Improving bone health on a whole food plant-based diet

Improving bone health on a whole food plant-based diet

Improving bone health on a whole food plant-based diet The only side effects were clearing up my eczema and curing irritable bowel syndrome ‘Where do you get your calcium?’ is one of the questions I am nearly always asked when I tell people I’m vegan. Most people...
Healing from autoimmune disease on a whole food plant-based diet

Healing from autoimmune disease on a whole food plant-based diet

Healing from autoimmune disease on a whole food plant-based diet After being diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases by the age of 26, my mind began to derail. My rheumatologist looked at me and said, “You have the probability of living 6 to 10 more years.” As...
Back to Health During the Pandemic Lockdown

Back to Health During the Pandemic Lockdown

Back to Health During the Pandemic Lockdown The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of 2020 was the stimulus I needed to lose weight, become healthier, and to transform my eating habits once and for all. I had been an unhealthy vegan for 3 years prior. I had...
My experience of eating a plant-based diet for nearly 30 years

My experience of eating a plant-based diet for nearly 30 years

My experience of eating a plant-based diet for nearly 30 years I was brought up by my grandparents, theosophists, who were ‘on/off’ vegetarians, probably because the desire was there but the knowledge and availability of vegetarian foods and recipes was less known. I...
Reversed chronic illness using a whole food plant-based diet

Reversed chronic illness using a whole food plant-based diet

Reversed chronic illness using a whole food plant-based diet Pre-diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, eczema, and irritable bowel syndrome all resolved on a plant-based diet. My name is Ann Kartini. I am a dentist, and I have a passion for contributing towards...
Reversing type 2 diabetes on a whole food plant-based diet

Reversing type 2 diabetes on a whole food plant-based diet

Reversing type 2 diabetes on a whole food plant-based diet Should reversal be the paradigm in type 2 diabetes? I came to the UK around 30 years ago, weighing 80kg and with a healthy body mass index of 23–24. My diet then immediately changed. In India, we were eating...