Success Stories
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Success StoriesSee articleAs Early as Day 3 on a WFPB Diet, I Noticed I Had So Much More Energy
I grew up believing that eating meat was necessary. I was encouraged to follow the family traditions and not question them. Why would I? Everyone around us was eating the same foods. My diet consisted of red meat, chicken, fish, eggs, lots of saturated fat, butter and buttermilk, obscene amounts of sugar, and just a […] -
Success StoriesSee articleOn an Oil-Free Plant-Based Diet, I’ve Normalized My Cholesterol and Improved My Eyesight
Before finding the whole-food, plant-based way of eating, I had high cholesterol (280 total), and my husband, Jim, had to have quadruple bypass surgery due to coronary artery blockages. After the bypass surgery, he had to have stents placed twice. In an attempt to get healthier, we adopted a low-carb, high-fat diet. Then, in November […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Went Plant Based (and Dropped 60 Pounds) After Losing My Dad to His Third Heart Attack
In 2021, I lost my dad to his third heart attack. He was just 52, but he was diabetic and obese. I knew that this could be my fate, too. At the time I was eating fast almost every day. I’m talking Supersonic double cheeseburgers, six mozzarella sticks, and a large shake after 8:30 at […] -
Success StoriesSee articleSince Going Plant-Based, I’ve Ditched Statins, Prediabetes, and 50 Pounds
I stopped eating meat back in 1994, primarily because I thought it might help me lose weight. But I ate a lot of junk food, and I was totally hooked on cheese. Whenever I did manage to lose a few pounds, I always put them right back on. In 2021, a year into the pandemic, […] -
Success StoriesSee articleEating “All Things in Moderation” Ravaged My Athletic Husband’s Arteries
In July 2021, we were at mile 700-ish of a 1,000-mile bike trip from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Washington, D.C., staying at a campground in the middle of nowhere, when my husband, Tony, had “the incident.” He woke up in the morning and was just not right. He felt nauseated, and he was visibly puffy. Given […] -
Success StoriesSee articleOn a Healthy Plant-Based Diet, I’ve Reversed Type 2 Diabetes and Sky-High Cholesterol
Before going whole-food, plant-based (WFPB), I ate a standard American diet—lots of processed breads, pasta, pizza, and salads with fat-laden dressings. I was excessively drawn to cheese in particular. I nibbled on snacks all day long, and never felt nutritionally satisfied. In an attempt to lose weight, I’d tried lots of different diets over the […] -
Success StoriesSee articleAfter Years of Severe Asthma and Chronic Pain, I’m Breathing Easier on a Plant-Based Diet
My plant-based journey began when I’d been cancer-free for 10 years and had a newborn son. I came to the grim realization that despite my cancer-free status, I was not healthy. I had several persistent ailments, including severe asthma, chronic pain, and fatigue. I was cancer-free and surviving, rather than cancer-free and thriving. On top […] -
Success StoriesSee article5 Years After a Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis, My Mom Is Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet
My plant-based journey began the summer of 2017 after my otherwise healthy and vibrant mom received a shocking stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis. She wasn’t a smoker; in fact, she was the most active and healthy 75-year-old I knew. The only indication that something was wrong came when she experienced shortness of breath while playing […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom Hot Dog King to Whole-Food, Plant-Based: My 210-Pound Weight-Loss Journey
My weight problems first started in my 30s, when I opened a hot dog stand at a mall and began eating most of my meals at the food court. I changed careers in 2008, but my diet didn’t get any better. I started most days with a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich and a large […] -
Success StoriesSee articleDecades of Chronic Joint Pain Gone Within Weeks on a Plant-Based Diet
My husband, Patrick, and I are both registered nurses working in acute care. While we each hold a master’s degree in nursing and have always been aware of the importance of nutrition to health, we didn’t prioritize eating well. I was a longtime vegetarian, but other than my not eating meat, we mostly followed the […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Have So Much More Energy After Going from Vegan to Whole-Food-Plant-Based
Three years ago, my fiancé and I went vegan after watching The Game Changers. The advantages of a plant-based diet were indisputable, and I was inspired by the athletes they featured. They fueled themselves with nothing but plants and had the bodies and strength of gods. If Arnold Schwarzenegger could become an herbivore, why not […]
