In One Year, I Dropped 103 Lbs, Lost 12 Inches off My Waist, and Transformed My Life
I struggled with my weight my entire life, trying every diet you could imagine from the age of 13. In the last few…
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Meet LA Galaxy’s Baggio Hušidić, a High-Performance Plant-Powered Athlete
Twenty-eight-year-old Adis “Baggio” Hušidić is a starting midfielder for major-league soccer team the LA Galaxy. He’s also a passionate whole-food, plant-based (WFPB)…
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Type 2 Diabetes, Angina, Exhaustion, and 50 Pounds Gone in 18 Months
I have had a love affair with food my entire life. Growing up, my dinners consisted of meat, potatoes, fried vegetables, white…
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“Plant-Fueled Trucker” Got Healthy and Lost 70 Lbs on the Road
Just a year and a half ago, I was over 300 pounds and was on antidepressants and blood pressure meds. I’m a…
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Breaking the Family Cycle of Heart Disease With Diet, Not Drugs
Many Fork Over Knives success stories describe stopping dozens of daily medicines after having endured massively invasive surgeries … then going on…
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Multiple Medications, 40 Pounds, and Health Problems Gone in Four Months
My story began in 2007, when I visited my doctor because of a number of troubling symptoms, including acid reflux and chronic…
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How I Fuel Myself With a Plant-Based Diet as a Competitive Bodybuilder
I did not grow up eating meat because my mother was a Seventh Day Adventist and health and vegetarianism are part of…
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In the Best Shape of My Life After Losing 67 Pounds on a Plant-Based Diet
I was never a fat kid, but I was big, bordering on chubby. I was active. I played sports, I rode my…
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For 26 Years, I’ve Managed Type 1 Diabetes With a Plant-Based Diet
Until age 35, my health was very typical for an American. Then in November of 1988, all that changed: my immune system…
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Students at First Vegetarian School Find Better Health and Academic Success
PS244Q, a public school in Flushing, Queens (New York), was the first public non-charter school in America to offer students an all-vegetarian…
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How I Lost 140 Pounds, Cured My Type 2 Diabetes, and Saved Thousands in Medications
In 2010, my doctor suggested that I purchase a funeral plot, because I would most likely need one within five years unless…
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How This Family Doctor Lost 75 Pounds Easily Without Portion Control
As a family medicine physician, I treat patients all day long for conditions related to poor nutrition and obesity: diabetes, high blood…
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