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Success StoriesSee articleFrom Sick and Tired to Happy and Healthy: My Whole-Food, Plant-Based Journey
At 5-foot-2, I once weighed 340 pounds. I used food as a tool to numb a painful and traumatic childhood. I also struggled with alcoholism and smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. I suffered from high blood pressure, severe heart palpitations, a few bouts of atrial fibrillation, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and several autoimmune […] -
Success StoriesSee articleIt’s Never Too Late: How I Improved My Health at Age 80 with a WFPB Diet
I didn’t expect to improve my health at age 80, but that’s what happened. It started in 2018, when my daughter became convinced that she should follow a whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) diet. Since we live and eat together, I agreed, reluctantly, that when it was my turn to cook, I would try to make those […] -
Success StoriesSee articleGoodbye, GERD and Arthritis Pain: I’m Thriving in My 50s on a Plant-Based Diet
As a kid growing up in the ’70s, I typically had sugary cereal or bacon and eggs for breakfast. Lunch was usually something like ham and cheese or roast beef sandwiches, and dinner was more meat—steak, pork chops, chicken, etc. My mom was obese, and I was pudgy as a kid, so I was given […] -
Success StoriesSee articleLiving Proof: How a WFPB Diet Has Kept Me Healthy and Energetic Well Into My 60s
From a young age, I was drawn to anything involving natural health. In high school, I began training in martial arts several hours each day. That required strength, stamina, and concentration. I noticed that when I ate meat, I’d experience an initial burst of strength but would tire out quickly, so I decided to give […] -
Success StoriesSee articleOil-Free and Thriving: Restored to Health on a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet
Throughout my adult life, I’ve experimented with different diets in an effort to lose weight. A few years ago, I gave up eating pork and all seafood except salmon. Then I gave up all meat aside from bison, venison, and lamb, because I thought those were healthier. Then, in January 2019, I went vegan. Although […] -
Success StoriesSee articleAfter a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Spurred Me to Go Plant-Based, I Feel Like the Energizer Bunny
For most of my life, I didn’t struggle with any health issues at all. I exercised, drank in moderation, and ate what I thought was a healthy diet. Breakfast was always lots of coffee with some toast. Lunch was typically leftover spaghetti or chicken. At dinnertime, some favorites were lasagna, tacos, pork chops and gravy. […] -
Success StoriesSee articleBreaking the Cycle of Deprivation: I Lost Weight and Resolved Several Health Issues on a WFPB Diet
I hail from Kansas City, Missouri (a town known for its barbecue), and grew up on the standard American diet, with lots of meat, cheese, dairy, eggs, white bread, and sugary and high-fat processed foods. I struggled with being overweight from an early age. I joined my first weight-loss program at 12, setting off a […] -
Success StoriesSee articleOn a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet, I’m Staying Fit Without Counting Calories
In high school I was an athlete. I was used to consuming lots of calories; I was burning them off just as fast. When I stopped playing sports, I didn’t change my eating habits, and it didn’t take long to get up to 360 pounds. My focus was always on my career. My health just […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Went Vegan for the Animals. I Cut Out Highly Processed Foods for My Health
My father ran a slaughterhouse, so my family ate a lot of meat when I was growing up. I couldn’t wait to move out and live on my own so that I could become a vegetarian. When I finally did, though, I started gaining weight. I was surprised. “How could this be?” I thought. “Everyone […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Transformed My Health in My 60s on a Plant-Based Diet
As a young man I was very athletic, playing high school and college football as a wide receiver. That position required a lot of running, and as a result I was in very good shape. I always thought of myself as a healthy eater, so I was surprised by how quickly I started gaining weight […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Beat Heart Disease and Lost 44 Pounds in 9 Months Without Portion Control
For much of my adult life, I carried 50 to 60 pounds excess weight. I’m 5-foot-3, and at my heaviest, I weighed 198 pounds. I used various fad diets to shed some of it every decade or so, but it always came back. Keto worked the best in terms of weight-loss, but only temporarily, and […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Switched to a Plant-Based Diet and Resolved My Chronic Pain, MS Symptoms, and Kidney Disease
As a child, I had a lot of odd symptoms and ailments—tics, shingles, and intractable migraines. From the time I was 12 years old, I was on some sort of medication or steroid for the migraines, but nothing seemed to work. They progressively got worse. Still, I managed to design a wonderful life for myself. […]
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