I immigrated to the United States seven years ago from Russia. Right away the pleasures of American cuisine turned out to be…

A little over a year ago, I decided I wanted to lose weight and get healthy, because I was dangerously overweight and…

This post was updated May 1, 2015. On July 9th of 2013, I had a heart attack at age 29. It hit…

In 2008, at 67, I had a heart attack and two stents were inserted. Although I appeared in good health, fit, and…

I’m 49 years old and have been on about nineteen different medications for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes for…

In January of 2012, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, triple negative. My surgery was scheduled for January 30th. Not knowing…

I credit the whole-food, plant-based diet described in Forks Over Knives for helping me overcome infertility. I always believed that I ate…

I am a scout leader from the Ft. Worth/Keller area in Texas. I have been overweight for most of my adult life….

It’s somewhat hard to believe that just four months ago I was devouring red meat, chicken, and cheese with almost every meal….

I found Forks Over Knives online while looking for ways to naturally drop my “hereditary” high cholesterol, a diagnosis I received at…

During the summer of 2011, I became very serious about working out and staying in shape. I spent countless hours at the…

[Editor’s Note: This story was updated October 2015] For most of my forties, I was in and out of the hospital, had over…