Chris Noel with his wife and two children, playing in the surf at the beach
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Cooking My Way to Better Health with a Plant-Based Meal Planner

Chris Noel wanted to go vegan for his health, but he struggled to know what to cook. He had returned to eating…

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James William Booth, before and after losing 150 pounds
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I Conquered My Diabetes and Lost Over 150 Pounds by Going Plant-Based

James William Booth had given up on dieting and given in to sugar and cheese addiction. But when weight gain and diabetes…

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Two photos of 84-year-old Jerry Hunter Nissen. In the left photo, Nissen is riding a motorbike wearing a tuxedo, and in the right, he is looking directly into the camera looking relaxed and peaceful after improving his health on a plant-based diet
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Post Heart Attack, Living It Up at 84 on a Plant-Based Diet

At 75, Jerry Hunter Nissen didn’t realize he had heart disease—until he suffered a heart attack. Wanting to avoid surgery and prolonged…

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Healing Rheumatoid Arthritis with a Plant-Based Diet
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From Bedridden to Running Marathons: Healing Rheumatoid Arthritis with a Plant-Based Diet

In October 2017 I started experiencing excruciating pain in all of my joints. By February 2018 I could barely wash my own…

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Lorraine Zenge before and after adopting a plant based diet and getting fit, losing weight, and improving her health
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How I Went From an Obese Couch Potato to Healthy and Fit at Age 57

Lorraine Zenge shares her plant-based success story of how she lost 80 pounds, lowered her cholesterol, and ditched prediabetes by “crowding out…

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Two photos of Adam Chaim, in the left he's wearing a tuxedo and the right he's at the end of an iron man race holding a medal around his neck
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I Went Plant-Based and Conquered Heart Disease in a Year

I grew up as an athlete, which was awesome. Hockey was my main sport, and I played every day as a kid….

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Kelly Lawrence before and after
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How a Plant-Based Diet Helped Me Restore Kidney Functioning

For more than 20 years, I have been a kidney patient with little to no hope. For many years, my nephrology team…

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Jennifer Sinyerd and her husband sitting on the ground with their two young children
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Eczema, Arthritis, Asthma, Migraines—All Gone After Going Plant-Based

Jennifer Sinyerd suffered from a host of chronic health issues, including eczema and asthma, but she thought that she was fairly healthy—until…

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Lauren Melton walking by a river
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I Kicked Hypertension in a Matter of Weeks with a Plant-Based Diet

Lauren Melton looked healthy, but her blood pressure told a different story. She shares what adopting a plant-based diet did for her…

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Jace Rogat before and after he beat IBS and acid reflux after adopting a healthy plant-based diet
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How I Beat IBS and Acid Reflux with a Plant-Based Diet

Growing up in a Jewish household, food was central to every occasion. Lox and bagels with cream cheese, chicken soup, brisket, and…

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David Rivest before and After going on a WFPB diet. In the after photo, Rivest is noticeably thinner
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I Reversed My Diabetes in 5 Months on a Plant-Based Diet

When his diabetes took a turn for the worse, longtime chef and self-professed cheese addict David Rivest challenged himself to go plant-based…

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Brittany Jaroudi
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What Giving Up Meat, Dairy, and Processed Foods Did for My BMI, Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2019. Scroll to the end for an inspiring 2025 update from Brittany on how…

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