“I was so proud of my teeth and my brushing habits, but I was doing it wrong.”

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As a kid, my parents didn't know how to make up for the missed nutrients you lose when you're vegan, and as an adult, it made me super fatigued and dropped my mental health. It turns out that I have fructose intolerance, so the good stuff I replaced meat with didn't agree with me."

"I went vegan, and it was the worst thing I ever did. I lost all my muscle mass, 24/7 thinking about food, or just chewing my way through it. I lost friends, too."

"When my doctor recommended therapy to me he told me not to feel bad if I didn’t click with the first one. He said on average it takes around three therapists before you find the right one."

"There isn’t a single person I know who got into running that doesn’t have some kind of recurring injury."

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