Success Stories
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Success StoriesSee articleI Reversed My Diabetes and Cured My Sleep Apnea with a Plant-Based Diet
Three months ago, I transitioned to a whole food, plant-based diet. The switch happened after a diabetes diagnosis that shook me to my core. I went from a pretty good medical report the year before to diabetes. Potential side effects of diabetes are blindness, stroke, and limbs being cut off. Knowing that became a huge […] -
Success StoriesSee articleAfter a Cancer Diagnosis, Our Family Went Plant-Based and Lost Over 300 Pounds
When my husband, Justin Greener, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer three years ago, it was a wake-up call for our family to reevaluate our lifestyle and diet. We suffered from many illnesses related to the Standard American Diet, like morbid obesity, sleep apnea, chronic pain, eczema, and migraines. After Justin’s successful thyroid removal and radiation […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Beat Food Addiction and Lost 240 Pounds on a Plant-Based Diet
My relationship with food has never been easy. My first diet was when I was 11 years old. In my teens, my weight in pounds was in the 100s. In my 20s, it was in the 200s. In my 30s, it was in the 300s. And in my 40s, it was in the 400s, which […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Stopped Yo-Yo Dieting, Lost Weight, and Got Off Blood Pressure and ADD Meds with a WFPB Diet
Over the past 30 years, my weight has cycled up and down from the 140s to the 180s. I would exercise off and on, and I tried Weight Watchers, the TOPS diet, and Nutrisystem. For the past 15 years, I had been taking Lisinopril for high blood pressure and Adderall for ADD. In March of […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Overcame Lupus and Freed Myself from Medications with a Plant-Based Diet
Five years ago, on the first Friday of April, I took myself to the hospital just like I did the first Friday of every month. It was my monthly infusion day when I was hooked up to an IV to kill off parts of my immune system and blood cell stimulators. My friends helped me […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Went from Obese to Being in the Best Shape of My Life
I’ve been overweight for as long as I can remember. I’d come to accept that being overweight was just my lot in life. After the birth of my four children, my weight skyrocketed and started to dramatically affect my quality of life. At 30, I suffered from knee pain, sleep apnea, seizures, and an overall […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Beat Melanoma, Then I Went Plant-Based to Help Stay Cancer-Free
I am a cancer survivor. I was cured of melanoma about five years before adopting a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet. Having had melanoma once, I am at increased risk of recurrence and of developing new cancer. What to do to mitigate my risk? Over the years, my doctors have suggested sunscreen, midday sun avoidance, annual […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom a Failing Heart and Weight Struggles to Healthy and Active: A Couple’s Plant-Based Journey
As a firefighter and an outdoorsy person in general, my husband, Don, never had a problem with his weight. But his diet caught up with him in other ways. After he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, his health really started to go downhill. He could barely go to the mailbox and back without being […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Jumped Off the Surgery Table and Healed Myself with a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet
On Jan. 6, 2018, I decided to take two weeks to kick my nasty Starbucks habit, which often included drinking two to three iced chai lattes a day. I was also slated for surgery to have a fatty, noncancerous lump removed from my back, which would leave a scar far more unsightly than the lump […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Lost 85 Pounds, Became an Avid Runner, and Revitalized My Marriage With a Plant-Based Diet
My husband, Tim, started on his plant-based journey in 2011 for his health. He was very sick and desperate—and honestly I was worried he wouldn’t live another year. But now he is in incredible health, and I have seen firsthand the lifesaving results from his new way of eating and other healthy habits. When Tim […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet Transformed This Fitness Pro’s life
Back in 2013, I was in my early 40s and owned a high-intensity bootcamp business with my wife. As fitness pros, we both were very disciplined and followed all the standard guidelines that are taught in the fitness industry. We included some kind of lean animal protein at every meal, we ate five to six […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Lost Over 100 Pounds and Gained a New Perspective on a Plant-Based Diet
In November 2016, I was miserable, hopeless, depressed, and desperate. I was well over 300 pounds, ashamed of myself, and 100 percent uncomfortable all the time. I could barely get out of the car without wheezing, and people would flinch and give me dirty looks if they had to sit next to me on an […]
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