Alright Scott Burnhard Bernard,
talk to the people man.
Let 'em know what's getting ready to go down!
- What's going on y'all, it's your boy Scott Bernard here,
back with another video.
And today's video is very special,
because
I'm not gonna be working out today, all right guys.
I'm gonna be speaking to you guys, on a more personal level.
I feel like it's very important for us to have a narrative
and for us to express each other's ideals and thoughts.
All right, so today's topic is about,
drum roll please?
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- Shouts to the sound effects! (laughs)
Today's topic is about, how to start going vegan.
All right, now, this topic was very and highly requested,
by a lot of people from inbox to DMs, to text messages,
phone calls, in person, whatever the case may be
and I feel like it's time for me to speak to you guys
and give you a narrative on it.
How to start going vegan, all right!
Lemme just start off by saying,
it's not like I'm trying to force anybody to go vegan,
but I'd like to educate people
and once you do the education,
shouts to the little man. (laughs)
And once you do the education,
from there you make the choice, if you want to transition,
or you don't want to.
Doesn't really matter, I'm not trying to force,
I'm here to educate.
All right, so let's just start like this,
because I've been vegan for two years now,
about to go three years and I feel good, I feel amazing.
I've reversed a lot of my injuries,
a lot of health issues and problems.
So I feel like it's time for me
to just share the knowledge that I have,
with the people who wants to know how to start going vegan.
So first one, first important thing
on how to start going vegan is,
the big R-word. (laughs)
You like, what is that?
Research!
Research, research, research, research.
Research is so important.
We are in the age of technology.
If I wanna to learn how to start going vegan,
or things like that, I would literally go to my phone,
or I could go to a YouTube video.
Or I can go to some form of media and I could research,
I can gain the knowledge from there.
But do not try to limit your research, to just one source.
Experiment!
Go out there and develop the knowledge for yourself.
So research is very important.
All right, so within the research, you wanna find out,
okay since I'm going vegan,
how am I gonna replace my protein?
'Cause that's the whole thing, everybody's like,
where you getting your protein from?
Where you getting your protein from?
Nobody asks me where I get my carbs and fats from,
because that's carbs and fats, but it's protein.
So within the research,
you tend to get an understanding that,
okay you get your protein from legumes, beans,
chickpeas, black beans, red kidney beans, lentils,
which is one of my favorite sources of protein, per say.
Also, you understand that anything,
that is leafy green has protein in it.
Kale, bok choy, spinach.
Also have the omega-3s, which is the nuts.
Brazil nuts, peanuts, cashews, what else?
Walnuts, hemp seeds, all right,
so research is very important.
Number two.
Be realistic, be realistic with yourself.
Now that you developed the research,
you wanna be realistic with yourself.
There's some people that's not gonna go cold turkey.
Okay, I'm just gonna start going vegan today!
It is what it is.
You gotta learn what you getting into, all right?
So from there, you wanna be realistic, as in,
okay, probably have a meatless Monday.
You know?
For starters and beginners, you wanna have
a meatless Monday, so okay,
on this Monday, is meatless Monday.
Instead of me having chicken and rice,
and beans and things like that,
I'm gonna have chickpea, kale, bok choy,
mushrooms, which is one of my other favorite foods to eat,
which is high in selenium and in protein as well.
And from there you just go on with the meatless Monday.
And from you just,
from you just developing a schedule like that,
then you start to notice the changes
and you start to notice like,
okay, so now that I have meatless Monday,
I can probably do a meatless Tuesday or a Wednesday.
So from there you just gradually
be realistic with your progress.
All right?
So, that's number two.
Now number three.
This is probably a piggy-back off of research,
but I would say, just watch the documentaries.
Watch documentaries, try to get as much information
as you can, and let me add on another thing.
Is that you wanna find a why.
Like why is it, that you want to go vegan?
Like okay, you want to explore it.
Do you wanna do it for your health benefit?
Do you want to...
I know there are very ethical vegans out there,
they okay, I don't wanna harm the animals,
I don't wanna do this, I don't wanna do that
and I understand that, for sure.
But for me, it was more for a health reason
and, long story short, I had inflammation in my wrist.
It's back in 2015 and the doctor couldn't help me,
because he gave me all these prescriptions,
and all these medications and I became very depressed,
because I'm a athlete.
I need to have my body, mind, soul and spirit, in one!
I became very depressed and within my depression,
I had to seek knowledge and when I seek the knowledge,
I found out meat was highly inflammatory.
So now I'm giving you guys a little synopsis of my story,
on how I became vegan.
So within those, I was injured for eight to nine months
with inflammation in my wrist
and from there it took me
eight to nine months of research and knowledge
to understand what I'm getting myself into.
Lo and behold, I cured my wrist.
I had inflammation in my wrist.
I cured my wrist in two weeks
of going on a plant-based diet, but when I went plant-based,
I didn't go straight to vegan, I went vegetarian.
That's another thing too.
Being realistic, I went vegetarian first
and then when I became vegetarian,
that's when I started to cut out, animal products.
I wasn't eating meat but I was cutting out animal products,
I was cutting out the cheese, the dairy.
Animal products, things like that, all right?
The ice cream, the pizza and lo and behold, I became vegan!
Because I was realistic with my goals
and I understood where I want to go with it, all right?
So, that's just a short example of my story
on how I became vegan and listen man,
I'm just here to just share the knowledge,
and share my story with you all, and just take these tips.
Take these steps, you wanna research.
You wanna be realistic with yourself
and you want to make sure that you're planning.
Planning is very important, like I said before,
what are you replacing for your macronutrients,
your proteins, fats and carbs, okay?
What are you introducing micronutrients?
Let me just talk a little bit, just a little bit
about sea moss, which has over 90% of essential minerals
for a human body.
That's what I take, every single day,
so I'm not lacking in B12.
I'm not lacking in all these different vitamins and minerals
that people say that vegans are lacking in.
You know why, 'cause I research
and I'm realistic with myself,
and I know what I'm getting into, all right!
So I don't want you guys to make mistakes, all right?
And if you do make mistakes, learn from your mistakes.
Nobody is perfect, all right.
Nobody's perfect.
Learn from your mistakes and just keep on going.
Before you know it, you'll be on your way
to a plant-based lifestyle.
If you choose!
To go towards that route, all right?
It's your boy, Scott Burnhard. (claps hands)
Thank you for having me on the channel, man.
Thank you Scott
- Yes sir!