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Success StoriesSee articleFor My Family’s Sake, I Lost 200 Pounds by Eating Plants
At 420 pounds Josh had high blood pressure, prediabetes, and a serious junk food habit. When he went plant-based for the sake of the health of his family, he experienced significant weight loss. When my first daughter, Lili, was born in 2009, I weighed more than 420 pounds. My wife, Nikki, and I continued eating […] -
Success StoriesSee article30 Pounds Lighter, I’m Hiking Glaciers and Reaching New Highs on a Plant-Based Diet
Monika Kurasiewicz had resigned herself to a life of weight gain and health problems. Then she adopted a plant-based weight-loss diet and unleashed her full potential. I started my whole-food, plant-based journey in September 2016, when I went to Poland to visit my sister. She was already on the plant-based diet herself, and her husband […] -
Success StoriesSee articleLosing Weight, Gaining Energy: How a Plant-Based Diet Changed My Life
After college, Richard Hubbard headed down a dangerous path of weight gain and hypertension. Plant-based eating helped him reverse course. My bad eating habits started while I was in college, but it wasn’t until I graduated and started leading a more sedentary life (primarily because of desk jobs) that things got really bad. Eventually, I […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Lost 64 Pounds in 7 Months on a Plant-Based Diet
Last November, because of a change to my insurance, I had my first appointment with a new physician. I went into the appointment wanting to get myself off my blood pressure and cholesterol medication. When I asked the doctor about it, she said to lose 50 pounds and then we’d talk. At the time, I […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Stopped Yo-Yo Dieting, Lost Weight, and Got Off Blood Pressure and ADD Meds with a WFPB Diet
Over the past 30 years, my weight has cycled up and down from the 140s to the 180s. I would exercise off and on, and I tried Weight Watchers, the TOPS diet, and Nutrisystem. For the past 15 years, I had been taking Lisinopril for high blood pressure and Adderall for ADD. In March of […] -
Success StoriesSee articleLife Insurance Insures Your Death. I Decided to Start Insuring My Life
Three years ago, I weighed 284 pounds. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, and a stated policy of avoiding physical activity. Let’s just say that sweating intentionally was not on my bucket list. Here’s a picture of me in September 2013 with my two daughters and my great-niece, stepping up for a […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom Sick, Disabled, and on Multiple Meds to Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2016. Scroll to the end for an inspiring 2025 update from Tim on how his health and life have continued to improve. When I was 38 years old, my doctor told me that I was on my way to an early death. He also threatened to hospitalize […] -
Success StoriesSee articleEric & Peety: A Story of Mutual Rescue
In 2010, Eric O’Grey weighed over 300 pounds, had type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and took over $1,000 in medications per month. When his doctor told him he would be dead within five years unless he got his health under control, Eric found a naturopathic doctor (Dr. Preeti Kulkarni) to help him. She put him […]
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