As a firefighter and an outdoorsy person in general, my husband, Don, never had a problem with his weight. But his diet caught up with him in other ways. After he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, his health started to go downhill. He could barely go to the mailbox and back without being out of breath.
Source: A Couple’s Plant-Based Path from Sick and Overweight To Healthy and Fit
In 2015, Lyn decided to try a plant-based diet after being diagnosed with high cholesterol, prediabetes, GERD, and breast cancer. Read what happened here!
Source: After a Cancer Diagnosis, I Went Plant-Based and Transformed My Health
Kellie Auld suffered from high blood pressure, arthritis, and other health issues until she changed her diet and changed her life. Read her story here.
Source: A Plant-Based Diet Is Good Medicine for My Arthritis, Blood Pressure, Insomnia
Your blood cholesterol levels have a profound impact on your risk of cardiovascular disease. Here are three of the most common cholesterol myths I hear.
Source: 3 Common Cholesterol Myths, Busted! | Forks Over Knives
At 25, Sid weighed 375 pounds and had sky-high cholesterol. He and wife Nidhi decided to try a plant-based diet for weight loss together.
Source: My Wife and I Shed a Combined 100 Pounds After Going Plant-Based
A study at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that a plant-based drug showed signs of helping patients with head and neck cancers. The drug is called APG-157, and includes plant-based compounds, including curcumin.
Source: New Plant-Based Drug Using Curcumin Could Help Cancer Patients – One Green Planet
The majority of the food we eat should be from the produce department at local stores, the farmer’s market plant-based choices, or our own gardens.
