Ali Brown

Ali Brown
Adult with CF
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Ali has been a CF advocate for most of her life, raising funds with her family for Team AliKatz. She and her husband, Austin, are on the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Tomorrow's Leaders board in Portland, Maine. Ali also works full-time for MamaSezz, helping people feel and eat better with plant-based meal delivery. She's a graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate Program. She lives on the coast of Maine with Austin and their best friend/dog, Sally. Connect with her on Instagram or her blog.

Blog Posts

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After my grandmother's health improved on a plant-based diet, I decided to try it for myself with the help of my cystic fibrosis care team dietitian. Not only are my lung function and energy better, but my weight is stable too.

| 6 min read
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Hollywood often portrays people with serious illnesses as brave, inspirational characters. I don't always feel that way, and sometimes the real "fight" is facing that fact.

| 5 min read
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Google has made it easy for everybody to research cystic fibrosis, but CF is only part of my story and how I tell it is up to me.

| 5 min read
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There are a lot of misconceptions about illnesses. For one, you're supposed to look sick -- or like other people's perception of a sick person. Once I started to doubt myself and the gravity of my illness, I began internalizing a whole lot of guilt.

| 5 min read
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Like many of my millennial compatriots, I was booted from my parents' health plan when I turned 26. While my friends were shrugging health insurance off as just another growing pain of their 20s, I was panicking. 

| 5 min read