out dairy and that was a big thing
00:52for me because cheese was a big part of my life but I saw some benefits immediately I also learned
00:57the harsh truths of the dairy industry which are alarming and shocking in addition to health
01:03you know the direct link between osteoporosis in real life is dairy consumption when they are teaching
01:11you the opposite for bone health it's completely opposite so my doctor told me one day that I was
01:17showing early signs of osteopenia which is the earlier early sign of osteoporosis wow and as a
01:24dancer I didn't want to hear that you know so when I went vegan reversed anemia reversed going vegan and
01:32I was just consuming more iron rich foods look at that so on the health tip it's I mean I'm living proof
01:39of it being a natural reversal of your health but then I'm environmentally
01:45animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change yeah global warming and so I created much
01:54yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes that's why we love following your Instagram
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