Here's living proof a LIFESTYLE approach, full of healing habits, works!
Eating whole, natural foods - mostly plants, developing a healing-holistic mindset and practicing healthy habits is the key to PERMANENTLY and NATURALLY turning your weight and metabolic wellbeing challenges around.
Thousands of lives are being transformed by leveraging this strategy! Here are some other stories.
Esther Loveridge
AGE: 72 yrs old
STARTED: July 2016, 257lbs, numerous medications, pre-diabetic, diverticulitis, GERD, constipation, poor vision.
3 YEARS LATER: Down 130lbs, lost 5 inches off her knees, dress size down from 26 to size 6. Stopped taking 5 medications (statins, pain, sleep, lithium, and thyroid), REVERSED her prediabetes, no longer requires knee surgery, no more diverticulitis, GERD or constipation and, her vision improved so much she doesn't wear glasses anymore.
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5 YEARS LATER: David's kept the weight off, and is still slowly, steadily losing weight without counting calories and without depriving himself of foods he loves. He doesn't snore anymore, no more acid reflux, no more oily skin, no more swollen legs from edema. Hasn't had a cold or flu in 4 years. Can move comfortably, travel comfortably on airplanes, find clothes that fit. David sleeps soundly and wakes up ready for an hour long walk/run each day with no issues.
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Dominique Linden
AGE: 27 years old.
START: Suffering from depression, massive head fog and addicted to highly processed/junk food.
TODAY: Embraced the whole food, plant-based lifestyle, dropped 32lbs, and brain fog/depression now in the rear view mirror.
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Daniel Shuman
START: In 2014 - overweight, embarrassed about his size (unable to fit on amusement park rides).
TODAY: Embraces a plant-based diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Down 170 pounds and has his LIFE back.
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Andrea Kane
START: Addicted to salt, sugar and highly processed foods that just couldn’t break the cycle - and spent 10yrs suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
TODAY: Gradually shifted her diet to one filled with WHOLE plants, down 57 pounds to current weight of 138 pounds and is comfortably able to maintain a plant-centric life. Her rheumatoid arthritis pain has also lessened.
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Eric O'Grey
AGE: 51 yrs old
START: 340lbs, on 15 medications for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and 200 units insulin/day for diabetes. More meds to counter the side effects of the other meds. Unable to fit in airplane seat/use the seat belt. Eric's health was so BAD, the best advice his doctor could offer was to purchase a CEMETARY plot.
JOURNEY: Found a new doctor who not only prescribed a whole food, plant-based lifestyle AND a shelter DOG, which transformed his life and health.
TODAY: Off all meds, reversed T2 diabetes, dropped 140lbs. Wrote a book, been on mainstream media sharing his story.
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Evon Dennis
START: Addicted to highly processed junk foods - tried to break free, but kept slipping back. Brain fog, poor mental health, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression and PTSD and exhaustion.
JOURNEY: Deep commitment to clean eating, with plants being the main focus.
TODAY: Clear thinking, improved complexion, increased energy, stronger nails. Dropped 60lbs. Much more in tune with her mental health and how food influences it.
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James Booth
START: Morbidly obese (>400lbs), a cheese addict, high cholesterol (217), high blood pressure (139/81), T2 diabetes (A1C 6.6). FORCED into early retirement because he could barely stand, let alone walk more than 10 feet. Was hospitalized for a pulmonary aneurysm and placed on 4 meds.
JOURNEY: James adopted a 100% plant-based diet, lost 170lbs but fell off the wagon. Had a major medical setback and regained nearly all the weight. He got back on the plant-based wagon and tried again.
TODAY: Weight is in normal range, A1C and health markers all returned to normal and he's off all meds. The experience taught him that he's responsible for my health.
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Nellie Vance
START: 2018, melanoma / early stage cancer diagnosis, overweight, moody.
JOURNEY: Realized it was time to clean up her diet and lifestyle - took ownership for it in February 2020 and embraced a whole food, plant-based lifestyle.
TODAY: Naturally shed 50lbs without need for excessive exercising, improved energy and mood levels. Inspiring others to take a similar journey.
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Justin Weber
START: 375lbs in his early 30s. Pre-diabetic pushing full blown diabetes. High cholesterol and high blood pressure. Doctors told him that he wouldn’t live to see his 40s because of the STRAIN his weight was having on his body.
JOURNEY: Started eating a whole-food, plant-based diet
TODAY: Lost 200 pounds and easily maintains the weight loss. All prior medical concerns are no longer present. No more snoring!
Shared the message by publishing a whole-food, plant-based cookbook and continued to educate himself by completing the Plant-Based Certificate program from eCornell.
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Jo Pronger Faulkner
START: FOUR autoimmune disorders by age 41, feet so SWOLLEN she could no longer walk.
JOURNEY: She and her husband took a trip to Nicaragua, where they consumed a more traditional diet consisting of many familiar and healthy plant-based staples like "rice, beans, piles of fresh fruits, and got off highly processed foods and drastically reduced her intake of animal products.
