A year ago I visited my doctor for a checkup, in order to get a prescription filled. My weight had ballooned to…

Since I was young, I struggled with my weight. Growing up, I experienced judgments from my peers and had difficulty keeping up with…

I recently celebrated my anniversary of being 100% plant based. My journey began in March of 2012. I was determined to lose…

In the middle of March 2012, my husband Dale and I watched Forks Over Knives, and halfway through he said to me,…

Life can change in a moment. It did for me. October 11, 1995 started out like any other grueling 24-hour shift at the…

My name is Kimberly Allison, and I am 25 years old. I was raised on the standard American diet and ate that…

I am a former Ms. Natural Olympia drug-free bodybuilding champion. My mantra used to be “protein, protein, protein!” Six times a day, I ate…

In 2008, three weeks before my forty-fourth birthday, I had a heart attack. I was not really surprised, because of my family…

I immigrated to the United States seven years ago from Russia. Right away the pleasures of American cuisine turned out to be…

A little over a year ago, I decided I wanted to lose weight and get healthy, because I was dangerously overweight and…

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In 2008, at 67, I had a heart attack and two stents were inserted. Although I appeared in good health, fit, and…