Cars as Analogy for American Diet Compared to Whole Food Plant Based Diet
To relate the “ Average American Diet” to the WFPBD ( Whole Food Plant Based Diet ) I would like to describe 2 amazing fantasy cars. Since most people like cars and have some understanding of them.
Car A - “ A “ is for the usual American Diet
Car P - “ P” is for plant in WFPBD
Now Car A is an amazing car. It’s powered by gasoline ( this is known to increase green house gases just like livestock production does in the average American Diet ). It has self-repairing technology ( cool imaginary feature to represent the incredible human body’s ability to repair damage that we do to it with our diet, etc. ) This capability is not perfect, but it works daily to repair the chronic minor damages that occur daily to the car ( just like are bodies’ are always repairing the damage done by eating the American diet ). So despite the damage being done , this car will last for a long time. But the minor damages that aren’t completely repaired each day , gradually build up and can lead to needing to visit the repair man ( Doctor) or is serious enough it may need to go to the junkyard as it is beyond repair ( death ).
Now Car P is amazing too. It uses a renewable fuel (WFPBD ) so it produces far less greenhouse gases. It too can self - repair. But its special fuel has special properties that provide more energy , at lower costs and can go further on a tank of fuel. This fuel also helps to prevent ,fix or improve many of the damages by itself. Now the car is significantly less expensive than Car A . Its fuel is less expensive and repairs or trips to the repair shop ( Doctor ) are less frequent and less severe.
Now another amazing feature of Car A is that you can convert it over to the fuel used by Car P and much of the previous damages that were done but not totally repaired will now be repaired . Also this new diet helps prevent damage ( or new diseases or illnesses ) in the future . This will happen no matter the age of Car A. ( So it’s never too late to change one’s diet )
So which car would you want ? The more expensive car A that can last quite awhile sometimes or Car P that costs less, lasts longer and is more reliable? I know which one that I would chose.