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Oprah Winfrey’s 21-day cleanse — in which she eliminated caffeine, sugar, alcohol, gluten and animal products from her diet — has come to an end. The 54-year old reflected on the experience in her last post documenting the experience saying, 

“What I know for sure is I’ve reached a new level of awareness about food, eating and the whole process of how it gets to my table. I used to say thanks before a meal out of perfunctory habit. Now I consider it true grace to be able to eat anything in a world of increasing food shortages and starving people.

This has been exactly what we intended: enlightening. I will forever be a more cautious and conscious eater. That’s my commitment for now. To stay awakened.”

It’s great to see Oprah encouraging awareness of food — and the conscious action to appreciate where it comes from. We by no means expect her to continue down this vegan road, but perhaps something in that 21-days will rub off in future meals and considerations. 

What did you think of this challenge? Did Oprah come through on expectations to raise awareness? 

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