Doug Osvath (September 2010)
I Love the Simplicity of It! Doug loves to cook and was thinking about taking a cooking class. He was glad that he found the Food for Life Nutrition & Cooking Class so he learned how to cook healthy food. One of the things he learned in class is that eating this type of diet is very simple.
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Rabah Chettfour (August 2010)
If You're On the Wrong Bus, Get Off! Rabah and his wife Jeanette are the owners of Aladdin's Restaurant in Anchorage. After 20 years of living with type 2 diabetes, Rabah and his whole family decided to take-on the 3 week vegan challenge described in Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes book. Rabah noticed a dramatic change in his energy level almost immediately and the whole family collectively has lost 135 pounds in just 4 1/2 months! He knows that he is on the right bus and has no intention of getting off.
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Karlie Philpott (July 2010)
Now I'm a Better Mom When Karlie's husband, Garth, found out he was borderline diabetic, they knew they had to do something. Diabetes runs in his family and he didn't want to go down that road!
After taking the Diabetes Food for Life class, Karlie cleaned out her pantry and replaced all of the convenience and junk foods with health plant-based items. She started to feel better within a short time, her children's moods leveled out and her husband is doing great. Now Karlie is going to start working on converting her siblings and parents!
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Tiffany McGovern (June 2010)
This Isn't a Diet --It's Our New Way of Life "There are certain days that stick in your mind. That was the day I went vegan. I was 28 years old but felt bad most of the time." Tiffany had high blood pressure, had headaches everyday, had trouble sleeping and had tried every crazy diet, but her wake-up call came when reach 256 pounds! When she became vegan she felt better almost immediately. Within a few weeks her blood pressure went to normal, she started sleeping at night without medication, she wasn't tired all of the time and lost 20 pounds in 7 weeks.
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Faith White (May 2010)
Compassion in the Kitchen Faith tells us after she read Skinny Bitch and watched the movie Food, Inc. she was done, done, done with meat! Her's was a journey of compassion, an opening of her heart to the cruelty that was on her plate when she ate animal products. After taking a Food for Life Cooking Class Faith and her husband Matt also began see the health benefits of eating a plant-based diet.
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Joy Santos (April 2010)
Finally Released from My Food Prison Joy tells an inspirational story of how she was released from her prison of years and years of food addiction by making the simple choice to eat a low fat, whole foods, plant-based diet!
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Regina Montgomery (March 2010)
How a Vegan Diet Changed My Future "I struggled with pain throughout my body for over a year." After reading Eat to Live and The China Study, Regina started eating a plant-based diet and lost 18 pounds, the pain has mostly stopped and her energy increased dramatically.
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Barb Morris (February 2010)
My Journey of Empowerment "I am in charge of my own wellness team because I realize I'm responsible for my own health." "I love eating a plant-based diet. Food tastes better to me now that my taste buds aren't dulled by high fat and processed foods."
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Jeannie Schwaab (January 2010)
Jeannie was very concerned about her high cholesterol. A short time after Jeannie took the Cancer Project Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Classes and began eating a mostly plant-based diet her cholesterol dropped 51 points! She was delighted!
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Patty Cates (December 2009)
"Instead of focusing on weight, I now just focus on eating a healthy diet and my weight just takes care of itself!"
"I feel so good about myself now, and also feel a greater reverence for my food. And I feel sad for others who are suffering with health problems who haven’t yet learned what they could do to help themselves."
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Lubo Mahlev (November 2009)
"I had always wanted to be a vegetarian, so this seemed like a good time to take the leap. The next step in my journey to becoming vegan was attending the Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Classes, where I learned how to cook healthy food that really tasted great, and how to make and buy substitutes for dairy products."
"I actually enjoy my food more now that I am vegan. It is tastier, and I feel better about myself and my own, small contribution to a better world."
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Kandis Gilman (October 2009)
Kandis began eating a plant-based diet after her respiratory problems got better when she cut out dairy products. "I suffered from severe asthma for over 10 years and no longer carry an inhaler; I used to have extreme highs and lows in mood (which I think was caused by dairy and refined sugars) which I no longer experience." I believe food is our medicine and the key to good physical, emotional, spiritual and mental health." "I realized that choosing a plant-based diet was a path to higher consciousness."
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Pat & Don Meyers (September 2009)
Pat and Don Meyers began their journey to eating a vegan diet when Pat developed cancer and a friend kept insisting on having her attend the Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Class. They got the missing pieces of they needed to begin cooking health and delicious food. Remarkably, once they adopted the plant-based diet, this way of healthy eating began to spread. First to Don's 84 year old mother in the Midwest, then friends in Colorado and even Israel!
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Naomi Feaster (September 2009)
Naomi is eleven years old and stopped eating meat two years ago.
"First, I want to be healthy but mostly I love animals and I don’t want them to be killed and I really don’t want them in my body. Plus, I know that not eating animals keeps our planet healthy too."
"One thing I really don’t miss about my old diet is dead animal parts. Yuk!"
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