I've been vegan since birth, and trying to change the world ever I could talk!

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I became a vegetarian around 15. There were limited health food stores or vegan options back then. I am so grateful to have continued to pursue a plantbased lifestyle and eventually become vegan.

I grew up working at my dad's Italian sausage factory and eating the SAD diet. Then when I was about 20 years old I saw my good friend loose 100 lbs by switching to a nutrient dense plant-based diet. This was my "a-hah" moment! After seeing this transformation I became obsessed with researching how food affects our health. Meanwhile, I was still physically and mentally addicted to sugar, salt and processed meat. I wanted to learn how to cook and eat healthy but didn't know where to begin. At the time I was also a producer for television so I decided to apply this skill set to my mission to learn about eating healthier. I created a cooking show called Trying Vegan with Mario where I invite vegan experts to teach me how to cook their favorite recipes. I created Season 1 of Trying Vegan with Mario and it took off with really surprising early success. Today I spend my time learning as much as I can about cooking and health foods. I am constantly working on new segments to inspire non-vegans to try eating vegan and learn through my transformation.

Eating vegetarian food may change his/her life.

Best choice I ever made for my health!

I met a family of Vegans when I was 16 & stopped buying any animal products but a year later went on Shell Tankers & ate whatever was on the menu.
I met Vegans again when I was 24 and again stopped buying animal products but when my 1st daughter was born my partner wanted 'normal food' & I had no idea how to transition to a vegan diet.
Age 50 I found myself alone, 4 grown up children & at liberty to educate myself & decide my diet.
I began with 'What the Health' & immediately had an epiphany! I realised my dad died of prostate cancer & heart disease because he ate a high cholesterol saturated animal fat diet...& I had never heard any doctor warnings!
I began watching lots of films; 'Cowspiracy', Earthlings', 'Dominion', slaughterhouse footage & activism.
I have been a 'keyboard warrior' since 2016 when I started sharing Vegan memes, posts & msgs 2 as many people as possible. I do this thru instagram, twitter, FaceBook, SnapChat & now Linkdn... My mission is to unite all vegans to #preventyearzero #VeganWorld2026

I enjoy cycling and cycling videos on Youtube. A video by DurianRider showed up on my recommended list called "Sh!t Cyclists Say." It was really funny and so I looked at more of his content, expecting more comedy. Instead, I found some superb plant-based nutrition advice that I started to incorporate into my cycling. Curious, I investigated more plant-based content from other content creators and doctors. I read the books, watched the documentaries, and gave it a try. I lost weight, my blood pressure improved, and my cholesterol improved. And my cycling has been getting better and better year after year. As I have gotten more into this lifestyle I have learned about animal welfare, the environmental impact of our food, and racial justice issues. I am only disappointed that I didn't learn about plant-based eating earlier in life.

I had pretty bad angina in 2018. I watched Forks Over Knives and went totally vegan/plant based the following Sunday. I lost almost 60 pounds within 4 months and the angina disappeared within the first 30 days. I started slipping in vegan processed foods and quit losing weight instantly. Anyways, I have struggled to get full out plant based ever since, but hopefully it won’t be long now before I’m shedding the weight and getting healthy.

I started exploring vegan food in 2016 or so, to see if I would feel better on a plant-based diet. I have found myself when I was eating like that (vegan) than ever before, and over time I swapped out pretty much my entire standard diet for a whole foods-based, vegan one. (I’ve known for years that I am severely lactose intolerant, so I was already somewhat of an expert at avoiding dairy.) Now that I’m healthy and feel amazing, I find myself wanting other people to try out a partially or completely. Because plant- based diet is for all planet and all lives creatures.

After being vegetarian on and off for 20 years, in 2019 I became whole-food plant based (WFPB) after reading the book The Whole Foods Diet by John Mackey and Dr. Alona Pulde and Dr. Matthew Lederman. I was shocked to learn how bad meat, dairy and eggs are for our health - they're literally killing us - so we made the switch the very next week! Our family ditched dairy and eggs and went fully plant based July 7th, 2019.

I continued to research and learn about WFPB eating, and inevitably stumbled across information about the impact of animal agriculture on the environment and the horrors of our treatment of non-human animals. This strengthened my resolve - we were not only going be a healthier family, we were doing the absolute best thing we could do for the environment, and living compassionately and not harming other sentient beings. I am now an ethical vegan, and animal liberation activist.

For my health
The Environment and animals. It just seems the right thing to do.

I became vegetarian after reading Eating Animals. A year later, I learned about the male chicks in the egg industry via a Humane League tweet. I went vegan that night.

