This illustrated guidebook serves as a basic introduction for anyone interested in adopting a healthy plant-based diet while learning more of what veganism is all about. In this beginner's resource to living a vegan lifestyle, you'll get to know your personal vegan why and own unique purpose to giving back some of your natural, instinctive goodness to the world - whether it's for the animals, the sustainability of our Mother Earth, your own health, your family's longevity (youth and elderly), or anything relating to your personal life journey. You'll also gain a good understanding of the humanistic connections between yourself and others, communities, and planetary health. Foreword written by Del Sroufe, Author of The New York Times Bestseller Forks Over Knives - The Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year and Better Than Vegan Just a handful of topics to help guide you: What it really means to be vegan and why it's pretty much impossible to be completely vegan Basic intro to various social and environmental issues related to animal agriculture, animal welfare, human health and wellness What you can do to help put an end to animal cruelty Human health consequences of factory farming and how zoonotic diseases can potentially lead to more pandemics Get a sense of how most of us became meat eaters through things like childhood social conditioning, culture, family traditions, and TV ads Understand how carnism and speciesism may have affected your current dietary habits Plant-based nutrition basics - finally know where vegans get their protein from! And more importantly, learn where you can get your fabulous fiber from Learn the practice of mindful eating and how it can help you lose weight while making a greater impact around the world 145+ food items you can buy to start stocking your pantry 12 plant-based/vegan recipes by top vegan chefs Resources to connect you with like-minded individuals and impactful non-governmental organizations Take on 15 Actionable Steps Towards Going Vegan such as: reflecting back to your childhood and thinking of ways that may have prompted you to accept eating meat and drinking dairy making your own plant-based milk at home purchasing the best type of vitamin B12 supplement for you adding in plant-based proteins to your daily meals and veganizing your favorite dishes This book contains over 300 full color photos. Some are intended to spark intuitive feelings within your mind and heart, and don't worry, you won't see anything gory! Suarkeo's hope is that you will accept the challenge of expanding your perspectives while observing your acquired beliefs, underlying values, and everyday actions related to your daily food choices. Suarkeo is also a Clinical Prosthetist and Orthotist with over a decade of treating patients with musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and traumatic disorders at UCLA Medical Center followed by years of volunteer work in his father's home country, Thailand. After discovering that a whole food, plant-based diet can prevent and potentially reverse type 2 diabetes, Suarkeo saw that there was a better way to avoid certain chronic lifestyle diseases. He also saw how people with type 2 diabetes can avoid lower extremity amputations - a common condition he treated many patients with. Suarkeo's personal "vegan why" was first inspired by wanting to help his mom (who has type 2 diabetes) and maybe yours too, to live a healthier, happier, higher quality of life. There's never been a more critical time and place to be Going Vegan 4 Goodness.