Welcome back according to a
2016 Pew Research Center study,
African Americans are the fastest
growing vegan and vegetarian
demographic in the country,
and most of them are actually women.
One local woman is on a mission
to support black women on their
journey to ditch meat products,
and actually Kristen recently spoke
with Tracy Mccorter as who is the
founder of 10 million black vegan women.
To learn more about the health benefits of
veganism and how to make delicious food.
Tracy, it is so great to see you again.
You have been rocking and rolling with
your 10 million black vegan women.
Congratulations on all
the success. Thank you so
much. It's great to be back with you
or remind us a little bit about
the mission behind 10 million
black vegan women. Absolutely.
So I started the 10 million black vegan
women movement because it's my life's
mission to help black women live longer,
healthier lives and black women
are the fastest growing vegan
demographic in the country.
But the majority of US experience
the worst health outcomes in the
country for a variety of reasons,
and those health outcomes include
the highest rates of heart disease,
certain cancers, stroke and diabetes,
and we know that.
Most of these chronic diseases can
be prevented and often reversed by
eating healthy whole plant based foods.
And so our goal is to help 1,000,000
black women a year go vegan
over the next 10 years.
And we've already had 20,000
women go through our program.
That is amazing. Yeah, how does some?
How do they you know, learn from
you and really get started on this
on this lifestyle path. So we have
a signature free program and
it's the 21 day vegan fresh
start and we go online together,
live as a community of black women and
we have vegan recipes, a meal plan,
live online, cooking classes,
grocery shopping lists that are
done for you, and so much more.
So it's a really thorough and intense.
The fun program that we all go through
together because it's all about having.
Nutrition guidance and Community
support as you try to change your diet.
Yeah, the Community support so important.
What do you have there in front of you?
Because that all looks delicious.
I have four dishes,
then these are all part of the
vegan recipes in the program,
so really quickly I will show
you the first one is spicy basil
eggplant and this is a really fun,
delicious fast dish to make for
lunch or dinner and it's loaded
with color so it's full of cancer
fighting antioxidants and we have
something that I make pretty much
every week and it's spicy collards.
With Curry, quinoa,
sun dried tomatoes and pine nuts.
And I'm all about the dark leafy greens
and the healthiest foods on the planet,
and they help promote bone
density and bone strength.
And then there's always
room for some comfort foods.
And these are sweet potato fries and I
like these because they're oven baked.
You can also air fry these so you
still get that delicious comfort food,
but a healthier version and
then last but not least, is.
Chocolate Pistachio dream, dream pie.
And this is a no bake pie,
so here's a closer look at that
and it's actually a pretty healthy
dessert because it's made with
avocados and pistachios which
are really nutrient dense and
loaded with antioxidants as well.
So these are some of the dishes that
women can learn how to make and enjoy
in our 10 million black vegan women program.
So when you think about
vegan like it's not a diet,
obviously it's a lifestyle change.
You're not. Like you said,
there's still room for comfort food.
You can still have these flavorful things,
it's just it's all plant based.
Better for you,
better for the environment.
Exactly exactly,
and what I tell people is they're already.
They're already eating plant based foods,
so if you eat vegetables,
fruit, beans, nuts and grains,
you're more than halfway there,
so this is not foreign to you.
We just want to help you do more
and hopefully go all the way and
show you how it can be affordable,
convenient, and delicious to
do for you and your family.
Yeah Tracy, you are amazing.
Keep rocking and rolling because
you are so awesome and thank you
for sharing all this with us today.
Thank you so much and I look
forward to having people sign up
with us at 10 million black men and
women.org and I will see you there.
Kristen said at best so inspiring again.
You can learn more about the vegan
lifestyle and the 21 day vegan fresh
start by checking out 100 or excuse me 10
million black veganwomen.org 10 million.