Treating Sleep Apnea With Diet and Lifestyle

What is sleep apnea? What are the causes and treatments? How can a whole food, plant-based lifestyle help?

How I Lost 120 lbs, Cured My Diabetes, & Avoided a Lung Transplant

I suffered from sleep apnea, diabetes, heart disease, and pulmonary hypertension. I was given 2 - 5 years to live. After watching Forks Over Knives I became plant-based then lost weight, restored my vision, cured my diabetes, and improved my overall health.

From 400 lbs & Disabled to Thriving Plant-Based Ironman & Ultrarunner

Tim struggled with addiction, chronic pain, and less than a year left to live. He was denied gastric sleeve surgery, but then he found hope and the plant-based lifestyle.

Ironman with Declining Cardiac Health Found That Food Matters

An endurance sports lifestyle protected me from my junk food habit, right? My pulmonary embolisms, asthma, COPD, sleep apnea, and atrial fibrillation diagnosis proved otherwise.

Morbid Obesity Solution: A Long-Term Plant-Based Case Study

Maintaining weight loss after obesity can be a struggle and many will gain back the weight. Learn how Scott lost 320 lbs and kept it off using a plant-based lifestyle.

Doctor Prescribes Plants for Optimal Health

Up until three and a half years ago, I practiced medicine like most other primary care physicians. My day was filled with refilling prescriptions for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. In fact, I was overweight, had high cholesterol and sleep apnea. Then I saw “Forks Over Knives” and “the rest is … Continued

Plant-Based Without Borders

My name is Walter Vermeulen I am a Medical Doctor. I also hold a Master’s in Community Health degree from the University of Liverpool (UK). For the past 14 years I have been the Executive Director of METI, an environmental Charitable Trust in Samoa...