Became Vegan after suffering a heart attack

I went vegan for my health but came to realize that the ethical reasons are even more important.

I have been vegetarian since 1991, then I moved on to being a vegan in the month of October 2003, now my next move is that I haven’t eaten any grain, since January 11, 2018...

I was first looking for philosophy and there was this great podcast a decade ago called "Satisfy the Mind", they had 30 or 40 episodes and one or two were vegan, I first listened to all of the shows and then went back to reconsider the vegan idea... I decided I would spend a week researching everything I could and if by the end of the week I hadnt decided to go vegan I would never waste my time again... turns out I had to go vegan and now 12+ years later I'm an every day activist

Vegetarian for 10 years before - cut our dairy - much happier now after 7 years totally plant based 👍

I have been Vegan for roughly two years. Since then I have revamped by business and today I have the honor of working with vegan businesses only. Helping them to get more customers online!

Always an animal rights advocate, the light went on about who and what I was eating and to what I was contributing.

Vegan since 7 years old. I didn't know of the term until much later, I just acknowledged I was eating a dead body and refused to do it again

I found Dr. Danielle Belardo's podcast through some co-workers, and learned so much right out of the gate. I wanted to get off my statin medication and also to help the inflammation in my knees so I could actively exercise again. I'm happy to say that my cholesterol is coming down, so I'm planning to go off the statin soon, and I'm exercising 5-6 days per week. I'll never go back to the standard American diet!

Tired of seeing animals slaughtered and suffering, started with watching Food Matters in 2012

Don’t feel like eating meat. It’s cruel, unnecessary suffering, depletion if animals and planet

I’m a kitchen and bathroom remodeled in Maryland. My son went vegan when he started college and educated me soon after. I started as a vegetarian the day before thanksgiving then went full vegan one month later. Best decision of my life. It was initially all about the environment but now it’s everything.

I've alway had a deep love for animals, but it took me way too long to make the connection about the food on my plate and the animals I claimed to love were the same. I took a long discussion and a couple of artistic photos to flip that switch. I went vegetarian in 2010, but that wasn't enough for me. In 2013 went Vegan and never looked back. I'm not perfect and have slipped up at times (mostly because I didn't read a label close enough), but this is the lifestyle that not only feeds my body, it feeds my soul.

My name is Julie Dudley, I am not a chef I just cook alot lol, No the truth is I literally did a 40 day challenge to not eat any meat and never went back! My mind & taste bud palettes changed so much that I found myself moving into a whole new world of eating good! I wear alot of hats, however everyone knows me as Chef Jewl. I am a Plant-based Chef and I own a plant-based food brand here in Charlotte. I like to call myself a "Culinary Alchemist." I specialize in putting foods together for overall health & wellness. I am a certified foodie that has been eating clean for 7 years now. I had to learn how to put foods together to nourish ylthe body but still enjoy it guilt free! Well I have definitely went over beyond in this area and mastered it!

I had a student share with me this weird story about a man who ate an airplane (it's true) and it made me think that our bodies can take so much abuse. And it is this abuse that is killing us. It was a click moment. I don't miss any of it. I am the biggest vegan fan in the world.

I am a psychotraumatologist and have seen mentally ill humans chained to concrete walls (just like cows) in several countries of the world. I have worked with survivors of rape/impregnation held captive in prison (war) camps, in trafficking situations or child pornography when pregnant having their babies taken away to to be sold (just like cows). Even rebells eating human flesh grilled over campfire (smells just like meat). I have worked with survivors of torture which is extremely horrifying and so similar to what we do your fellow animals. Humans can be incredible cruel. We do not have the right to hold another being captive, exploit them, make them suffer in the worst ways and kill them, just as we do with our fellow human beings. Our NGO vivo international works to overcome and prevent traumatic stress and its consequences within the individual, the family as well as the community, safeguarding the rights and dignity of people affected by violence and conflict for the development of peaceful, human rights-based, societal ways of living. Vegan living is a fundamental way to stop violence.

I care about the planet and animals. As a qualified nutritionist I'm passionate about eating whole foods that are cruelty free.

I went vegan for the animals. However, I'm whole food plant based for my health.

First My Health then GAIA Health!

Been vegan for a couple of years now, want to get into activism and connect with my fellow vegans 🙂

I'm just here to see if I can find a vegan dating app - as I'm searching for the one and only Alicia Silverstone.

I was born vegan and grew up with American Vegan Society.

