About Carrie
Welcome!
I’m Carrie and this is my blog about healthy, plant-based living. I started blogging in 2009 at Love Healthy Living and re-launched this site in early 2011 to reflect my change to a healthy, vegan lifestyle. While there are many other excellent vegan food blogs being published, Carrie on Vegan is different in that I use a minimal amount of added oils, sugar or salt in my recipes. In other words, I prefer to use whole-food ingredients. My hope for my blog is to inspire you to make easy, health-promoting meals at home that are 100% delicious!
My professional background:
I love to write and my undergraduate degree is in English. After college, I worked in fundraising for several hospitals in Los Angeles. Later, I earned an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurism at the University of Southern California and then worked in corporate marketing and product development.
In 2005, I switched gears and began pursuing my interest in nutrition and wellness. I spent several years taking the background courses necessary for my field. I am currently working on a master’s degree in public health (MPH) in nutrition and finishing the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in nutrition. I hope to use my education and experience to write about nutrition and health issues and spread the word about healthy, plant-based living.
In early 2012, I joined the Our Hen House team as a reviewer for health and nutrition-related books (you can see my bio on that site here). Our Hen House is a non-profit, multi-media organization dedicated to mainstreaming the movement to end cruelty to animals. At the same time, I also joined the non-profit Nutritional Research Project (NRP) team as a website content writer. The NRP is focused on promoting clinical research to prove the connections between a high-nutrient diet and the prevention and reversal of chronic disease. I am honored to work with both organizations.
My personal life:
I live on California’s central coast with my husband and our two cats. I try to live life to the fullest and keep a healthy balance between work and play. I exercise at least an hour on most days of the week. I love to visit farms and farmers’ markets and to spend time in the kitchen working on new recipes. And, of course, I absolutely love to blog and interact with people who read my blog.
My journey:
I have not always led the healthiest lifestyle and only started cooking several years ago. Until then, I was eating out at restaurants or throwing together whatever I could in the shortest amount of time. I was inspired by the movie Super Size Me in 2004 to think about how I was fueling my body. Once I became interested in changing my habits, I read whatever I could about nutrition. I learned how to cook mainly by watching cooking shows, reading cookbooks and joining the blogosphere.
Here’s one of my “before” pictures:
In September of 2010, I took steps toward becoming vegan as a result of learning about factory farming and thinking more about eating animals and using their products. My thoughts on nutrition and my recipes are heavily influenced by the work of Dr. Joel Fuhrman, M.D., who advocates a nutrient-dense diet for disease prevention and reversal.
Since becoming vegan, I have successfully reversed many health issues that had plagued me for years including migraines, seasonal allergies, anxiety and hormonal imbalances. In a nutshell, eating a healthy, vegan diet has completely transformed my health and my life for the better! I hope to help others who want to use diet to prevent and reverse chronic diseases; it is so true that “you are what you eat.”
Here’s an “after” picture, taken in March of 2012:
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Questions or Comments?
I thrive on input from readers and fellow bloggers. I read each and every comment on my posts. Please feel free to e-mail me at carrieonvegan<@>gmail.com.
