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Success StoriesSee articleMy Son Made Us Watch Forks Over Knives, and It Changed Our Family Forever
In May of 2012, our oldest son returned from college for his summer break. One afternoon, he decided to watch a couple of documentaries on Netflix. He happened upon Forks Over Knives and was shocked by the information presented in it. Partway through, my husband returned from work. My son urged him to sit and […] -
Success StoriesSee articleMy Blood Glucose Dropped 282 Points After Six Weeks on a Plant-Based Diet
I never had a weight problem until I turned 20 and put on a few extra pounds. I then dieted for the next 33 years of my life. I was on the cabbage diet, celery diet, boiled egg diet, toast diet, SlimFast diet, and many others through the years. I mostly just starved myself. In […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Reversed Crippling Rheumatoid Arthritis With a Plant-Based Diet
I’m a 35-year old artist who lives and works in Cincinnati. In August of 2015, I was diagnosed with crippling rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disorder that affects the joints. My symptoms started about six months before my diagnosis. The arthritis pain started in my feet and worked its way up to my knees, hip, rib […] -
Success StoriesSee articleJosh LaJaunie: From 400 Pounds and Unhealthy to Cover Model Ultramarathoner
For most of his life, Josh LaJaunie believed that being big came with being a LaJaunie. The Louisiana native grew up in a food culture that consisted of buckets of crawfish, jambalaya, and deep-fried Cajun dishes. By 2009, he topped the scale at 420 pounds. When a friend asked him to join the gym, he […] -
Success StoriesSee articlePlant-Powered Transformation: From Self-Destructive Alcoholic to Healthy and Happy Yogi
On any night between the years of 2003 and 2011, you would have found me bunkered down in a random New Jersey bar. As early as 9pm, you would have seen me finish my 10th Coors Light. Between the glasses of light beer (which I drank in a futile attempt to control my calorie intake), […] -
Success StoriesSee articleAfter a Failed LapBand Surgery, I Went On a Plant-Based Diet and Got Off All My Meds
For most of my life, I was a real meat lover. I loved bacon cheeseburgers and had a meat-laden diet which took its toll on me. At my heaviest, I was over 300 pounds. I was morbidly obese and on five medications: prescriptions for reflux and allergies, an antidepressant, thyroid medication, and an estrogen pill for perimenopause. […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom London Streets to Enlightened, A-List Vegan Bodyguard
I grew up in a small town just outside East London in the early 1970s. My family was a mix of English and Irish ancestry with the diet and lifestyle to prove it. From a young age, I was used to seeing days full of bad food and nights full of too much alcohol. I […] -
Success StoriesSee articleIn 8 Months, I Lost 65 Pounds and Regained My Energy and Health on a WFPB Diet
My father passed away from cancer at the young age of 53. It happened ten days after I graduated from college, and it turned my entire world upside down. Twenty years later, my father-in-law passed away suddenly of a similar type of non-smoking related lung cancer at the young age of 66. After my father-in-law’s […] -
Success StoriesSee articleAfter a Stroke, This Doctor Reversed Her Lupus With a Plant-Based Diet
When I was 16 years old, my doctor told me I had six months left to live. I was diagnosed with systemic lupus (lupus nephritis) and was in stage 4 kidney failure. It was so severe that my doctor told me that the best case scenario with standard treatments was dialysis; the worst case scenario […] -
Success StoriesSee articleMeals That Heal: My Journey from Cancer Patient to Plant-Based Chef and Teacher
My early childhood memories include vivid memories of food: the smell and sizzle of bologna on a hot skillet, the oozy cheesiness of Velveeta, and the fluffy softness of white bread. I won’t tell you the other horrific things we ate (fried SPAM, anyone?), but I’m sure you can guess. On other days, we ate […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow My Daughter Got off ADHD Meds, Reversed Prediabetes, and Started Thriving on a WFPB Diet
Since she was very young, we taught our daughter Kira to eat fruit instead of candy and that soda was poisonous. I thought I was doing right by her with that food mentality, but in reality, the majority of what we ate was far from healthy. What I learned when she turned 7 would change […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow this “Junk Food Vegan” Reversed Type 2 Diabetes After Over 20 Years of Battling the Disease
I’ve struggled with my weight since childhood and was the “fat kid” growing up. At the age of 12, I decided to become a vegetarian after walking by a meat market and being thoroughly grossed out. Even though I was vegetarian, I struggled with my weight. I still ate a lot of sweets, dairy products, […]
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