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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : October 30, 2014 12:32 PM IST
Ahead of World Vegan Day on Nov 1, actress Ayesha Takia has posed with a fluffy chick for a new ad campaign for encouraging everyone to give up meat. The campaign is for animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and Ayesha, in her own little way, has sent out a message asking everyone to be stars for chicken by not eating them or their eggs. (Read: Try the vegan diet to lose weight!)
In a video interview to PETA, she said: 'It's beyond traumatic to hear the things that the animals go through, when they are obviously slaughtered, the way they are kept, the way they are treated. Being vegan is something that has changed my life tremendously.' Ayesha, who has featured in movies like 'Taarzan: The Wonder Car', 'Dor', 'Salaam-E-Ishq' and 'Mod', has flashed her million dollar smile for the ad campaign.
In the past, celebrities like Lara Dutta, Shahid Kapoor, Esha Gupta, Sonu Sood, Richa Chadda, Anil Kumble, Hema Malini, VVS Laxman, Amrita Rao, R. Madhavan, Kartik Murali, Rahul Sharma and Monica Dogra have starred in pro-vegetarian ads for PETA India. (Read: How to stay healthy on a vegetarian diet)
Here are some tips to help you turn vegan and stay vegan!
1. Unlearn what you know
We have been programmed since birth to believe that animal products are a necessary component of a healthy diet. The government guides us with a food pyramid that recommends meat, dairy, and eggs. We have been bombarded our whole lives with marketing claiming milk does a body good . We don t we see the same type of ads urging us to eat broccoli and cabbage.
The facts about the harmful effects of animal products, and the benefits of a plant-based diet are now starting to get attention. The first step to learning the truth is accepting the fact that what we thought we knew is not really true. We must open our minds in order to begin an on-going journey of discovery and begin the process of adopting a diet and lifestyle that will keep us healthy for a lifetime, protect animals from suffering, and save our environment.
2. Elevate your education
To succeed at adopting a healthy plant-based diet, we must educate ourselves about the food we put in our bodies. We need to know where it came from, how it was produced, and the impact it has on our health, on animals, and on the environment. There is a vast world of research and information on what foods we need to eat, and in what amount and combination, to be the healthiest humans possible. It is vital we continuously learn about realities like GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms), factory farming practices, and deforestation, in order to make educated decisions about what we put in our bodies.
3. Marry your motivation
Determine your overall goals, identify your specific motivations, and make the commitment to transition to a vegan diet in order to reach those goals. Time often has a way of allowing the intensity of our motivations to fade if we do not consistently find ways to keep them fresh in our minds and hearts. Read more about 10 tips to help you turn vegan and stay vegan!
With inputs from IANS
Photo source: bollywoodlife.com
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