喜讯!患癌家庭全素减掉335磅重获健康

诊断为癌症以后，格林纳家庭总共减了335磅，他们现在没有癌症了，比任何时候都更健康。过去3年，格林纳家庭的健...



诊断为癌症以后，格林纳家庭总共减了335磅，他们现在没有癌症了，比任何时候都更健康。过去3年，格林纳家庭的健康一起取得了巨大的改善，下面让艾琳告诉我们她家庭的故事。



3年前丈夫患癌全家开始转素

我们的旅程开始于3年前，当我丈夫贾斯廷被诊断为甲状腺癌的时候。作为4口之家的不良膳食，是一个重新评价我们生活方式和饮食的警示铃。切除甲状腺和放疗以后，我们全庭开始了基于植物饮食的旅程。我们看了一系列纪录片，包括《餐叉胜于手术刀》、《脂肪、疾病和濒临死亡》，也读了《中国研究》、《My Beef with Meat》和《快乐素食者》烹饪书！

丈夫逐渐恢复健康，妻子健康得到改善

我们去掉了所有加工过的食物，肉、乳制品和油，开始吃更多的完整食物和植物性食物，不能相信我们的感觉有多好。我有慢性偏头疼、皮肤问题、精力不足和子宫内膜异位型痛经，这些都消失或几乎消失了。我总共减了100磅。我丈夫大约减了200磅，他第一次看医生的时候甚至称不出体重，因为称最多只能称400磅，所以200磅是估计，也可能更多。这对我们家庭是一个巨大的鼓舞。伴随体重减轻的是，他也不再需要为防止呼吸暂停而做持续气道正压，背疼消失了。结婚17年来，我从来没有见过他如此匀称和健康。

孩子们可喜的转变

我们也注意到两个孩子的变化，17岁的汉娜和12岁的海登，在学校的成绩提高了，情绪改善了，不再频繁打开食品柜。汉娜的痤疮干净了，比以前更有精力，她减了15磅。海登减了20磅，原来他正在朝超重的方向走，祝福他，他的湿疹好了。他们都减缓了青春期早熟。对家人这几年和我们的联系、对我们的支持、和我们一起做出改变感到自豪。

我自己、孩子们和丈夫向基于植物的生活方式进行的转变是不一样的。我丈夫是在开始果汁净化以后开始转变的，我和孩子们晚些。我得建立关于食物的思维方式，使之健康，对身体有好处。

采购之旅是一个学习经历，我关心哪些可以作为我们的食物。我和孩子们首先去掉了加工过的食物，然后去掉了肉和乳制品。我们不迷恋牛奶，但喜欢吃肉，以前每3个月要买四分之一头牛，一年要吃掉一整头牛。

最后的转变是孩子们在学校的午餐，他们在家里吃基于植物的早餐和晚餐，但在学校吃午餐。我自己的转变用了3个月，很庆幸和孩子们一起平稳转变。因为他们都长大了，我们全家晚上一起看纪录片《餐叉胜于手术刀》、《食品公司》、《接受素食教育》、《奶牛海盗》、《转基因》等，这帮助他们理解为什么要转变。他们结伴尝试新的食物和菜肴，在学校遇到一些同学的抵制，大孩子遇到得更多。女儿要拿其他同学的午餐，其它同学拿她的午餐。现在看这样至少可以得到健康、营养的午餐。

饮食习惯改变带来的连锁反应

当我们改变饮食习惯的时候，对生活的其它方面也产生了连锁反应。我们变得更活跃，开始全家一起外出锻炼，做更多的活动。我们也评估孩子们暴露在学校的环境，和他们学的东西。女儿在农业科学班，学习工厂化农业和转基因对她来说是艰难的。我们决定让孩子离开公立学校，开始在家教育。

现在已经是在家教育第三年，我们喜欢这样。第一年，我把基于植物的健康课程用视频和《大学绿色引擎2植物》来强化孩子。今年大孩子上有机农耕课程，和我们探讨的绿色生活和可持续性。令人惊讶和兴奋地看到，孩子的未来将是怎样的。

家庭的改变

我们的家庭非常支持我们的转变和生活方式的变化。我丈夫的母亲和兄弟也做了向基于植物的转变，我母亲基于植物的尝试已经好几年了，坚持的时候感觉很好，不坚持的时候就感觉疲劳、疼痛。我公公在可能的时候也尝试基于植物的饮食，但仍在犹豫。我们的大多数家庭成员在爱达荷州和科罗拉多州，可以分享新食谱。他们大多数都有即热罐和搅拌机，当我们旅行访问他们的时候非常方便。我女儿和家人一起去哥伦比亚待了几周，正在做基于植物的餐食。让我们自豪的是，她即使不在家里，基于植物的食物也做得很好。

我们家庭的大多数人对我们吃的是什么很好奇，也被我们减了很多体重激发了兴趣。我们乐意和他们分享信息，帮助他们开始。我鼓励家人参与给其它家庭提出建议。看纪录片，让每个人走进厨房，检查当地农产品市场，尝试新菜肴。去掉加工过的食物是艰难的，因为它们方便，这对我来说是困难的部分。我不关心烹饪，但发现做菜容易，但要味道好很难。

怎样预防饥饿

必须给孩子准备点心，我们喜欢带营养酵母的爆米花，做格兰诺拉燕麦卷和甘蓝脆片。还有一件事要先做计划。我们总是带一些水果或生蔬菜片，防止饿得时候想抓什么东西。开始的时候每周有一两个晚上没有肉，这是一个缓和的好方法。用全麦意大利面或糙米可以简单地代替白米。从小的、能达到的目标开始，可以取得颠覆性的结果，而不会气馁。用您自己的步伐进行转变，带着乐趣尝试新食物和菜肴。

感谢艾琳分享您家庭鼓舞人心的故事。

（素由心生特约编辑：王新翻译出品，如有异议，以原文为主。）

原文网址 https://happyherbivore.com/2016/04/how-greener-family-cancer/

Herbies of the Week: The Greener Family

Posted by: Lindsay S. Nixon
Category: Herbies

Meet our Herbies of the Week: The Greener Family (They lost 335 POUNDS together after a cancer diagnosis. They're now cancer-free and healthier than ever!)

