![Kimberly Eallonardo shown in two photos before and after adopting a plant-based diet to address her kidney disease and ms symptoms: on the left, she sits in a wheelchair with her family around her, looking up; on the right, she stands beside a tree](https://www.forksoverknives.com/uploads/Kimbery-Eallonardo-before-and-after.jpg?auto=webp&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
I Switched to a Plant-Based Diet and Resolved My Chronic Pain, MS Symptoms, and Kidney Disease
As a child, I had a lot of odd symptoms and ailments—tics, shingles, and intractable migraines. From the time I was 12…
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As Early as Day 3 on a WFPB Diet, I Noticed I Had So Much More Energy
I grew up believing that eating meat was necessary. I was encouraged to follow the family traditions and not question them. Why…
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On an Oil-Free Plant-Based Diet, I’ve Normalized My Cholesterol and Improved My Eyesight
Before finding the whole-food, plant-based way of eating, I had high cholesterol (280 total), and my husband, Jim, had to have quadruple…
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I Went Plant Based (and Dropped 60 Pounds) After Losing My Dad to His Third Heart Attack
In 2021, I lost my dad to his third heart attack. He was just 52, but he was diabetic and obese. I…
![Douglas Gordy before and after adopting a plant-based diet for weight loss, rosacea, and high cholesterol](https://www.forksoverknives.com/uploads/douglas-gordy-before-and-after-adopting-a-whole-food-plant-based-diet.jpg?auto=webp&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Since Going Plant-Based, I’ve Ditched Statins, Prediabetes, and 50 Pounds
I stopped eating meat back in 1994, primarily because I thought it might help me lose weight. But I ate a lot…
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Eating “All Things in Moderation” Ravaged My Athletic Husband’s Arteries
In July 2021, we were at mile 700-ish of a 1,000-mile bike trip from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Washington, D.C., staying at a…
![Lauri Perrella, a woman in two photos with her dog, from before and after she adopted a plant-based diet: on the left, she's holding the dog as a puppy; on the right, she is standing next to the adult dog](https://www.forksoverknives.com/uploads/lauri-perrella-before-and-after-adopting-a-plant-based-diet.jpg?auto=webp&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
On a Healthy Plant-Based Diet, I’ve Reversed Type 2 Diabetes and Sky-High Cholesterol
Before going whole-food, plant-based (WFPB), I ate a standard American diet—lots of processed breads, pasta, pizza, and salads with fat-laden dressings. I…
![Two photos side by side showing Meg Gray before and after adopting a whole-food plant-based diet for chronic pain](https://www.forksoverknives.com/uploads/meg-gray-before-after-option-1.jpg?auto=webp&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
After Years of Severe Asthma and Chronic Pain, I’m Breathing Easier on a Plant-Based Diet
My plant-based journey began when I’d been cancer-free for 10 years and had a newborn son. I came to the grim realization…
![Mallory Taylor and her mother sit together outside, five years after her mother was diagnosed with cancer and adopted a plant-based diet](https://www.forksoverknives.com/uploads/Mom-Mal-for-web.jpg?auto=webp&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
5 Years After a Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis, My Mom Is Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet
My plant-based journey began the summer of 2017 after my otherwise healthy and vibrant mom received a shocking stage 4 lung cancer…
![Before and after photos showing Joel Christiana's 210-pound-weight-loss after going whole-food plant-based](https://www.forksoverknives.com/uploads/joel-christiana-before-after.jpg?auto=webp&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
From Hot Dog King to Whole-Food, Plant-Based: My 210-Pound Weight-Loss Journey
My weight problems first started in my 30s, when I opened a hot dog stand at a mall and began eating most…
![Cathy Downs-Phoenix and Husband Patrick Phoenix Are Shown in two photos side by side, before and after adopting a plant-based diet for chronic joint pain](https://www.forksoverknives.com/uploads/Cathy-downs-phoenix-before-after.jpg?auto=webp&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Decades of Chronic Joint Pain Gone Within Weeks on a Plant-Based Diet
My husband, Patrick, and I are both registered nurses working in acute care. While we each hold a master’s degree in nursing…