PETA has always believed that you’re never too young—or too old!—to make positive changes in your life. After all, until we knew better, most of us probably ate meat, wore leather or wool, and bought personal-care products without thinking about whether they’d been tested on animals. So we were delighted to read about Anne Fraser, who went vegan three weeks before her 96^th birthday, after watching the documentary What the Health with her vegan granddaughter. She says it’s one of the best decisions that she’s ever made.

Rethink Protein? ?? Since going #plantbased I’ve had to rethink a lot of things I thought I knew about nutrition. All my life I believed that you had to eat meat for protein and drink milk for strong bones. Then I watched @wthfilm and woke up. It explains how this became the dominant narrative and how it has in turn, led us to our current health crisis. It’s amazing to me that I didn’t come across this information until my 96th year. Goes to show how good of a job these animal ag and diary corporations did at suppressing it. Well friends, that cat is out of the bag and NOW WE KNOW! You do not need to eat meat for protein. There is an abundance of protein found in a vegan diet. And guess what?! If you are eating an adequate amount of calories, protein deficiency is not a thing! Check out these #plantbased athletes who are thriving and clearly not lacking in protein [email protected] @domzthompson @richroll

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Before going vegan, Anne had been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (an irregular heartbeat) and had been “put on a medication that made [her] feel tired and [her] legs like lead.” She desperately wanted to get off it. We’ll let Anne explain what happened next:

I was experiencing some health issues which I chalked up to being 96 … then I watched @wthfilm. That was a game changer! It did a great job explaining the relationship between diet and health and revealed how corrupt our system is. We are literally being poisoned and lied to so we stay sick and spend trillions on meds and unnecessary procedures. Screw that! I went #vegan and have lost weight [and] have more energy AND my afib irregular heart beat went away which cleared me to get off a medication I was taking for it which made me feel lousy!

But for Anne, a longtime yogi who teaches classes at her local community center, the changes go beyond her own health. “I’ve always ended all my classes with the meta prayer, ‘May all beings be happy and free,'” she says. “[A]fter becoming vegan, and learning how inhumane and cruel our animal agriculture system is, I realised that I wasn’t doing my part. I was praying for all animals to be happy and free but not practicing it [because I was] still consuming animal products. Now when I say that prayer it has a deeper meaning to me.”

For more inspiration from Anne, check out her Instagram page. And inspire someone in your life to make a change for the better by ordering a free vegan starter kit for a friend (or for yourself, if you’re still making the transition).