Topic: Herbies

Herbie of the Week: Randy (He's Lost 40lbs, Lowered His Cholesterol & Regulated His Digestion!) Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Herbies

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Randy!

Randy was introduced to a plant-based diet when his wife started researching better ways to combat osteoporosis without medications. He agreed to go on a 28 day challenge with her, and even though he lost weight and felt great, he wasn't willing to part with his favorite foods like nachos and cheeseburgers.

A couple years later his son Brent, a former Herbie of the Week (you can read his story here), went …

Herbie of the Week: Slim (He's Off 6 Medications, Lowered His Cholesterol & Reversed His T2 Diabetes!) Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Herbies

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Slim!

By the time Slim was 56 years old, he was on 7 medications, had high cholesterol, hypertension, AND Type 2 diabetes. Over the years he also tried multiple fad diets to lose weight, but none of them proved successful (or sustainable).

Fast forward to 2011, he and his girlfriend watched "Forks Over Knives" and immediately adopted a planted-based diet after seeing the success stories -- and he hasn't looked back since! …

Herbie of the Week: Lauren S (She No Longer Suffers From IBS, PCOS or Acne!) Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Herbies

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Lauren S!

Back in August I asked the Twitter-verse if adopting a plant-based diet has improved their life and Lauren was one of the many Herbies who responded!

I immediately asked Lauren to email me so I could share her story and I'm so glad she did!

As she mentioned in her tweet, after going plant-based almost 2 years ago, Lauren's been able to maintain her 30lb weight-loss and she no longer suffers from …

Herbie of the Week: Alicia (After Beating Cancer, She Vowed to Get Healthy & Stay Cancer-Free with a Plant-Based Diet!) Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Herbies

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Alicia!

At 28 years old, Alicia was diagnosed with with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Thankfully after 8 months of treatment, she came out cancer free -- but also 35lbs heavier from steroids.

Two years later, her doctor said at some point she would need a stent because the tumor crushed her arteries. Not wanting that to be her future, Alicia tried to get healthy, only to keep on gaining and losing the same 5lbs over and …

Herbie of the Week: Shirley (She No Longer Has a Fatty Liver and is Off Her Cholesterol Meds & Insulin!) Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon Category: Herbies

Meet our Herbie of the Week: Shirley!

Over the summer, Shirley left this comment on the HH Facebook page:

"I went vegan two years ago and lost 60 lbs, backslid, gained 40. Went back to being vegan but more whole foods, less crap. From my highest weight 260 to now, I lost 93lbs."

As soon as I read that, I just HAD to have her as part of the Herbie of the Week series -- and I'm …