The most evolved diet for a peaceful, balanced Earth? For Sharon Gannon, the hands-down answer is veganism.
Yoga luminary Sharon Gannon may mince a lot of vegetables, but she doesn't mince words when she talks about vegan diets. Since well before she and her partner David Life created the Jivamukti Yoga method in 1984, Gannon has been standing up for animal rights and espousing the virtues of a vegan diet in clear, forthright words. These days, she has more of an audience than ever for that message, as plant-based (aka vegan) diets are moving from fringe to fashionable at a steady clip. In the '70s, yoga was that weird thing from India that Western hippies did, and now it's everywhere. Veganism isn't so far behind. Whether you chalk it up to the realities of our disease-causing and pandemic-spawning standard American diet (SAD), or to a deepening understanding of the fragility of our environment, the vegan wave is gathering strength.