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“Really though, I have no regrets. I always knew I wanted to have my balls removed and I'm very satisfied with my life now. I know I couldn't have been happy without the procedure. If we're really going to get into hypotheticals, I would say I regret that I hadn't gotten castrated earlier, preferably before I went through puberty and my body developed under the influence of testosterone. If I could make the choice for myself today before I was born, I would have definitely preferred to be born as a girl. My personality is more feminine, and I genuinely like pretending to be a girl when I can by cross-dressing. It kind of sucks that I had to go through all this just so that I can feel like myself. I feel like I would have always felt normal as a girl.”
― B. Castrucchio, How and Why I Got Castrated

“Let me describe a case: A man named Vance joined our study. His father was dead by age thirty, and Vance was thirty-one when he was diagnosed with diabetes. As our study began, he started a low-fat, vegan diet and gradually lost about 60 pounds over a year’s time. His blood sugar control returned to normal, and his doctor discontinued his medications. Imagine what it feels like to see family members assaulted by this disease, but then to realize that you have effectively tackled it by making healthful adjustments to your diet.”
― Kathy Freston, Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World

“Because of FDA rules, supplement manufacturers cannot claim on a label any preventive or therapeutic qualities. For instance, magnesium, vitamin B6, and the herbal treatment chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus) are proven to help premenstrual syndrome (PMS), but the labels cannot claim this effect. Instead, a label for magnesium might read “helps nerve and muscle function” but not mention PMS, even if that’s the reason you’re purchasing it.”
― Sara Gottfried, The Hormone Cure

“      Before that first three weeks I was on over 100 units of insulin per day, and in three weeks I was taking no insulin.       In about a month, I was once again in my doctor’s office, watching as they looked at my numbers in utter amazement. When they asked me what I did, I told them I had adopted a completely plant-based diet. They didn’t seem surprised at all and told me that plant-based diets were helping to reverse diabetes. When I asked why they had not suggested it, they told me “because it is not practical.”       There I was, morbidly obese, taking nine drugs, shooting insulin into myself multiple times per day, suffering nerve damage and severe pain, and yet they thought that changing my diet in a fairly easy way would be less practical?”
― Kathy Freston, Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World