My first of four autoimmune diagnoses came in 2007 after I fell off a horse and broke my leg in four places….

In 1988, I began developing recurring migratory abdominal, thoracic, and joint pain associated with recurring low-grade fevers. Essentially, my whole body felt…

In a very short span of time, I lost my job of 15 years, I moved from a big modern home to…

I consider myself the Every Woman, the one who spent most of her life either planning to go on a diet, struggling…

I first learned about the whole-food, plant-based way of eating back in 2012. I’d been struggling with pain from arthritis and was…

In the fall of 1992, I started feeling some minor muscular weakness. I didn’t think too much of it, until one day…

Growing up in Southeastern Pennsylvania, I was a pretty active kid. I lived for playing outdoors with my brothers, Bryan and Bobby,…

While growing up on the standard American diet, I considered myself healthy. Although I dealt with acne and painful menstrual cramps, I…

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2021. Scroll to the end for an inspiring 2025 update from Evon, including how…

I began dabbling in a raw vegan diet for my health in 2005, but I could never fully commit to it and…

For years, I suffered from chronic fatigue. The exhaustion was so severe that it interfered with my life. My physicians ran blood…