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Success StoriesSee articleOur Most-Shared Success Stories of 2023
There’s no shortage of scientific research illustrating the benefits of whole-food, plant-based diets, but there’s something even more compelling about hearing directly from people who have put this knowledge into practice. That’s probably why success stories—firsthand accounts from people who have changed their diets and changed their lives—are consistently among the most popular posts on […] -
WellnessSee articleWhat Happens When 1 Twin Goes Vegan and the Other Keeps Eating Meat? New Stanford Medicine Study Investigates
Editor’s Note (Dec. 15, 2023): A docu-series about the Stanford Medicine twin study is coming to Netflix on Jan. 1, 2024. Watch the trailer for You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment here! With the help of identical twins, a team of researchers at Stanford Medicine have uncovered some of the most compelling evidence […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom Sick and Tired to Happy and Healthy: My Whole-Food, Plant-Based Journey
At 5-foot-2, I once weighed 340 pounds. I used food as a tool to numb a painful and traumatic childhood. I also struggled with alcoholism and smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. I suffered from high blood pressure, severe heart palpitations, a few bouts of atrial fibrillation, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and several autoimmune […] -
Success StoriesSee articleBreaking the Cycle of Deprivation: I Lost Weight and Resolved Several Health Issues on a WFPB Diet
I hail from Kansas City, Missouri (a town known for its barbecue), and grew up on the standard American diet, with lots of meat, cheese, dairy, eggs, white bread, and sugary and high-fat processed foods. I struggled with being overweight from an early age. I joined my first weight-loss program at 12, setting off a […] -
HealthSee articleWhat Is Cholesterol? How It Works, Foods to Avoid, and the Truth About HDL
What Is Cholesterol? Cholesterol is a waxy type of lipid found in almost every cell of the body. A building block of animal life, cholesterol helps form cell membranes and plays a key role in the production of hormones, vitamin D, skin oils, and digestive acids. The liver makes all the cholesterol that the body […] -
HealthSee articleGot High Blood Pressure? Here’s How to Bring It Down Naturally
Blood Pressure: How High Is Too High? In November of 2017, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released new guidelines on high blood pressure, or hypertension, stating that the cutoff for diagnosis is now 130/80. (Previously, the cutoff was 140/90.) GET OUR FREE 20-PAGE ULTIMATE PLANT-BASED BEGINNER’S GUIDE As a result […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Transformed My Health in My 60s on a Plant-Based Diet
As a young man I was very athletic, playing high school and college football as a wide receiver. That position required a lot of running, and as a result I was in very good shape. I always thought of myself as a healthy eater, so I was surprised by how quickly I started gaining weight […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Beat Heart Disease and Lost 44 Pounds in 9 Months Without Portion Control
For much of my adult life, I carried 50 to 60 pounds excess weight. I’m 5-foot-3, and at my heaviest, I weighed 198 pounds. I used various fad diets to shed some of it every decade or so, but it always came back. Keto worked the best in terms of weight-loss, but only temporarily, and […] -
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 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 […]
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