TODAY: Off her medications, no longer lives in fear of the autoimmune issues that once controlled her life - able to keep the majority of her autoimmune symptoms at bay. Prescription-free for almost five years.
Lupus antibodies gone, thyroid and cholesterol levels are NORMAL. No more swollen feet.
Jo is now an author and a certified nutrition coach and body-healing coach, helping other autoimmune warriors turn their health around, too.
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Shamiz Kachwalla
START: Ulcerative Colitis (UC) so BAD he was barely able to walk. INTENSE abdominal pains that required pain killers. Wore adult diapers due to having 40 bloody bowel movements a DAY. Many rounds of failed medications and a colon so INFLAMED that his gastroenterologist couldn't even perform a colonoscopy.
JOURNEY: Shamiz's mother discovered the many HEALING benefits of a plant-based diet. Feeling inspired, she brought both a juicer and blender to her son's hospital room where she began making him fruit and vegetable SMOOTHIES and his bowels began to heal in a matter of weeks.
TODAY: In remission from ulcerative colitis, and has been well ever since, without needing medications. He enjoys an abundance of whole plant foods, and is THRIVING as a plant-based athlete, competing in mountain bike races, duathlons, and 10 half marathons and more.
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Sharon Dunmall
START: Sharon is LUCKY to be alive... her left anterior descending (LAD), or widowmaker, was 98% blocked which may have led to a FATAL heart attack if she hadn't acted. After receiving a stent, she was sent home with some EXCELLENT advice from her doctor - adopt "a plant-based no-oil diet."
JOURNEY: The transition was NOT easy - being "emotionally distressing" to suddenly see her food as a THREAT to her health, but she made the switch to a plant-centric diet.
TODAY: No fatigue and bloating, dropped 40lbs and needing a whole new wardrobe and w/in 3 months able to hike Kumano Kodo across Japan. Now able to live the vibrant lifestyle she always wanted.
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Gary Walker
START: Sleep apnea, CHRONIC pain, acid reflux, high cholesterol, and borderline high blood pressure. Gary was taking 6 Lortab and 2 Flexeril a day for pain from a back injury.
JOURNEY: At 50 and 47 yrs old respectively, he and his wife watched the "Forks Over Knives" film, and that changed EVERYTHING. They decided to switch to a whole-food, plant-based way of eating, focusing on non-processed foods. After 5 months, they were down a combined 80 pounds and off ALL prescription medications.
TODAY: Weight under control. Sleep apnea GONE! No meds!
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Naomi Green
START: Stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma, or breast CANCER. Naomi then went through breast removal and reconstruction surgeries, nine months of chemotherapy and then another month of radiation treatments - scared and scarred mentally, physically, and emotionally, just waiting and wondering if her cancer would return.
JOURNEY: Was told by her doctors that it doesn't matter what you eat. I want you to take these pills for the next 10 years, which is proven to reduce your risk of cancer recurrence. Naomi researched and came across the work of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study, which concluded that animal proteins have the ability to turn ON cancer growth. Once Naomi realized that a whole food, plant-based diet, filled with cancer-fighting fruits and vegetables, was the answer to her health concerns she jumped into the lifestyle and hasn't looked back.
TODAY: Cancer FREE. Inspired by her success, Naomi's husband also went plant-based and witnessed his lifelong, debilitating allergies DISAPPEAR in addition to losing 18 pounds and watched his cholesterol drop 40 points into the normal range. They now own their own plant-based retreat in Belize, educating, inspiring and entertaining others in the abundant opportunities that come by putting plants on your plate.
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Brad Washington
START: Almost 300lbs and pre-diabetic/borderline diabetic. Living off highly processed foods.
JOURNEY: Tried dieting and calorie restriction and failed. After learning that diets don't work he changed his food and lifestyle choices, embracing the whole food, plant-based lifestyle, and the weight started to come off - fast!
TODAY: Down 200lbs, A1C in healthy range. Energizing workouts w/ quick recoveries. Now cross-training and running. Eating heaps of healthy food w/o gaining weight - doesn't count calories or diet anymore!
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Karen Steiner
START: Age 55, a self-declared cheese addict, overweight and depressed.
JOURNEY: Learned about link between inflammation and depression. Dumped cheese and w/in days the weight was coming off. Phased out oils, salt and started exercising.
TODAY: Lost 90 pounds. The lifelong depression has LIFTED, and she's living a more active lifestyle, running three 10Ks and numerous 5Ks. She's also helping others live a healthier life.
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Sara Shannon
START: Had been experiencing heart palpitations. The skipping beats increased in frequency and her clothes would be soaking with sweat. She rapidly dropped 15 lbs. despite an insatiable appetite, was irritable and wasn't sleeping well. A test came back wildly ABNORMAL, indicating she'd developed hyperthyroidism.
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JOURNEY: She dumped animal foods, replacing them with more vegetables, fruits and whole grain cereals. The effect was IMMEDIATE. Within 2 weeks, the heart palpitations didn't just decrease - they STOPPED. She began to sleep better. Her weight stabilized.
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