| The practice of Vegetarianism has been known to | | | | Dr. Gabriel Cousens, an eminent medical doctor and |
| exist from ancient times. The Bible, the Upanishads | | | | Psychiatrist has done extensive research on how to |
| and the writings of Plato, all advocate a vegetarian | | | | survive and thrive on a raw vegan diet. He is the |
| diet as a basic requirement for a peaceful and | | | | world's foremost physician promoting live-food |
| healthy life. | | | | nutrition for physical and spiritual well being and has |
| There are many instances of historians and celebrities | | | | written many books on the subject. |
| who followed the vegetarian diet. Leo Tolstoy, the | | | | Some of the superfoods that Dr. Cousens has been |
| author of War and Peace and Anna Karina, was a | | | | using for many years and can do wonders for your |
| strict vegetarian. Leonardo da Vinci, the great artist | | | | body are Spirulina and AFA, a great combination of |
| and engineer was such an ardent vegetarian that he | | | | high life-force foods which have a powerful impact |
| bought caged birds from poultry vendors to set | | | | on the human body, mind and spirit. |
| them free. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of | | | | Blue Green Algae (Aphanizomenon flos-aquae - AFA ) |
| cornflakes and a brilliant surgeon was a vegetarian. | | | | is a deeply nourishing superfood, powerpacked with |
| Pythagoras, the ancient Greek who gave us the | | | | protein in a very high bioavailable form that is easily |
| Pythagorean theorem, was the father of | | | | absorbed in our bodies (80% as compared to 20% |
| vegetarianism in the West. Buddha, Socrates, Percy | | | | of meat protein). It is one of the world's most |
| Bysshe Shelley, Henry Salt, George Bernard Shaw, | | | | concentrated source of chlorophyll. It also has the |
| social reformer Annie Besant were all vegetarians. | | | | broadest range of phytonutrients of any known |
| World famous scientists Isaac Newton and Albert | | | | algae, including rare trace elements, biologically active |
| Einstein were vegetarians too! | | | | enzymes, amino acids, essential fatty acids, B12, |
| The list of famous Vegetarians also includes | | | | chlorophyll, Phenylethylamine (PEA), glycol-proteins, |
| celebrities such as the ex-Beatles-George Harrison, | | | | complex sugars, vitamins and minerals which can be |
| Paul McCartney and his wife Linda, Hollywood stars | | | | easily absorbed in our body due to its soft cell wall. It |
| Dennis Weaver, Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, super | | | | is the richest vegetable source of both B-12 and |
| athlete Carl Lewis and the wrestling star Killer | | | | beta-carotene. |
| Kowalski. | | | | Extensive research has shown that people taking |
| The vegetarian way of life became popular in England | | | | Blue-Green Algae have reported an overall increase in |
| and U.S. in the mid 1970s. There has been a lot of | | | | mental alertness, mental stamina, short and long term |
| research on the health benefits of a vegetarian diet | | | | memory, problem solving, creativity, dream recall and |
| in recent years. The research shows that apart from | | | | a greater sense of well being. |
| getting all the necessary nutrients, vegetarians are | | | | There is a wide variety of such superfoods available |
| also less likely to contract common diseases. The key | | | | for vegetarians. So now you know why all these |
| to a healthy vegetarian diet is to eat a wide variety | | | | famous historians and celebrities chose the vegetarian |
| of foods, including fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, | | | | way of life. You too can benefit enormously from it! |
| whole grain products, nuts, seeds, and legumes. | | | | |