Patient stories

Losing weight and reversing type 2 diabetes on a plant-based diet Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes turned out to be the best thing that happened to me.After an annual blood check I was told that I had type 2 diabetes. Shortly after a practice nurse called to ask...

Living with Addison’s disease with a whole food plant-based lifestyleI am a 59-year-old man with a lovely wife and 3 grown up children living in West Norfolk, UK, 7 miles from the coast. I feel blessed. Having got out off the corporate rat race some years ago, I now...

Reversing type 2 diabetes on a whole food plant-based dietExciting news in! My husband and I are going to be part of the BBC programme, ‘Trust me, I’m a Doctor’! This was early spring in 2017. In that trial, all participants were allocated to one of three groups...

Juvenile Inflammatory Arthritis and a Plant-Based DietI was diagnosed with Juvenile Inflammatory Arthritis (JIA) when I was 12 years old so I’ve had well over 20 years of learning to live with and manage this condition. I struggled through my teenage years and the...

Mitch Kahn — Prostate Cancer Survivor & Heart Disease WarriorAs a Personal Trainer and Whole-Food Plant-Based Lifestyle Advocate, I am dedicated to helping my clients lead vibrant, resilient and active lives as they age through a combination of plant-based eating...

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 dietAfter 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 tears...

Back to Health During the Pandemic LockdownThe 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 yearsI 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 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 the...

Reversing type 2 diabetes on a whole food plant-based dietShould 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...

How a plant-based diet helped me lose weight and reverse hypertension and high cholesterolSix years ago I was a pretty average dad who ate a typical Western-style diet, including meat, dairy and beer, with cheese being my particular weakness. My job as a site manager...

From Crippling Migraines to Boundless Energy A story of healing through a whole food plant-based approachMisery Rules At the age of 21, during my second year of university, I started to suffer badly with migraines and headaches. They got so bad that I couldn’t...

Healing acne and Crohn’s disease on a whole food plant-based dietI developed severe cystic acne 5 years ago and felt overwhelmed. I tried everything that was recommended to me by medical professionals (the oral contraceptive pill, topical creams and regular facials)...

The Power of Plants and How it Changed my Life“He who has health has hope. He who has hope, has everything” — Arabian Proverb. Hope. That’s exactly what I didn’t have two years ago. When I think about where I am today on my health journey versus where I was then, the...

Endometriosis; The Pain and the RevelationHow a whole food plant-based diet cured my symptoms When I look back at my journey with endometriosis, I see a road full of potholes, each one representing elements of ignorance .. much of it mine. That said, endometriosis is...

Downsizing — How a Plant-based Diet changed my LifeAfter a lifetime of struggle, Graham is now a healthy weight and has come off medications for high blood pressure and cholesterol. A little more than 10 years ago, I weighed well in excess of 17 stone. In fact, closer...

Healing gastrointestinal and inflammatory illness on a whole food plant-based dietAs a 30 year old sporty, energetic and sociable person I was taking my health for granted. I thought that chronic illness happened to other people. Then everything changed. After an...

Treating inflammatory arthritis with a whole food plant-based diet.I’m Jackie, a performance poet and founder of the charity Without Wings, the Manx Autoimmune Arthritis Trust. Without Wings is a venture which seeks to raise awareness of autoimmune arthritis, and to...

A story of debilitating multiple sclerosis to an Ironman trialthete using a whole food plant-based diet.When my arm went numb on holiday in Mauritius in 2006, it was terrifying. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before, and because I was so far away from home,...

It’s never too late to change to a whole food plant-based diet. This is the story of Jimmy Quinn who changed his diet to improve his chances of recovery from heart disease.I have always kept myself as fit as possible. In my youth I did a lot of sports and became...

Reversal of psoriatic arthritis with a whole food plant-based dietLately I have come to understand that various episodes of a ‘bad back’ during my early 20’s and 30’s, were quite probably flares of arthritis, but at the time neither my doctors nor I realised this....

Healing inflammatory arthritis with a plant-based diet; Iidamaria van der Byl-Knoefel’s storyIn August 2014 at the age of 32, I developed inflammatory arthritis, similar to Rheumatoid Arthritis; in simple terms a state where my joints were being attacked by my own...

Raghav’s cancer recovery using a whole food plant-based diet.5 months into our marriage, dreadful news awaited us! After suffering with severe abdominal pain for two weeks, my husband was diagnosed with advanced stage testicular cancer. With this news, our dreams came...

It’s never too late. Chris, age 75, changes his diet and comes off all his medicationsMy name is Chris, I am approaching the age of 76 years and I am located in the depths of the Forest of Dean in the county of Gloucestershire. About 15 years ago, because of my...