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Success StoriesSee articleI Ditched Meat, Dairy, Highly Processed Foods… and Half of My Body Weight
I consider myself the Every Woman, the one who spent most of her life either planning to go on a diet, struggling on a diet, crashing and burning on a diet, or beating herself up after having failed on a diet. Throughout childhood and adolescence, I was self-conscious about the 20 to 30 extra pounds […] -
Success StoriesSee articleAfter Years of Arthritis, I’m Pain-Free on a Plant-Based Diet
I first learned about the whole-food, plant-based way of eating back in 2012. I’d been struggling with pain from arthritis and was looking for something to help with my symptoms, so I started looking into a vegan diet and the impact it can have on various health issues. And then I lost a family member […] -
Success StoriesSee articleOvercoming Myasthenia Gravis Symptoms on a Plant-Based Diet
In the fall of 1992, I started feeling some minor muscular weakness. I didn’t think too much of it, until one day I woke up and couldn’t open one eye. I went to my doctor, who sent me to a neurologist. I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a rare neuromuscular disease. I was told that […] -
Success StoriesSee articleA Life-Threatening Stroke Spurred Me to Try a Plant-Based Diet, and I’ve Never Looked Back
Growing up in Southeastern Pennsylvania, I was a pretty active kid. I lived for playing outdoors with my brothers, Bryan and Bobby, and our friends. I loved playing baseball and ice hockey. I started working out in my late teens and carried that into my 20s. But in my 20s is when I began abusing […] -
Success StoriesSee articleA Healthy Vegan Diet Took Me from Rosacea-Prone to Radiant
While growing up on the standard American diet, I considered myself healthy. Although I dealt with acne and painful menstrual cramps, I didn’t get colds often, and I was able to maintain a healthy weight. As I grew older, new symptoms started popping up, including chronic fatigue, bloating, brain fog, atypical migraines, significant rosacea, and […] -
Success StoriesSee articleConquering Addiction to Processed Foods on a Plant-Based Diet
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2021. Scroll to the end for an inspiring 2025 update from Evon, including how she stays on track. I struggled with being overweight for most of my adult life. At my heaviest, I was 250 pounds. I managed to shed around 50 pounds after going pescetarian in […] -
Success StoriesSee articleMy Journey from Junk-Food Vegan to Whole-Food, Plant-Based
I began dabbling in a raw vegan diet for my health in 2005, but I could never fully commit to it and always ended up going back to a standard American diet high in meat, cheese, and processed foods. In 2013, I decided to try going just vegan, and I was able to stick with […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Conquered Chronic Fatigue with Plant Foods
For years, I suffered from chronic fatigue. The exhaustion was so severe that it interfered with my life. My physicians ran blood work, and my thyroid levels were considered to be in the normal range. They attributed my fatigue to my lifestyle—I have a busy schedule as a veterinarian and an entrepreneur—but I knew that […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I lost 100 Pounds in a Year on a Plant-Based Diet
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2021. Scroll to the end for an inspiring 2025 update from Pamela on how her health and life have continued to improve. Growing up, I never had a problem with excess weight, and in fact, I tended toward being underweight. I ate meat, but I ate lots of […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Thought Weightlifting Could Offset an Unhealthy Diet. I Was Wrong
I started lifting weights as a freshman in high school in 1974. I was a decent high school and college athlete, and I found that I could enhance my performance on the football field and basketball court through strength training. Weightlifting lit me up, and I learned everything I could about it. Inspired by the […] -
Success StoriesSee articleAnkylosing Spondylitis Held Me Back for Years. Today I’m Pain-Free on a Plant-Based Diet
When I was just 13 years old, I developed pain in my elbow. The doctor diagnosed me with tennis elbow, though I hadn’t been engaging in the sort of repetitive motion that would cause the condition. That subsided, but aches and pains began flaring up in different joints. I was diagnosed with bursitis many times […]
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