Inspiring stories of people who have gone plant-based and changed their health fate, their weight or their lives.
Success Stories
He Beat Depression, Became a Trainer. His Vegan Diet & Secret Move to Destress
Steve Pilot describes himself as a "normal guy" who dealt with major depression, anxiety, and devastating heartbreak and found a new way of living, eating and training that helped him recover from all three. His journey from a depressed, overwhelmed engineer to a magazine-cover bodybuilder…
After Cancer, A Plant-Based Diet Helped This Woman Recover and Get Well
Iris Zuckerman, a wife and mother of three, was living her normal day-to-day life, raising her kids in Chicago and working in legal research when without any reason to believe there was anything amiss, she got news from her doctor that a recent mammogram showed cancer...
This Chronically Ill Influencer Reduced Her Pain With a Plant-Based Diet
Gigi Robinson is a photographer and influencer with a focus on body confidence, chronic illness, and clean beauty. As a child, she was diagnosed with a trio of conditions: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), and mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS)...
Why Go Plant-Based? It’s Not a Diet. It’s a Lifestyle, for When Health Comes First
Everyone asks me "Why did you go plant-based?" And the answer is simple: Health. I want to live my healthiest right now. Everyone thinks it's some big sacrifice, and at first, I thought that too. But when you start to eat more plant-based foods you realize it's easy to do…
This Registered Nurse and Chef Shares Tips for a Healthy, Plant-Based Life
Michelle Blackwood is a vegan and gluten-free Caribbean chef and cookbook author sharing recipes on Healthier Steps. She’s also a registered nurse and focuses on healthy meals that nourish the body and taste great. She initially went vegan two decades ago in hopes that the plant-base…
She’s 74, Looks 50, and Believes a Raw Vegan Diet is the Fountain of Youth
Karyn Calabrese is 74, yet she doesn't look a day over 50. She believes that the secret to her youthful demeanor and appearance lies in the powerful anti-aging properties that come from a raw vegan diet, which only comprises uncooked, natural, plant food in its whole form...
This 83-Year Old Triathlete Beat Breast Cancer On a Raw Vegan Diet
Ruth Heidrich is an athlete, author, and breast cancer survivor who has adopted a vegan lifestyle for over thirty years now. On a plant-based diet, Heidrich saw her breast cancer go into remission, and she progressed from running marathons to doing triathlons, becoming the first known vegan to …
This Mom Kicked a Junk Food Addiction, Went Plant-Based & Lost 140 Pounds
"Processed food was my emotional outlet. I considered it to be my best friend and put it above anyone else." says 44-year-old Evon Dennis. It led her to become depressed, and at her highest, she weighed 250 pounds. She remembers being too embarrassed to go out, so instead, she would send h…
This Influencer Reversed Her Prediabetes and Lost 80 Pounds on a Vegan Diet
JennyLee Molina is a vegan influencer, entrepreneur, and mom. For years, she fell prey to the Standard American Diet (SAD) where she chose convenience over health like many other Americans –– until she found out she was at risk of contracting a chronic illness. In an effo...
Chuck Carroll Lost 275 Pounds on a Vegan Diet. He Shares His Inspiring Story
Chuck Carroll was worried at age 27 that he wouldn't live to see 30. Even after bariatric surgery he was convinced that the weight would come back. He had tried everything, and no diet had been successful. This was his last chance. He had gone into the procedure weighing a massive 420 pounds (a…