The Greener Family has made drastic health improvements together over the past 3 years.

I'll let Erin tell her family's story...

Our journey began 3 years ago when my husband Justin was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer. Being a family of 4 on a SAD diet it was a wake up call to revaluate our lifestyle and diet. After a thyroid removal and radiation (he is now cancer free) we began our plant-based journey as a family. We started out watching a slew of documentaries including Forks Over Knives, Fat Sick and Nearly Dead,and of course reading books, The China Study, My Beef with Meat, and of course Happy Herbivorecookbooks!!.

We cut out all processed food, meat ,dairy, oil and began to incorporate more whole foods and plants and couldn't believe how great we began to feel. I suffered from chronic migraines, skin problems, low energy, painful menstrual cramps from my endometriosis and all of those disappeared or almost went away. I lost a total of 100 lbs. and have never felt better. My husband lost around 200 lbs. (When he first went to the Dr. the scale couldn't even weigh him, it maxes out at 400 lbs. so the 200 is an estimate, could be more. He is such an inspiration to our family!!!)

along with the weight he also no longer needed his CPAP for his sleep apnea, his back pain was gone, and I have never seen him more fit and healthy, and we have been married for 17 years. We also noticed a change in our two children Hannah (17) and Hayden (12). Grades improved at school, their moods became more level, and they weren't running back and forth to the pantry! Hannah' s acne cleared up and she has more energy than before. She lost around 15 lbs. Hayden lost 20 lbs!! Which was such a blessing since he was on a path of becoming overweight. His eczema cleared up, and we were able to slow down any early onset puberty. Even though it has been a few years we have reached out to family members and are proud of our family for supporting us, and some even made the switch with us!!!Our transition to a plant-based lifestyle was different for myself, our kids, and my husband. He made the switch by starting with a juice cleanse and after that started. As for myself and the kids, we were slower in the transition. I had to rewire our way of thinking about food and to have it be healthy and beneficial to our bodies.

My grocery store trips were such a learning experience since I now cared about what was in my food. The kids and I cut out processed foods first and then cut out meat and dairy. Luckily we weren't big milk drinkers, but we loved meat, especially beef. We would order a 1/4 cow about every three months . I know, crazy, we would eat a whole cow in a year!!

The last part of the transition was my kids lunches at school. They were eating plant-based for breakfast and dinner but were eating school lunches. It was about a 3 month transition for myself. I feel so blessed to have had a smooth transition with the kids. Since they are older we had family movie nights and watch all the documentaries (FOK, Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, Food Inc., Vegucated, Cowspiracy, OMG GMO etc.) together as a family, and I think that really helped them understand why we were making the switch.

They have been troopers trying new foods and dishes. They met some resistance from peers at school, more so with my oldest. My daughter would have her lunch taken by her from other students and they would eat her lunch. Looking back on the situation now I figure at least they were getting a healthy and nutritious lunch!!

When changing our eating habits, it created a ripple effect on other areas of our lives. We became more active and began to work out and to do more activities together as a family. We also evaluated the environment our kids were exposed to at school and what they were being taught. My daughter was in an Ag Science class, and it was tough for her to learn how factory farming and GMO can impact the world. We made the choice to pull the kids out of public school and to start homeschooling.

We are now on our 3rd year of homeschooling and LOVE it. Our first year I put together a plant-based health curriculum using movies and the College Greens Engine 2 Plant strong kids. This year my oldest is doing a Permaculture course and we are exploring other areas of "green living" and sustainability. Amazing how it all came to be and so excited to see what the future holds for our kids.

Our family has been very supportive to our transition and lifestyle change. My mother-in-law and brother-in-law have made the switch and are plant-based. My mom has been trying plant-based for a couple years. She feels better while sticking to it but has periods that she doesn't and then starts to feel tired, aches and pains. My father in law also tries to be plant-based when possible but also has struggled with it. Most of our family is out in Idaho and Colorado so we share with them new recipes and pointers.

Most of them all have an Instant Pot and a Vitamix which is super handy for when we travel to visit them. In fact my daughter has been out in CO for a few weeks staying with family and is cooking plant-based meals! Makes us proud that she is plant-strong even when she is not at home.

I think most of our family was curious about what we were eating and also seeing how we had lost a lot of weight piqued interest. We were not afraid to share information with them and help get them started.

As far as advice for other families, I would recommend getting the family involved. Watch a documentary, and get everyone in the kitchen. Check out local farmers' markets and try new dishes. Cutting out processed foods was hard because of the convenience of them. This was the hard part for me. I don't mind cooking, but finding dishes that were easy to fix and tasted good were hard at first.

Having snacks on hand is a must for kids. We love air popped popcorn with nutritional yeast, and we make granola and kale chips. Another thing that is a must is to plan ahead. We always try to bring either fruit or sliced raw veggies in case we get hungry we won't be tempted to just "grab" something.

Starting with one or two nights a week that are meatless is a great way to ease into it. Making a whole grain pasta or brown rice instead of white is an easy swap. It can be very overwhelming so start with a small, reachable goal so you don't get discouraged. Transition at your own pace and have fun with trying new foods/dishes!

Thank you Erin for sharing your family's inspirational story!

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