Topic: Herbies

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Kasey!

In her 20s, Kasey was diagnosed with anemia, fibromyalgia, and psoriatic arthritis. As a result, she was prescribed numerous pills and spent months in physical therapy. At the age of 26, she also found out she had perimenopause, which caused her mental health to deteriorate due to the constant hormonal fluctuation.

Fast forward to 2010, Kasey committed to vegetarianism, and not long after that to a plant-based diet. Since making the switch, her …

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Mary M!

Mary started having body image issues in high school, which ultimately followed her through college. She was labeling food as "good" or "bad" and felt guilty when she ate.

Three years ago, Mary and her husband watched a couple of documentaries that made her change how she sees food and decided to go plant-based. Today, Mary no longer feels like she's on a diet and finally has a GOOD relationship with food. …

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Kymi!

Kymi was only a vegetarian for 2-3 months before switching to a vegan diet after watching "Vegucated".

Since ditching dairy, her life has changed for the better! Not only has she lost 45lbs, Kymi no longer suffers from headaches, stomach aches and has TONS of energy!

Here's Kymi's story in her own words...

I should have been a vegetarian all my life but friends/family pressured me to at least eat chicken …

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Marybeth!

Marybeth didn't always have a healthy and active lifestyle, but after marrying her super active husband, her lack of energy inspired her to switch to a low-fat, plant-based diet.

Not only did she lose 30lbs (which she's maintained for over 15 years now!), Marybeth is more active than ever (she recently became an Adirondack 46er!), feels cleaner and enjoys the taste of her food more!

I'll let Marybeth take it away...

Growing up, …

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Elden!

Earlier this year I received the following email from Elden:

"Last summer I was diagnosed with a partial blocked artery, inoperable due to a stent placed in 2004. I adopted a completely oil free, Dr. Esselstyn diet, and your cookbooks became key to my success.

In the past 10 months I've lost 40 pounds (I was training for the Seattle to Portland bike ride, so I was in what I thought was …