I have been a vegetarian for 20+ years. A few year ago I watched Forks over Knives and subsequently read The China Study. I was convinced to take my lifestyle a step further and eliminate dairy.

I am quarantining in a Dominican household and I want to be healthy.

I was living in Germany. I watched What the health? and then Cowspiracy. After that, I couldn’t wait any longer. Now I work on a vegan restaurante called ‘Mel & Limao’ here in Faro, Portugal.

My husband and I watched What The Health and immediately we were plant based. We had our three young teens watch it the next morning. We homeschool so this was educational and we told them to do research after watching it and then they can make the choice of whether a plant base diet is the best for them. We never want them to say we forced them into anything.

After the documentary they all cleaned out our pantry, fridge, and freezer and we went grocery shopping. Four days later my husband and I watched Earthlings... that morning, my husband said he could never be vegan because he loves his leather jacket. Well after we watched Earthlings, he didn't say a word. He got up, took his jacket out of the closet and said, with tears running down his face "I will NEVER wear this again". He gave it to Good Will and he threw away his leather wallet.

Our oldest son found vegan leather wallets for them. We didn't let the kids watch Earthlings but I would try and tell them about it and every time, all I could do was cry. That was enough for them. We did buy the video so that if at any time they want to watch it they can.

Our oldest son, who is now almost 18, graduated from college 2 weeks ago. In one of his classes, the semester after becoming vegan, he did a report and presentation about it. The whole class was crying and his professor finally told him he could be done. He got an A. After class he was bombarded in the all with questions from classmates of all different ages and walks of life. That was a very proud moment for this mama.

This last semester in his ethics class, his professor knew he was vegan and for the final oral debate his group had to defend why animal testing is good. The professor is also vegan and told my son that he put him in this group on purpose. My husband and I didn't know anything about this until after the it was over. He said everyone in the class was supposed to stay quite during all speeches and not even clap. He got up there and said, in short "Without animal testing, our would would be in ruins because if the radioactive spider didn't bite Peter Parker, then the Green Goblin would have destroyed the world". He said the class erupted in clapping and laughing. The professor just looked at him, grinned and nodded his head. He received and A for that one too.

So we are vegan for the animals and we have never looked back. We owned a very successful bakery for 10 years making those big beautiful cakes that you see on TV. We were not on TV even though everyone told me I need to be. We closed down the business the day after we watched Earthlings. It was a no brainer. I wasn't going to purchase animal products anymore.

We still had orders on the schedule for the following year and I fulfilled those but I didn't take any new orders. The business was officially closed and out of business August 2018 but I still get weekly calls of people begging me to make their cakes. I politely tell them no.

We have learned so much in the past two years. We started a new business, vegan candles. They're 100% made in the USA, nontoxic, etc., and after 8 months of research and development we launched April of 2018. When we go to markets, shows, events etc. we get to meet and educate people about veganism, why our candles are vegan, what we stand for, and why we are vegan. And they get to see that vegans are not assholes like the world makes them out to be, lol. Well, some are but you have those in every group.

People love our product and what we stand for. Our customers keep coming back whether they find us at an event that is listed on our online calendar or by ordering on our website. We were even on a lot of Christmas lists this past Christmas so that was kind of cool. When our kids are grown and able to be on their own, in about 2 years, my husband and I are going to RV full time and travel our country going to markets, events, shows, etc. that are vegan and non vegan to meet new people, educate, and sell our candles. For right now we stick with the few states that are in a 9 hour driving distance.

This is our story. I can't wait to see how it grows over the years!

I am wanting to become vegan to live an overall healthier life. I would like to join a community for sharing the journey, recipes, lifestyle, etc.

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One of our beautiful Beagles had an accident and I was coming back from the vets at 1am in the morning after having spent so much money on care and I went to get some chicken out of the freezer for dinner the next day and it was like a light switch went on. Something flicked and changed for me.

The next day I started looking in to veganism more. I had friends that were vegans and I had thought about making the change for health reasons but not for animals reasons.

Someone suggested watching What The Health, so my husband and I watched that at lunchtime of the same day and we were both completely vegan immediately.

I was vegan from the minute I took the chicken out of the freezer and made the connection and him from such a short time later.

We are both now very focused animal rescue and welfare advocates and set up VEGAN Happy Clothing to help raise money for animal sanctuaries and vegan causes.

VEGAN Happy is our form of vegan activism, helping to spread the vegan love and message as much as possible.

