Tag: weight loss

Plant-Powered Transformation: From Self-Destructive Alcoholic to Healthy and Happy Yogi

On any night between the years of 2003 and 2011, you would have found me bunkered down in a random New Jersey…

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After a Failed LapBand Surgery, I Went On a Plant-Based Diet and Got Off All My Meds

For most of my life, I was a real meat lover. I loved bacon cheeseburgers and had a meat-laden diet which took…

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In 8 Months, I Lost 65 Pounds and Regained My Energy and Health on a WFPB Diet

My father passed away from cancer at the young age of 53. It happened ten days after I graduated from college, and…

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From Sick, Disabled, and on Multiple Meds to Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet

When I was 38 years old, my doctor told me that I was on my way to an early death. He also…

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After a Lifetime of Poor Health, I Lost 120 Pounds and Regained My Life

As a child, I was diagnosed with a chronic autoimmune liver disease. Doctors told me that I would probably not live past…

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Type 2 Diabetes, Addiction, Depression, 130 Pounds—Gone in Three Years on a Plant-Based Diet!

My weight didn’t become a problem until I was about 24 years old, but I have always had an unhealthy relationship with…

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12 Tips for Healthy Weight Loss … with Benefits Beyond the Scale

As an internal medicine physician and director of an obesity program, I am all too familiar with the struggle that many people…

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How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind

In this enlightening video, evolutionary psychologist Doug Lisle, author of The Pleasure Trap and Forks Over Knives contributor, explains the scientific principles…

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Cravings – How They Work and How to Manage Them

What are cravings and how do they affect your plan for healthy living? Cravings aren’t “bad.” They are just signals that you…

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