Success Stories

Inspiring stories of people who have gone plant-based and changed their health fate, their weight or their lives.

A Fruit-Based Diet Helped This Woman Quit Smoking and Shed 60 Pounds
A Fruit-Based Diet Helped This Woman Quit Smoking and Shed 60 Pounds
A Fruit-Based Diet Helped This Woman Quit Smoking and Shed 60 Pounds
When Lexi Tavares graduated from North Eastern in Boston she was known as the bubbly cheerleader type and a dancer who everyone wanted to be friends with, but inside, she felt empty lonely, and depressed. Growing up, she had dealt with migraines since she was five years old, and they became more intense every passing year...
This Military Vet and Mom Cured Her Mild Anemia With Diet. Here’s How
This Military Vet and Mom Cured Her Mild Anemia With Diet. Here’s How
This Military Vet and Mom Cured Her Mild Anemia With Diet. Here’s How
When a ten-year military veteran was suddenly feeling sleepy all day, more than the usual fatigue of being a busy mother of a young child, she knew something was off. She was not eating meat at the time and when her blood worked showed that she had mild anemia, her doctor tried to convince her she should go back to eating beef. But...
This Mom Lost 160 Pounds: Here Are Her Weight Loss Tips
This Mom Lost 160 Pounds: Here Are Her Weight Loss Tips
This Mom Lost 160 Pounds: Here Are Her Weight Loss Tips
Mylitta Butler was the track star of her high school team. At 5 feet 10 inches, she ran across the finish line of her races with a long, lean stride, and no one could ever imagine that one day, her health would ever reach a low point where she could not even run a city block. Whe...
This One Food Was Triggering Her Fibromyalgia. Skip It to Help Joint Pain
This One Food Was Triggering Her Fibromyalgia. Skip It to Help Joint Pain
This One Food Was Triggering Her Fibromyalgia. Skip It to Help Joint Pain
When fibromyalgia strikes, it can put everything on hold. The constant pain, fatigue, and depression that accompanies this condition are enough to send anyone into a tailspin. This is what happened to Jaya Jaya Myra. She was a researcher in immunology when the pain started, so you would think that her case of fibromyalgia, if curable, could be researched, treated with western medicine, and solved.
Switching to a Plant-Based Diet Helped Cure Her Life-Long Eating Disorder
Switching to a Plant-Based Diet Helped Cure Her Life-Long Eating Disorder
Switching to a Plant-Based Diet Helped Cure Her Life-Long Eating Disorder
As someone who has recovered from anorexia and bulimia, I am living proof that there is hope for recovery. I want to share this hope with you. Years of my life were spent in the vicious cycle of an eating disorder. At points, I would find some semblance of normalcy, but the eating disorder was always there, ever-present and controlling my every thought, not just about food but everything. It ... R
This Dad Shares His Secrets to How He Lost 45 Pounds in 3 Months, Pain-Free
This Dad Shares His Secrets to How He Lost 45 Pounds in 3 Months, Pain-Free
This Dad Shares His Secrets to How He Lost 45 Pounds in 3 Months, Pain-Free
Chris Wauben says there was a day when he felt like the fabled frog in the pot of hot water: Leap or die. But in his version of the story, he had to change his diet or suffer dire consequences. He had ballooned to 200 pounds, was in constant pain from an inflamed gallbladder, and ultimately knew that if he didn't do something, he would spiral downwards. One...
He Beat Depression, Became a Trainer. His Vegan Diet & Secret Move to Destress
He Beat Depression, Became a Trainer. His Vegan Diet & Secret Move to Destress
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 involved changing the way he ate, worked out, and his career, and now he wants to help others live
This Registered Nurse and Chef Shares Tips for a Healthy, Plant-Based Life
This Registered Nurse and Chef Shares Tips for a Healthy, Plant-Based Life
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-based diet would help alleviate symptoms from medical diagnoses. H...

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