At the age of 55 Karla Freeze changed her life with a plant-based diet

After realizing Alzheimer's was affecting her loved ones, Karla was determined to find a healthier way forward. In doing so she regained her health and lost 236 pounds.

How a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Led Me to a Plant-Based Diet

After a cancer diagnosis, Kelly got serious about her health for the first time in her life. Here’s her road to adopting a whole food, plant-based diet to save her life.

How I Shed A Third of My Body Weight & Regained My Health

After being rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening illness in 2009, Jeanne Schumacher discovered the profound power of whole food, plant-based nutrition. Read her inspirational story of discovery, recovery, and giving back.

Weight Loss With Plants Episode 2 – Kelly Houseman

Tune in to see how committing to a WFPB lifestyle change affected Kelly’s weight loss and the management of her metastatic breast cancer.

Weight Loss With Plants Episode 4 – Ben and Esther Loveridge

Not everyone will be ready for change at the same time. Setting a good example and being patient, especially with loved ones, goes a long way toward nourishing healthy behaviors.

How These 9 Graduates Use Their Plant-Based Nutrition Certificates

Learn how T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies graduates complement their careers with the Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate through eCornell.

Overcoming My Junk Food Addiction

Knowing what to eat is only the first step. The psychological barriers of lifestyle change are very real, and often intensely personal.

Steps to Go from Meat Eating to Whole Food, Plant-Based

Optimal health isn’t just a switch you can flip. It often takes a long time to achieve our health goals, with many unforeseen stages between here and there.

Mistakes We Make When Going Plant Based & How to Avoid Them

There are many challenges when switching to a new lifestyle, and your challenges are often going to be unique to your particular situation. Your background, your environment, the support systems that you choose to take advantage of—all of these can have a major impact on your success.

Weight Loss With Plants Episode 1 – Tim & Heather Kaufman

Watch this inspirational video to learn how two members of our WFPB community have not just lost nearly 300 pounds, but also gained a new lease on life.

Plant-Based Nutrition Graduate Spotlight: Tig Notaro

Internationally-recognized comedian shares her plant-based journey, and her passion for helping others along the path toward better health.

Mel’s Plant-Based Journey From Heart Disease to Health

Never underestimate the power of planting the seeds of change in others. Let yourself be a good example and a resource for transformation.

Married Couple Find Renewed Health & Lose a Combined 200 lbs With a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet

There’s no such thing as “too late.” Choosing health can have a profound effect on your life, and enrich the lives of those around you.

What Is a Processed Food vs a Whole Food?

There’s a lot of talk about “processed” foods, but what does the distinction mean, and is it the most helpful way to think about your food choices?

Center for Nutrition Studies Staff Picks for Best Plant-Based Restaurants

Eating out on a WFPB diet might sound hard, but it’s not impossible. Read about some of our staff’s favorite restaurants, both at home and abroad!

Book Excerpt: From Plant to Planet: Nudge your way towards healthier, more sustainable food habits

In this excerpt, authors of From Plant to Planet identify and address the most common barriers that prevent dietary lifestyle change.

Never Too Late: Reversing My Heart Disease on a WFPB Diet at 80

Al Schmidt shows you’re never too old to make changes to reverse heart disease. Although it was a bumpy road getting there, Al has found he loves eating plant-based — for the results and the taste of it!

WFPB Success: Changing My Life in 20 Days

Many people rationalize not switching to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, even if their heart and their gut tells them to. Beverly, a winner of Chef Del’s Diet Daze 20-Day Challenge, tells us what finally made her prioritize the switch to a healthier way of life.

I Reversed My Type 2 Diabetes With a Plant-Based Diet & Help From My Mom

Which sounds better—a lifetime of prescription drugs, or a fast-acting dietary lifestyle change that only has positive side effects?

Chef Del’s Plant-Based Secret Ingredients

Most people are used to throwing away perfectly edible, nutritious, and tasty plant parts. Learn how you can use them to elevate your cooking!

Weight Loss & Cancer Management: How Whole Food, Plant-Based Support Helped Kelly

After years of on-and-off whole food, plant-based eating, Kelly fully committed to the WFPB lifestyle change and found great success in weight loss and managing her metastatic breast cancer.

How To Get Your Vitamin D From Mushrooms

Most people derive their vitamin D from exposure to the sun, but what do you do when you can’t get enough sunshine? Many rely on vitamin D supplements, but can eating mushrooms be an option? There are a few things to know...

A Registered Dietitian’s Professional & Personal Journey to WFPB Nutrition

One book changed the entire trajectory of this Registered Dietitian’s career and life. Read about Didem’s journey on a whole food, plant-based diet and the changes it made for her, large and small.

After Eating Plant-Based Daniel Said Goodbye to 160 lbs, Sleep Apnea, & Type 2 Diabetes

Daniel Caracciolo is a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) advocate who found great success in weight loss following this lifestyle. He is training for his first triathlon and aims to start a plant-based meal prep and catering business.