Started eating a 100% plant based diet, but then ran across the vegan documentaries during the process of learning more. Became vegan overnight once watching those documentaries. Was exposed to the concept of veganism in the early 2000s, but was scared off by a trusted source with a PhD that I wouldn\'t be capable of keeping myself healthy. Very happy to eventually learn that what was told to me was complete myth.

I had been a lacto vegetarian since 1975. As I became more aware I decided that I should be a vegan.

I have secondary progressive MS, Fibromyalgia and Crohn's. My husband lost his job, we had no access to medical care. I watched Forks Over Knives. It saved my life. Crohn's is reversed and MS is on the run!!

Health devastation .... exit animal products and processed foods and enter whole plant foods.... bye bye chronic diseases! 🤗

Never really liked meat. But when I saw a video on facebook on the horrible conditions pigs and other animals suffer through I just there and then decided to never ever eat meat or dairy products again.

High blood work

Saw a documentary about animal protein and right there I made my decisson havent missed so glad I did

Hi All,

Happy to meet you on this platform.

5 years ago after being 25 years living the Vegetarian life, my wife and I made one if the most important decision in our life and became full fledged Vegans.

My personal drive for actively promoting Veganism on social media and real life is my concern about the devastating impact of the animal protein diet and use of animal derived products on Health, Environment and Animal Welfare. Therefore I am very interested in the innovative plant-based products/services that are developed and introduced on the market every single day by inspiring Vegan entrepreneurs.

Clean-meat development I consider also interesting looking at the positive impact on environment and animal welfare (not necessary on health).

During my activities as Volunteer for The Dutch Vegan Society, I got connected to some enthusiastic Dutch Vegan entrepreneurs. Together we organized several successful meet-ups (with upto 100 attendees) for Vegan entrepreneurs and investors in The Netherlands.

Our group joined-up with The V-entrepreneurs Network [VEN] founded in Germany, and in corporation with several international colleagues and partners we are now scaling up VEN to a professional international operating network, with already working branches in multiple countries.

For more information about our network please visit and follow : https://www.vevolution.com/organisations/v-entrepreneurs-network

Our aim is to bring V-entrepreneurs offline together for support and knowledge exchange in a personal, trusted environment.

Professionally I work in the leading global technology company ABB as Bid & Proposal Engineer and in this role actively involved in the Energy Transition.

Looking forward to meet you during one of our v-entrepreneurs meet-ups or online via this platform or Linkedin.

Green greetings,

Richard

I’ve never felt better.

Hello. I've been a strict vegetarian since 1992 and went fully vegan in 2014. My plant-based journey started as a child when I made the connection between animals and what was being served.

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I was told 30 years ago that I had metabolic syndrome and would progress to diabetes. I left the standard american diet and am now 74 and still keep my A1C under 6.

Every winter I traveled to Venezuela for 5 months I was getting healthier. Coming back to Canadian DIET, I was getting sick,

My health was very poorly till the spring of 2015. I then started to receive even more callings from my inner self telling me to do healthier changes, since i smoked for 25 years and used to have a very hedonist life. In July 2015 i decided to move again to the UK and detached from everything in my country Portugal, sold the car and moved on to a new phase and to try again some self healing. In September 2015 i was able to quit smoking completely. March 2016 was the last time i visited a doctor after a spiritual awakening that led me to study all about my neurotransmitters in order to repair them, since they were all out of order due to 13 years of chemicals medical prescriptions to treat anxiety and depression, and other ailments, it also led me to work on my chakras after i learned all about this and others related therapies, and after this i became a vegetarian on the 16 of March 2016. I had became my own ayurveda doctor and spiritual guru. In March 2016 i was diagnosed pre diabetic, so in order to overcome and controle that issue, which what i had all my life, fats metabolism and bad energy management, i became a vegan and all the remaining health issues just faded away.

I became vegetarian initially after watching the documentary Earthlings which really affected me. It was difficult for me because I grew up eating meat and I would have called myself a big meat eater. It probably took me 3-4 tries to eventually kick the meat habit and it was especially difficult when travelling to places such as Mexico which really do not have the options of say the US/UK.

Eventually I switched to vegetarian and then giving up the rest wasn't a big challenge for me as there are so many good cheese, milk and egg alternatives nowadays.

Watched Earthlings and made the switch. I became an activist shortly after and used my skills in video production to help the movement as well as vegan businesses

I do not have vegan story.

2 guys pizza and ribs is now 2 Guys Pizza Planet Friendly Food and Brews no more ANIMALS after 14 years ☀️☀️☀️☀️

5 weeks ago! Looking to restore my health!

