Success Stories
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Success StoriesSee articleMy Life Was Controlled by Doctors and Meds … But No Longer!
After years of being overweight, at age 52 my health began to fail. In the first six months of 2012, I had several trips to the emergency room, followed by doctor visits and many tests. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, and fibromyalgia. I underwent a heart catheterization and […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Lost 120 Pounds and Transformed My Life
After a lifetime of health issues since the age of 3, my life took a turn for the worse. At age 40, I went from being an active trumpet player with a full schedule to a 300-pound zombie. I began experiencing severe health symptoms including nerve pain, chronic fatigue, severe body aches, and overwhelming anxiety. […] -
WellnessSee articleHow My Patient Lost 75 Pounds, Reduced 19 Meds to 3, and Found Joy in Inspiring Others
A plant-based diet is good for your heart, your body, and it may even be good for your soul. Eighteen months and 75 pounds ago, Ms. R. was unhappy. In her late 40s, she was getting admitted to the hospital every six to eight weeks with flares of her asthma. She was morbidly obese, could […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow Plant-Based Eating Made Me Healthier and a Better Athlete
In the early stages of my former competitive bodybuilding career, I didn’t think twice about throwing down steaks, chicken, eggs, turkey, and fish for my source of protein. After all, that was (and still is) the protein prescription followed by a large majority of amateur and professional bodybuilders. It wasn’t until later in my bodybuilding […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow We Shed Nearly 300 Pounds, Multiple Symptoms, and All of Our Meds … in Just Two Years!
In January of 2010, my husband Ed decided it was time to make some healthy changes in his life. He began walking daily and centering his food choices around a lot of fresh vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and lean protein. I watched the changes he was making and decided that I would join him. Up […] -
Success StoriesSee articleI Changed My Diet at Age 67 and Never Looked Back!
Six years ago, my doctor discovered that I had a blockage in one of my carotid arteries. That night, at age 67, I started on a vegetarian diet. After the blockage was measured and found to be significant, I read The China Study and other books about plant-based eating. Gradually, my way of eating became […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow a Plant-Based Diet Helped Me Become an Endurance Athlete
I’ve lived most of my adult life on a roller-coaster weight cycle of chubby to fat back to chubby. Although I was an avid ice hockey player, getting to a normal weight was very difficult. In early 2000 I almost lost my life to a perforated peptic ulcer. After recovering, I never took eating for […] -
Success StoriesSee articleOverweight Since Childhood, I Now Run Circles Around People Half My Age!
At the ripe old age of 11, I came to the realization that I could no longer eat animals. I simply would not do it any more. My poor Nonna (Italian grandmother) thought I’d truly lost my mind. I can still hear her asking me: “You crazy, o what? Why you wanna do dis kinda […] -
Success StoriesSee articleMy Favorite Success Story: A Sedentary Surgeon who Transformed his Life
When asked to consider writing a piece on a patient success story, I immediately began to mentally sort through the countless experiences I’ve been so privileged to share over my many years in practice. Numerous stories came to mind, but one in particular ― actually, he’s a colleague, not a patient ― is my personal […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Lost 55 Pounds and Gained a Happy Life
As a Polish-American, I was raised in a culture in which meat was the staple cuisine and the plant-based lifestyle was never spoken about. By college age of 18, my unhealthy eating, countless daily cigarettes, alcohol abuse, and endless dieting (while only getting heavier) all contributed to a miserable, depressed life. By age 18, I […] -
WellnessSee articlePunk Rocker’s Mission to Show There’s Nothing Tough About Eating Meat
John Joseph, the lead singer and cofounder of the legendary punk rock group Cro-Mags, grew up on the tough streets of New York and was beleaguered by a life of drugs and violence. He credits a plant-based diet, which he adopted in 1980, for helping him turn his life around. We recently interviewed John about […] -
Success StoriesSee article150 Pounds Ago, I Was One Chinese Buffet Away from a Health Crisis
On March 1st of 2012 I was 44 years old, weighed 380 pounds, and was on blood pressure and cholesterol medicine. I watched Forks Over Knives, then checked out some other resources for plant-based eating, which really opened my eyes and saved my life! I came to realize that most sicknesses came from my high-fat and […]
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