My Journey From Doctor to MS Patient and How I’m Healing Myself with a Plant-Based Diet
Life can change in a moment. It did for me. October 11, 1995 started out like any other grueling 24-hour shift at the…
Sick and Declining at 23 … Radiant and Soaring at 25!
My name is Kimberly Allison, and I am 25 years old. I was raised on the standard American diet and ate that…
Fit Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Healthy … Now at 50, I’m Both!
I am a former Ms. Natural Olympia drug-free bodybuilding champion. My mantra used to be “protein, protein, protein!” Six times a day, I ate…
How My Cardiologist and Forks Over Knives Changed My Destiny
In 2008, three weeks before my forty-fourth birthday, I had a heart attack. I was not really surprised, because of my family…
Running for “Health” Wasn’t Enough … Eating Plants Made All the Difference!
I immigrated to the United States seven years ago from Russia. Right away the pleasures of American cuisine turned out to be…
I Lost 180 Pounds in a Year … Along with High Cholesterol, Pre-Diabetes, and Sleep Apnea!
A little over a year ago, I decided I wanted to lose weight and get healthy, because I was dangerously overweight and…
Two Heart Attacks at Age 29: a Story That Ends Well
This post was updated May 1, 2015. On July 9th of 2013, I had a heart attack at age 29. It hit…
Heart Attack at 67 Led to Diet Changes … Now Off Multiple Meds and Feeling Better Each Day!
In 2008, at 67, I had a heart attack and two stents were inserted. Although I appeared in good health, fit, and…
Nineteen Medications … GONE in Six Months!
I’m 49 years old and have been on about nineteen different medications for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes for…
Cancer-Free without Chemo … Thanks to Dr. McDougall and Forks Over Knives
In January of 2012, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, triple negative. My surgery was scheduled for January 30th. Not knowing…
Plant-Based Diet Helped Me Become Pregnant
I credit the whole-food, plant-based diet described in Forks Over Knives for helping me overcome infertility. I always believed that I ate…
FOK Helped Me Lose 100 Pounds and Enjoy 85-Mile Hike with My Son
I am a scout leader from the Ft. Worth/Keller area in Texas. I have been overweight for most of my adult life….