Oprah Winfrey is going vegan. Well, for twenty-one days. She and some friends at Harpo Productions are eschewing all animal products for a 21-day cleansing diet. She's blogging
about the experience.
So this 21-day cleanse gives me a chance to think about it differently and see what my attachments are to certain kinds of foods -- and what I'm willing to do to change.
Don't know if I'm going to feel better or worse, but I'm willing to try to see if my body at least feels differently.
So this first day wasn't hard at all. For breakfast, I had steel-cut oatmeal with fresh blueberries, strawberries, chopped walnuts and a splash of soy milk and some agave nectar. For lunch, chunky mushroom soup with wild rice and pecans. As a snack, a handful of roasted almonds. And for dinner, a baked potato drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper with a salad of shredded lettuce, cranberries, pine nuts and tiny orange slices with a vinegar and oil dressing.
Oprah says she was inspired by the book Quantum Wellness by spiritual counselor Kathy Freston. Ms. Freston suggests trying a 21-day cleanse as a way to jump-start an inner makeover. You have to eliminate caffeine, sugar, alcohol, gluten and animal products from your diet for up to 21 days. Just the thought of this diet is horrifying. No caffeine? We don't think so.
Oprah Winfrey is going vegan. Well, for twenty-one days. She and some friends at Harpo Productions are eschewing all animal products for a 21-day cleansing diet. She's 
