A Plant-Based Diet Freed Me After Decades of Digestive Distress
I’ve been plagued by gastrointestinal issues since infancy. As a child I went through extensive allergy testing and discovered I had a…

I’ve been plagued by gastrointestinal issues since infancy. As a child I went through extensive allergy testing and discovered I had a…
I’ve been big for most of my life. I wasn’t an obese child, but I was tall and overweight, and I knew…
My dad is a physician, and we kept fairly healthy habits at home growing up. In high school, I was an athlete…
For decades, I struggled with a range of health issues. In middle school, I was diagnosed with asthma. At college, where I…
Growing up, I ate a standard American diet. Fast food, French fries, steak, and pizza were the norm for me. When I…
Last year, my husband and I reached a turning point in our health. After several years of gradual weight gain, our BMIs…
Around 10 years ago I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I knew in the back of my mind…
From childhood through my 20s, I was thin and could eat whatever I wanted without gaining weight. When I did start to…
Prior to transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle, I had little desire to do anything healthy. I had unfairly lost a court battle…
Before going plant-based, my diet was always what I considered “normal,” with lots of cheese and meat. Some of my favorite foods…
My father has type 2 diabetes. In the summer of 2013, he switched to a whole-food, plant-based diet to manage his disease…