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Success StoriesSee articleI Thought Weightlifting Could Offset an Unhealthy Diet. I Was Wrong
I started lifting weights as a freshman in high school in 1974. I was a decent high school and college athlete, and I found that I could enhance my performance on the football field and basketball court through strength training. Weightlifting lit me up, and I learned everything I could about it. Inspired by the […] -
Success StoriesSee articleA Carb-Centric Diet Helped Me Recover from Type 2 Diabetes
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2021. Scroll to the end for an inspiring 2025 update from Amy! Diabetes has plagued my family for generations. I have early childhood memories of my grandma eating chocolate cake and saying, “I’ll just increase my insulin.” So, when I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom Prediabetic, Asthmatic, and Anemic to Positively Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet
For decades, I struggled with a range of health issues. In middle school, I was diagnosed with asthma. At college, where I lived on fast food, I developed anemia and gained excess weight. Migraines entered the picture in 2011, when I started my career as a nurse in an emergency room. Then, while on my […] -
Success StoriesSee articleA Diabetes Diagnosis Shocked Me Into Changing My Diet. The Results Have Been Incredible
From childhood through my 20s, I was thin and could eat whatever I wanted without gaining weight. When I did start to gain weight in my 30s, I thought that was just a normal part of getting older. All in all, I ate a fairly typical Western diet, with some type of animal protein at […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow Going Plant-Based Helped Me Reverse Type 2 Diabetes and Drop More Than 100 Pounds
Before going plant-based, my diet was always what I considered “normal,” with lots of cheese and meat. Some of my favorite foods included ham and Swiss cheese sandwiches, pulled pork, rotisserie chicken, salmon, eggs, and bacon. In 2017, I was caring for my wife, who has late-stage Alzheimer’s. The stress and nonstop work involved took […] -
WellnessSee articleDairy May Decrease Insulin Sensitivity, New Study Shows
Consuming dairy may reduce insulin sensitivity in people with metabolic syndrome, according to a new study published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle set out to examine dairy’s impact on blood sugar regulation in people with metabolic syndrome—a cluster of interrelated risk […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Reversed Gestational Diabetes, Lost Weight, and Overcame Allergies on a Plant-Based Diet
I used to constantly obsess over losing weight: what to eat, what not to eat, how I looked in the mirror each day. I loved cheese, but I suffered from extreme feelings of guilt whenever I ate anything that would make me gain weight. I tried low-carb diets like Atkins but didn’t experience any long-term […] -
WellnessSee articleEating More Fruit, Veggies Can Cut Diabetes Risk By 50 Percent
Two new large-scale studies published in July 2020 in the journal BMJ add to the growing body of evidence that consuming whole plant foods is one of the most effective ways to prevent type 2 diabetes. The first study examined the impact of fruit and vegetable consumption on the risk of type 2 diabetes. The […] -
WellnessSee articleThe Truth about the Ketogenic Diet and Diabetes
Editor’s Note: Mastering Diabetes, Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro’s groundbreaking book on reversing insulin resistance, debuted on February 18. In this abridged excerpt, the authors take a hard look at the ketogenic diet for diabetes treatment. If you are living with diabetes, you may have been told to eat a low-carbohydrate diet to control your […] -
Success StoriesSee articleOur Most-Shared Success Stories of 2019
Positivity is contagious. That’s probably why Success Stories—first-hand accounts from people who have conquered diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, obesity, and other conditions by adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet—are some of the most-shared posts on our website. Read on for the 10 most-shared Success Stories we published in 2019, and prepare to be inspired. I […] -
WellnessSee articleHow Erectile Dysfunction Can Save a Life (and Be Reversed)
Nearly 10 percent of men have had a diagnosis of coronary heart disease, which is a term for clogged heart arteries causing angina chest pressure, myocardial infarctions, and the need for heart stents and bypass surgery. Tragically, half of the men who die suddenly of coronary heart disease, hundreds of thousands, have no previous warning […] -
Success StoriesSee articleGoing Plant-Based Gave Me Back My Energy and Reversed My Mom’s Diabetes
Plagued by a sleep disorder, Valarie Wyatt had been steadily gaining weight and losing energy for years—then she went plant-based, and the results were nearly instantaneous. Three years ago, I was surrounded by family members with serious health issues and had a closet full of clothes that didn’t fit. My father had a triple bypass […]