Oprah's cleansed

Oprah finished her 21-day vegan cleanse last Sunday. She reports she's been enlightened by the diet recommended by Kathy Freston in her new book, Quantum Wellness. No animal products, sugar, caffeine, alcohol or gluten. Try that for a day!

After you radically change your dietary habits for three weeks and become 'awakened', what's next? I think Oprah gave us a big clue when blogging that she nearly blew her 21st day with a craving for Bordeaux 82. Twenty days of vegan eating and she had an urge for wine. I know what you mean, Oprah, I impulse-purchased a chocolate bar with almonds last night and it's speaking to me through the kitchen cabinet right now.

Perhaps Oprah will enjoy more vegan fare in her future. Perhaps she'll stay away from certain foods more than before. Maybe enlightenment simply means being conscious from whence it came -- as the steak knife slides into a bacon-wrapped filet mignon. At a minimum, her experiment and vegan blog awakened Oprah's audience to the world of vegan.