Success Stories
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Success StoriesSee articleI Kicked Hypertension in a Matter of Weeks with a Plant-Based Diet
Lauren Melton looked healthy, but her blood pressure told a different story. She shares what adopting a plant-based diet did for her hypertension. Four years ago I was diagnosed with unexplained extremely high blood pressure. This news was quite shocking and unbelievable to me, as I had none of the typical contributing factors you expect […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Beat IBS and Acid Reflux with a Plant-Based Diet
Growing up in a Jewish household, food was central to every occasion. Lox and bagels with cream cheese, chicken soup, brisket, and corned beef were some of the common foods on the table. I was eating a typical Standard American Diet (SAD) until I was around 40 years old. As far back as I can remember, […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Reversed My Diabetes in 5 Months on a Plant-Based Diet
When his diabetes took a turn for the worse, longtime chef and self-professed cheese addict David Rivest challenged himself to go plant-based for a month. Five months later, he’s still plant-based—and off of his diabetes meds. On Sept. 28, 2018, I learned that my diabetes was out of control. My doctor told me that my […] -
Success StoriesSee articleWhat Giving Up Meat, Dairy, and Processed Foods Did for My BMI, Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2019. Scroll to the end for an inspiring 2025 update from Brittany on how her health and life have continued to improve. You can also read about the birth of her first child here. Brittany Jaroudi was struggling with high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obesity at […] -
Success StoriesSee article119 Pounds in 18 Months: My Plant-Based Journey
Kassoum Doumbia had been overweight since childhood—until life-changing news motivated him to adopt a plant-based diet. Growing up, I played in so many sports with my father and siblings: soccer, tennis, swimming, basketball, you name it. But I always struggled with my weight, and I was teased a lot by classmates, cousins, and neighborhood kids. […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow a Plant-Based Diet Restored My Husband’s Health and Forks Meal Planner Renewed My Joy for Cooking
Hashimoto’s disease had rendered life miserable for Rick Avrett. His wife, Rebecca, shares their journey toward better health on a whole-food, plant-based diet. My husband, Rick, had been taking a statin for over 10 years for high cholesterol and high blood pressure. His parents had serious heart disease, which he inherited. Because of this and […] -
Success StoriesSee articleWhy I Quit The Keto Diet
If you’re reading this story in the hope of seeing drastic before and after photos, I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed. However, if I could wear my body inside-out, I think you’d find my transformation pretty damn impressive (if I say so myself)! My story is about how a drastic change in my nutritional […] -
Success StoriesSee articleThe 10 Most Popular Plant-Based Success Stories of 2018
One of the best parts of working at Forks Over Knives is hearing from people who have transformed their health by adopting a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle. If you’re looking for encouragement to stay committed to your health goals in the year ahead, bookmark this list of our most popular Success Stories of 2018, and stay […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom 8 Pills a Day to 0: How a Plant-Based Diet Treated My Chronic Pain and Sleep Apnea
Gary Walker suffered from sleep apnea along with other chronic health issues. Tired of taking medications, he and his wife decided to try improving their health by changing their way of eating. They didn’t anticipate how swift and significant the improvements would be. Two years ago you could not have convinced me that changing to […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFor My Family’s Sake, I Lost 200 Pounds by Eating Plants
At 420 pounds Josh had high blood pressure, prediabetes, and a serious junk food habit. When he went plant-based for the sake of the health of his family, he experienced significant weight loss. When my first daughter, Lili, was born in 2009, I weighed more than 420 pounds. My wife, Nikki, and I continued eating […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Ditched Meat, Dairy, and 30 Pounds of Extra Weight
Up until a year ago, my eating habits were bad. Having grown up in a Hispanic household, I’d been eating animal products all my life, with meat and cheese being central parts of my diet—lots of tacos and tamales. A few years ago, I started to really recognize the negative impact the diet was having […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Keep My Rheumatoid Arthritis in Check with Plants, Not Pills
Not wanting to go on medication indefinitely, Erika Cline decided to try a plant-based diet to treat rheumatoid arthritis. In March 2016, when I was 28, I was diagnosed with a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis. Prior to that, I’d spent many years dealing with chronic fatigue, brain fog, numbness, dizziness, anemia, and the list […]
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