I went vegan 6 years ago, after opening my eyes to the horrors of all animal farming, not just killing animals for meat. Every animal is a sentient being with all of the feelings that we experience! They mustn't be milked, or imprisoned for their eggs, or plucked, or sheared, etc. Becoming vegan was an awakening, even after 24 years of vegetarianism. The benefits to the animals and my own health were clear, but another thing I learned so much about was the benefit to the environment. If everyone went vegan, we'd be well on our way to saving the planet!

I was a pescatarian for about 30 years. I tried to become a vegan; I didn’t understand what to eat, neither could I sustain the cost or the stomach for processed, packaged foods. Roll on several years and I was enjoying the beautiful green environment of a recent move to another country, it has been the medicine that i needed; hiking, swimming, camping, kayaking etc became part of my lifestyle.

…After a regular blood works check the doctor told me that my body ‘wants to be diabetic’ and that’s definitely NOT what I wanted to hear, given my family history … It was the beginning of the pandemic and my thoughts were that I will emerge from this as a beautiful butterfly …. I went down that rabbit hole; listening, reading and learning from all of the wonderful plant based experts and with their help, I renewed my health, my body, my mind and my zest for life! There is NO going back!

Awakened in 2015, having been a slumbering vegetarian for 34 years! Planning with my partner, Martin, to set up a vegan B&B/Retreat/Activist Centre in England in 2019 - watch this space!

I never really enjoyed meat, and growing up have always been eating mostly vegan, until last month when I finally took my last step. I hope this is going to be part of my lifestyle from now on, and any significant information will help me do that.

Vegan for the animals, the environment, & for health!

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.

I have been vegan for almost 6 years. I became vegan after learning the realities of the animal agriculture industry. It was the best and easiest choice I've ever made and I could not imagine ever going back. After working in non-profits for a couple years, I realized I wanted to do something mission-driven and something that I'm deeply passionate about. So I started my own Vegan Nutrition company called Sustain Nutrition Co! Now, I aim to help people go vegan while achieving their health goals!

I’ve been off and on again and again. Studying. Researching. Watching documentary after documentary. YouTubes of the great doctors of WFPB. I had to break away to lead by example. My example is not complete yet but it’s on its way. I’m 65. My desire is to be healthy as I continue and to teach others.

I just discovered your request that I contact you and therefore I am responding.
Although I am definitely influencing folks to become vegan, I have not always been 100%. I believe that “the perfect can be the enemy of the good.” I have no other vegans in my life and am extroverted, so being vegan remains a real challenge. I am also passionate about exercise (I started a running group decades ago in midMichigan and have run marathons), climate change, learning to love unconditionally and non duality. I follow Dr. McDougall and normally am not connected with the medical establishment. I believe that the medical industry is completely controlled by the drug companies and food industry. I take no prescription drugs or supplements. I am currently power walking six miles a day and have never had a real issue with weight. I have never suffered from chronic pain or had a serious illness. I am very grateful!
Thank you so much for your commitment to veganism!
Bless you.

As soon as I watched cowspiracy that is when my vegan journey began and then I continued to learn more and improve my diet.

Watched Earthlings

I have so much compassion for those who are unable to speak. I love helping people same as my current job. The reason I became vegan was one watching "What the Health", two health reasons and last animals. Going vegan was the best thing that I could have done and also another way to help make a difference in the world. I wish I would've done it sooner than over a year ago.

After being knocked off my bike by a motorist. I rested and took my friends advice and found that I was healing better and feeling mentally better on a mixture of raw veg smoothies juicing and solid foods ie plant based. Which also fed my curiosity to revamp the way I take care of my body

I was veg for twenty years. Saw a film about "free range chicken" and decided to go vegan.

I became Whole Food, Plant Based at 52 when I was told that I needed to start meds to lower cholesterol. I switched to a full WFPB diet in about 2 months and lowered my cholesterol from 198 to 148. I then found many other reasons to continue on a WFPB diet. My wife (51) and my daughter 19 also are now eating a Whole Food Plant Based diet.

I’ve been vegetarian for almost a year. Still trying to convert to vegan. When I shop I look at the ingredients, I’m sure I still sometimes mess up but I’m still trying.

Beginning full vegan journey to reverse disease

I was interested in becoming more involved in animal welfare, and when I did research, I found out that a main component of being an advocate for animals was being vegan, so I went vegan.

A life long vegetarian who saw the truth and switched overnight.

I want to do my part.

I am a registered nurse, I have been vegetarian for nearly 8 years, recently became vegan.

