Plant-Based Nutrition Saved His Life. Now, His Support Group Helps Thousands

PBNSG is the largest whole food, plant-based support group in the world. Read about what they do, and their new, exciting education initiatives.

A Modified Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet Was Necessary to Manage My Rheumatoid Arthritis

A whole food, plant-based diet is a wonderful treatment for many diseases, but it’s not always a silver bullet cure-all. Jill Edwards offers her experience with a modified WFPB diet that worked for her, after some help from a rheumatologist and some trial and error.

Culture Change through Accessible WFPB Program

The following is an article from a Community Grant recipient. During my years as a physician, I have observed a society that has become sicker and sicker despite steady improvements to technology and increased medical expenditures. Fairly early on in my career, I decided that there had to be a better way. In 1991, after … Continued

Fighting My Autoimmune Disease Through Plant-Based Nutrition

Jitka Burger reversed her relapsing polychondritis with a whole food, plant-based diet, and now she is on a mission to help others, using her education and experience.

Transplanting Traditions Supports Refugee Farmers as They Grow Their Food and Their Community

The refugee farmers say that Transplanting Traditions provides meaningful, joyful opportunities to increase income as well as to come together, rebuild, heal from trauma and celebrate culture and community.

How a Plant-Based Diet Saved Our Lives – Literally!

Bob and Fran are octogenarians who both faced devastating diseases. With the help of a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, they have their health back and they feel better than ever.

Aaya’s Table — A CNS Microgrant Recipient Provides Hospitals With Culinary Assistance

Aaya’s Table is a community leads grant recipient. They are on a mission to bring healthy, whole food, plant-based home cooking to diverse American homes and are the culinary arm that physicians embracing lifestyle change can refer their patients to.

CNS Microgrant Recipient Casa Vegana Is Making an Impact in Puerto Rico

Casa Vegana is a community leads grant recipient. This small non-profit led by Anthony Martinez is based in Puerto Rico. They support and educate the public about the plant-based movement through virtual events, meal shares, and more.

DNA or Dinner? Are Certain Health Conditions a Life Sentence or Can Food Help Reset Your Genes?

There are some things you just don’t accept, and bad health is one of them. My family and my doctor believed that sugar was genetic. Was chronic disease and pain encoded into my DNA? Or was there something else going on?

How I Reversed My Diabetes and Became Healthy at Last

The following is an excerpt from Healthy at Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses by Eric Adams.

The Grass Is Greener Where You Water It – Gardener Helps to Grow Food and a Community

Julialynn Walker is providing the community with resources and tools for starting a garden. Education is a key component in providing her community with healthier nutritional options.

How I Beat GERD, Gastritis, & Constipation With a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet

Years of “healthy” eating and a variety of medications couldn’t help relieve symptoms of GERD, gastritis, and constipation, but a whole food, plant-based diet could, and did.

105 lbs Down & I Feel the Best in My Entire Life: My Plant-Based Journey to Ultimate Health

ollowing a health scare, one man shares his journey of how he lost more than a 100 pounds on a whole food, plant-based diet. Learn how he plans to keep it up and help others in the process.

My Plant-Based Life With MS – Goodbye Brain Lesions, Vertigo, and Eczema

Medication is the gold standard for treating MS, but should it be? One woman shares her story of reading two life-changing books and how a whole food, plant-based diet, rooted in science, helped treat her MS better than any medications ever did.

Finding My Plant-Based Path – The Way to Health & Longevity

We all have difficulties in our lives. Sometimes our problems may seem small in comparison to others, but ultimately, they are a large part of what defines us. Our personal story has great potential value to us if we can learn and grow from it. Sometimes it can be of value to others as well. … Continued

How to Eat Plant-Based in the Military

Eating a whole food, plant-based diet while sustaining a healthy lifestyle can be done from boot camp to base to deployment — anywhere in the world.

Graduate Spotlight: Marlene Watson-Tara

Marlene Watson-Tara is a dedicated health counselor and teacher with decades of experience transforming lives. She is also the author of the bestselling book Macrobiotics for All Seasons and her latest book Go Vegan. Marlene Watson-Tara is a graduate of the CNS and eCornell Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate. Visit her site at MACROVegan.org. My Whole Food, … Continued

Growing Up Vegetarian in the UK – My Kitchen Is My New Found Lab

The kitchen as a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. What actually happens to the food is all science. The joy I feel cooking leads me to research chef techniques.

I Lost 53 lbs & Reversed My Type 2 Diabetes With a Plant-Based Lifestyle!

I reversed my type 2 diabetes and I am now living an active lifestyle. No more checking blood glucose and no more taking medication!

Graduate Spotlight: Allen Campbell

Chef Allen Campbell is widely known as the “chef of peak performance.” His culinary philosophy focuses on taking care of one’s mind and body through exercise, stress relief, and a plant-based diet. He is the former personal chef for Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen and the co-author with Tom Brady of the TB12 Nutrition Manual … Continued

Graduate Spotlight: Naomi Green

Naomi Green is a certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator and a graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate program in partnership with eCornell. Naomi specializes in helping people adopt a whole food, plant-based, no-oil diet to get serious health benefits fast. She coaches private clients, is the founder … Continued

Fiona Oakes Has Extreme Grit – Interview With a Plant-Based Ultra Runner

Fiona Oakes is a 4 time world record holder in endurance running. She runs on plants and is a dairy-free athlete advocate. After going plant-based she realized the health benefits and positive impact on the planet.

Graduate Spotlight: Cameron Alksnis

Cameron is a native of Toronto, Canada and came to the USA on a soccer scholarship to Winthrop University in South Carolina. After serving as Captain and playing in two NCAA Division 1 National Championships, Cameron became a part of the coaching staff and received his Master’s in Business Administration. After his soccer career, Cameron … Continued

Plant Strong Collegiate Swimming Champion & Her Plant-Based Family Legacy

I was born into an athletic, plant-based family. My grandfather is Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., and I was raised plant-based. I now swim competitively and have won championships all while powered by plants.