I read Diet For a New American in college and began gradually going vegetarian. In 2005 I started learning about veganism and animal rights activism, but I was more interested in convincing myself there was a humane way to continue to eat eggs and dairy. Finally in 2013 I met...

Inspired by plant based diet benefits for disease prevention and weight loss.

Suffering from Epstein Barr and Strep symptoms, trying to find a cure trough food.

I started vegetarian in 2022 primarily to because I suffered 2 strokes in 2018 and 2019, reduce my cholesterol, blood pressure, arterial sclerosis, and to get off meds. I adopted two children in my 60’s and wanted to live long. In 2024 even being vegetarian, my BP and LDL was...

I ma interested in becoming a vegan. My family is already vegetarian

When I was 16 years old, I was frustrated with going back-and-forth with so many diets and wanted to be healthy and slim in a sustainable way by adopting a lifestyle rather than diet and I really liked how you were able to eat more volume of food on a...

I had spinal injuries and was looking for other options to medications, so I started experiencing with a plant based life style. I searched the internet for inspiration and found fork over knives and Cooking with plants. In 2016 my Daughter n Granddaughter became active Vegans. I had never hear...

My sister died of colon cancer complications and the more I read and researched the more I realized that vegan diets were superior. She was paleo, mostly chicken, made on a Trager grill! I learned a lot. I quit dairy in 2010 but I quit all animal products in 2019.

To lose weight

It felt like the right thing to do. I'm watching more documentaries to learn and stay committed to making this change and learning new ways to cook and nourish my family.

For the animals, I’ve been vegetarian since about 29 yo, turned vegan about ten years ago, 61 yo now. My two daughters are vegan and my son tends strongly towards vegan for the health.

Went vegan for health, animals, and the environment

Vegan for the animals.

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I started realizing where ‘meat’ came from around in my teens. Went vegetarian on new years eve when I was 15 years old. I started learning more in my early twenties and slowly transitioned to vegan by 27 years old. Once giving up dairy I didn’t get upset stomachs. I...

I went vegan in 2018.

I was getting shortness of breath, pains in my chest, and just very tired. I went to the doctor and they said there was no evidence of anything wrong with my health. I watched some youtube videos by John Mcdougall. I also found out that I was pregnant, so I...

I"m 63 and one of my daughters became vegetarian at age 7 and then transitioned to veganism when she was about 21. Another daughter became vegetarian in 2016, as did I. I fairly quickly transitioned to veganism. My vegetarian daughter lives with me and is slowly transitioning to veganism, but...

A nurse for 50yrs, I always had a holistic intuition that the body is in control, it wants to do what's best for us! I'm also a Master Herbalist.

Changing my lifestyle to Whole Foods plant based. Need guidance.

I've been vegan since 1991 and my daughter, now 21, has been vegan since birth. We love everything about it!