In October of 2005 I felt the pain that got me started on this journey. I came home from work and looked through the stack of mail on the counter. I found a letter from an insurance company about a life insurance policy that I had recentl…

My vegan awakening unfolded after seeing a program on PBS about workers in a meat processing plant. For the first time, I began to seriously consider how meat was produced and the negative impact on workers, animals, human health, and the p…

I was raised vegetarian thinking that I wasn’t harming animals. When I found out what happens in the dairy and egg industries I decided I could not support that cruelty.

In 2019, I was placed in a medically induced coma because of what I was eating my body kept breaking down and at 1 point I was entering into the hospital over 6 times in one month!!! My Doctor told me that if I did not change my diet that…

My whole life, I have been extremely connected to animals. Like magnets, we have always been drawn to one another. Even as a baby, my mom wrote in my baby book that I would not eat meat. I wish I could say that I've been vegan since birth …

I started my vegan journey in the fall of 1989 while working on a Kibbutz in Israel. I saw animals being mistreated and became vegetarian then. I still had some dairy until I read Diet for New America by John Robbins, at which point I made…

As a child I’d always loved animals. Therefore, it seemed a logical to become vegetarian. I realised consuming animals did not align with my values. However, I then began to question the ethics of eating any animal products. I felt a deep s…

I became vegetarian at 17, after reading about a cow going to slaughter. I didn't see or hear anything but I can still see her fear - I gave up eating meat on the spot! I continued on this path for 30 years, unaware of how eating eggs and …

How I become a Vegan, here is my story of being vegan. I started feeling good with myself when I was needed to make a change for Healthy life. It was important step for my skin care routine and now I am feeling beautiful and glow. Don't e…

I first learned about the vegan movement and the incredible benefits of a whole food plant based diet around 2016, whilst performing research for my PhD in organic chemistry. At first I was very resistant to the idea that a vegan diet could…

I am a biomedical scientist who has been a passionate vegan advocate since 2013! I remember telling myself I love meat so much that I can never live without it. This was later replaced with cheese when I went vegetarian. Today, I am …

I turned vegetarian at age 16. I became a monk at age 19 and remained a celibate renunciate until I was 33. In 1995, I founded and directed a charity called Food for Life Global, which was already the world's largest vegetarian food relief …

Became vegan in 1987 when I was 14. Nowadays veganism is much more there for everyone to realise what a horrific world this is for all animals. There’s no excuse to be ignorant and not care

Going vegan was a natural convergence of mind, body, and spirit for me. Ethically, I could no longer separate my choices from the lives of animals or the impact on our planet. Spiritually, it felt like a calling—a return to compassion, awar…

Witnessing awful treatment of cows, sheeps, and other animals in my pre-veterinary college program shocked me. I didn't understand their suffering until then. I tried to stay with the pre-veterinary program but dropped out after two years b…

I struggled with health issues for a really long time, especially hormonal acne and bloating. No matter what I tried, nothing worked. I then stumbled across the vegan diet and I saw images of animal agriculture that broke my heart. I deci…

In 2012 I learned the horror behind the fur industry through a video I watched on social media. I was absolutely devastated. Soon after I did a deep dive into the other ways in which animals are exploited. I first focused on food… and my he…

I believe in the saying, "You are what you eat." I believe this to the core. I have been vegan for about eight years, and I love how I feel, think, look, and how I am giving back not just to the animals but to the planet. Living and eating …

I stepped into veganism in 2011, a decision rooted not in trend or convenience, but in inquiry, and I continued as an act of evolutionary participation. My transition emerged from a convergence of scientific literacy, health and longevity r…

Caddied for Jack LaLanne as a teen, became an earth scientist, lost too many friends to heart attacks… All roads pointed me to plants.

One summer day in 1989, my then-fiance and I wanted to take a day trip to Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen. We did not expect that day to begin our vegan journey, in fact, we planned to go to Burger King for lunch afterward. Already, animal…

I initially became whole food plant based for my health. It wasn't long before I started doing more research and learning and there was no going back. I was vegan.

Pete Reimann fervently adopted a vegan lifestyle for ethical reasons in June of 2019, after being prompted by a random 'animal-rights outreach' video to ponder the question, "What do you value higher; taste pleasure or the life of an innoce…

In 2017 I acquired Alpha-gal syndrome. Since this diagnosis, I changed my way of eating, personal hygiene products, and household cleaning products. I began to educate myself about nutritious foods and natural products that do not poison th…

I went vegetarian at 10 for the animals. Until I realized at 13 that to be for the animals I needed to go vegan. I now run a vegan group called Vegan Squad Community committed to helping 10 million people go vegan and provide support around…

Katya Gorbacheva aka the Vegan Powerlifter is the 3rd strongest vegan woman on the planet. Katya’s passion is to educate that plants have all the protein you need to get strong and popularizing strength sports among men and women of all age…

I started my vegan journey when I watched Forks Over Knives in 2012. I stopped buying animal products that date. I learned how plant-based foods can help heal the body and protect from heart disease while thriving with longevity. I found…

I read the book Diet for a New America by John Robbins and was blown away by the information I was getting. The transition was easy for me, gratifying and started me on a lifelong journey to help change the world.

After a couple of years in the transition phase, in January of 2021, I committed to being 100% plant-based. I'd slip a day and pick myself up recognizing how sick whatever it was I ate made me. The time before 2021, I was mainly plant-based…

I’m a former open heart recovery nurse. My husband and I have enjoyed a whole food plant-based lifestyle since 2011. As with many other health professionals, it was a life changing revelation to learn that we can prevent and reverse disease…