Alicia Silverstone Talks Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet - Ecorazzi

Actress Alicia Silverstone certainly isn't 'Clueless' when discussing the positives of a cleaner and healthier vegan lifestyle.

In Miami at the vegan Seed Food and Wine Festival, the long-time vegan chatted to the Associated Press about the many benefits of adopting a plant-based diet, and how veganism has evolved in recent years ('When I used to say I was vegan on (David) Letterman, it was like a huge joke for them, and that's not the way it is anymore,' she said).

When asked about easy tips for someone who's considering going meat and dairy-free, Silverstone says, 'The most important thing is to make the connection between wellness and food, and that's what I think is lacking the most in our culture.' She suggests to 'move away from the foods that are harmful, the meat, the dairy, the sugar, the processed foods' and add more grains into your diet.

'Even if you make a pot of brown rice every three days and a pot of beans or your favorite bean chili and just a little steamed kale here and there, with those things you're going to notice such a massive difference and it's so easy to make those things.'

As for why more and more people are choosing a plant-based diet, Silverstone attributes the switch to a healthy glow.

'This choice improved my health and wellbeing 100 per cent,' she says. 'There was this glow from the inside out and that's what becomes contagious and the more of us that are out there, everyday a new person is woken up to it. I've heard from so many people on my website who have lost weight. ... It's changed so many people's lives so I really do just believe in the simplicity of the story.'

Silverstone, who's published a recent book, 'The Kind Mama,' has been talking up the benefits of adopting a vegan diet for both adults and kids a lot recently. Keep spreading the good word, Alicia!

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