Rachel's Famous Cinnamon Roll Recipe:

https://www.myplantstrongfamily.com/recipe/amazing-wfpb-cinnamon-rolls/

Rachel Echols struggled with food addiction, cravings, obesity, high cholesterol, migraines, fatigue, and other health problems for years before her doctor recommended a whole food plant-based diet. As soon as she embraced it, her health dramatically changed. She lost 90 pounds, lowered her cholesterol 100 points, and regained her health. Rachel knows this healthy lifestyle will help her reduce the risk of chronic diseases that run rampant in her family, including diabetes, fatty liver disease, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and more.

Overcoming emotional eating and food addictions while being the only member of her household eating a whole food plant-based diet presented many challenges. Rachel was able to overcome these obstacles with practice, persistence, and unwavering determination. Learning mental, physical, and environmental coping techniques were essential to Rachel’s success and she enjoys sharing these tips with others who are dealing with similar challenges.

Although Rachel has never been an athlete or enjoyed exercise, this lifestyle change has enabled her to embrace exercise. She started with walking around the block every day and as the weight came off, she increased the distance of her walks, and added strength training, including planks and pushups, yoga, and eventually running. In October 2022, she ran her first half marathon.

Rachel’s weight loss story has been featured in First for Women Magazine (Fall 2021), and her WFPB testimonial was featured in Health Science Magazine (Spring 2022).

With a desire to help others with what she has learned, Rachel has started a support group on Facebook to help others stick to a whole food plant-based diet, lose weight, start and maintain realistic exercise habits, and manage living with a spouse or family members who follow the Standard American Diet (SAD).

Rachel is also a monarch butterfly conservationist and has a certified Monarch Waystation in her yard. She is inspired by the miracle which a caterpillar experiences to transform into a butterfly and believes in the transformative power within us all. It takes time and effort, but we CAN change and transform to achieve our dreams.

Rachel is 49 years old and lives in Loveland, Ohio with her husband of 30 years. They have two grown children. She has been following a whole food plant-based diet for almost 4 years.

To join Rachel’s Plant Powered Lifestyle Support Group, click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/293134942699924/

To see Rachel’s interview with the Vital Blend, click here:

https://youtu.be/pimYbNs0N3s

To hear Rachel’s interview on the My Plant Strong Family podcast, “When Your Spouse Still Isn’t On Board”, click here:

https://www.myplantstrongfamily.com/55/

To read Rachel’s WFPB Testimonial from the Spring 2022 issue of Health Science magazine, click here: https://www.healthscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Spring-2022-Health-Science-Testimonial.pdf