Plant-Based Diet Success Stories

I can barely remember a time when I didn’t hate the word “migraine” and its little sister, “headache.” I had my first…

see article

As a young schoolteacher in the 1980s and early 1990s, I completed several Olympic-distance triathlons. I stopped competing in these events when…

see article

I started struggling with obesity during childhood. Despite many attempts to manage my weight, it continually crept up. I was eventually diagnosed…

see article

I’m from Kansas City and grew up on barbecue. I ate a lot of ribs, chicken, brisket, and pulled pork. I began…

see article

Growing up, asthma made me self-conscious, and I limited my physical activity because of it. I didn’t want to be the girl…

see article

February 12, 2013, will live in infamy as my “death day,” but perhaps it would be more accurate to call it my…

see article

My family was self-sufficient on our small Iowa farm in the 1960s and ’70s. We raised, butchered, and packaged cattle, pigs, and…

see article

In the fall and winter of 2017 I was traveling a lot and eating at restaurants with colleagues who always wanted the…

see article

Two years ago, in January 2018, I had a heart attack. I wasn’t a candidate for one: I had no particular family…

see article

In 2011 I found myself partying and drinking every day. It had started off as binge-drinking to boost my confidence. Then it…

see article

At the end of my annual physical in 2016, my doctor tried, once again, to talk to me about my weight. For…

see article

I was a sensitive child who turned to food as a coping mechanism. I developed a strong dependence on salty and sugary…

see article