My daughter became vegan at 12 years old. I decided to join her.

I have ibs and colitis so when certain foods were triggering my body I knew I had to make a lifestyle change and for the past year I cut out beef and fried foods and just recently I cut out all meat and I feel better and less tired and my flare ups aren’t that bad so I’m excited to learn more about the vegan lifestyle and eat better.

Vegetarian for 33 years, and attempted vegan off and on and due to different information available at that time, I had attempted to combine certain types of food for full protein. Now with the plant based evidence, there is absolutely no need for that. I had been fairly healthy, but had no idea about the impact of dairy. I had very clean arteries, was healthy, did yoga, walked and sometimes had fish, as that was supposed to be healthy. After contracting what would be considered a mild case of Coronavirus in early 2020, right after it had been discovered, no one really knew what was happening. Back then it was thought to be attacking the lungs, but contracted more from surfaces. At any rate, I had also started investigating diet, and really having these lock downs and working from home, never really going out except maybe to shop, gave me the time to investigate. I then saw Cowspiracy, Seaspiracy, multiple movies exposing the Meat and Dairy Industry. And really was floored at how many animals we murder mercilessly. I was just shocked. I saw the lies exposed. Once you wake up, you cannot un-see or un-know the truth. Your perspective shifts. Then of course the whole climate change issue. So, it basically changed me forever. I really need at this point to connect with like-minded people. I am in the South, where meat is just a way of life. Plus we have the divisive politics, also driven by corporate American, who own the media, who drive wedges and politicize everything. I really, really love these interview on Vegan Linked. Most of these people I am totally connected with in believes. I'm a psychologist, and am thinking along the lines of mental health outcomes for vegans and balance as well. I appreciate all you have done and all vegans have done to expose the propaganda perpetrated by all these industries. I really want to move and am thinking of going to Mexico, where about 20 % of people are vegan or vegetarian, just to find a like minded group. Thank you once again, as Vegan Linked is really kind of a life line, as so many other channels I have found on You Tube.

Using my diet to clear up my CAD.

In third year of veganism. First for health reasons. Now, also for the animals and environment.

I was a graduate student at Harvard when I became vegetarian, then soon thereafter I became vegan.

I had prostate cancer 15 years ago. I read the China Study and became a vegetarian.

Went Vegan cold turkey because I was curious and wanted to see whether I could live healthier without consuming animal products. Never looked back.

Began pescetarian 3 years earlier when I realized I loved all animals and it was not like it was a decision but rather an awakening to my love for them and stopped eating land animals that day. A year or so later I notched it down to vegetarian and then finally to vegan. I give the dog in my life full credit for making me aware of how all animals deserve to live their full lives and were not meant to die for us to eat. Also, I must credit a few documentaries that shared the truth...

Became vegan for the animals on my birthday 2016.

Thought about it for a long time and finally took the step. Cannot believe that I was missing out on this for so long. Anyone who says I’m missing out on flavors, etc. are misled!

I'm the owner of Goodness Goodies, an online store specialising in vegan sweets and eco-friendly home products.

I was vegetarian for many years before I became vegan. I became vegan because logically it didn't make any sense to be plant based and still eat dairy and eggs. In 2019, I was doing great on the WFPB diet, losing weight and feeling great. Then the pandemic hit, I was furloughed from my job, and I started eating too many sweets and gained weight. Now that I have a new job and things are getting better, I am back to good eating and losing the weight. I am very grateful to Dr. Campbell and the other professionals that have done so much research. I feel completely comfortable with my lifestyle, given all of the evidence-based information.

I watched What the Health documentary on Netflix. 20 minutes I was fully and completely committed to aWFPB life style. I’ve never looked back.

I went vegan overnight! I was at a conference in NY called the Real Truth About Health Conference (it's free, happens every year, and is AMAZING). Listening to speakers like Joel Furhman, Brenda Davis, and Gabriel Cousens made me realize that I could no longer support the exploitation and suffering of animals.

The day I decided to become vegan was the day when I went to the emergency room. I had already been a vegetarian for six years prior and swore I wouldn't give up cheese. Prior to going to the ER, I had eaten my mom's mac and cheese, her banging sour cream mashed potatoes, and a whole lot of sweets loaded in dairy. Two days later I ended up in the ER from eating too much of the dairy products amd they said they might have to remove my gall bladder. Luckily, I passed call stones in doctors care amd decided from that day forward that I will not eat dairy again! Since then, it has been interesting creating new and uniquely different meals. Becoming vegan has opened my eating pallet a totally different way!