Behavioral Wellness + Nutrition Expert, International Speaker, Founder + CEO of Plant Based for Positive Change

Adam Sud

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About Adam

Adam Sud is a behavioral wellness and nutrition expert, international speaker, and the founder and CEO of Plant-Based for Positive Change, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing research and education on how nutrition influences mental health and addiction recovery.

After overcoming his own battles with addiction, depression, and chronic disease, Adam devoted his life to understanding the science of behavior change and the power of plant-based nutrition to restore both body and mind. He studied disease reversal and nutritional psychiatry under the mentorship of leading plant-based physicians and has since worked within mental and behavioral health treatment centers, pioneering the use of nutrition as a tool to strengthen recovery, improve emotional resilience, and reduce relapse.

Through his nonprofit and public speaking, Adam is redefining how we think about healing—showing that transformation is possible when we align biology, psychology, and environment in service of human thriving.

In 2012, Adam Sud’s life reached a breaking point. Struggling with multiple addictions, chronic diseases, and severe mental health challenges, he attempted suicide by drug overdose. What could have been the end became the beginning of profound transformation.

With the support of treatment and the adoption of a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, Adam not only achieved recovery from addiction but also reversed his chronic diseases, discontinued all medications, and lost 175 pounds. Today, over thirteen years into continuous recovery, he uses his experience to inspire and empower others to reclaim their health and rebuild their lives.

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Working with Adam

Nutrition and Behavior Change Coaching

Adam will teach you how create permanent and sustainable results. You will learn how to better understand the mechanisms of compulsions and behavior change, the science of nutrition as it relates to your specific goals, and how to organize your life and environment so you can be successful with ease and repeatability. You will develop the tools to recapture the health you deserve.

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Plant Based for Positive Change

Plant-Based for Positive Change is a 501 (C)3 non-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement of scientific and medical study, and the use of the impacts of plant-based dietary strategies on addiction, mental health, and physical health. We seek to gain a greater understanding of how food is related to self-love, self-compassion, and our connection to the self and the world.

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Book Adam to Speak at Your Event

Adam is an international motivational speaker. He has presented on some of the largest stages corporate events: Google, Whole Foods Market Tribal Gathering, Make Big Happen Summit, The Food Revolution Summit, Plant-Stock, Nexus Summit, R360, and many more. His story and expertise has been shared in documentaries, global summits, and national publications.

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Testimonials

  • “Behavior change starts with intrinsic motivation. But how do you plant the seed of transformational change? Adam has this gift. As a coach for people living with type 2 diabetes, I have seen thousands of people battle for optimal health. A priceless possession that can only be achieved through proper guidance and motivation. I have had the honor of watching Adam break the limiting beliefs of his audience and provide them with the wisdom and tools needed to achieve a successful long-lasting lifestyle change. Watching Adam during live seminars, online webinars, and coaching sessions is a life-changing experience that will make motivate anyone to achieve the health they’ve always dreamed of. Adam explains health and behavior change concepts in an easy and relatable manner which paves the road towards actionable steps that improve your overall quality of life.”

    Jose Tejero, Exercise Physiologist
    Reversing T2D, Co-Founder

  • “Adam Sud is one of one. His personal experience puts him in a league of his own when it comes to physical and mental health. Not only has he sustained his weight loss and type 2 diabetes reversal, but he's become an example of what the human body is capable of. Adam has an uncanny ability to communicate complex literature to his clients in a way that is understandable and most importantly actionable. Working with Adam will be life-changing, I'm sure of it!“

    Robby Barbaro, MPH
    New York Times Bestselling Author,     Mastering Diabetes

  • "Doing one-on-one health coaching with Adam was truly a game changer for me. He knows an incredible amount about health and what promotes long-term, sustainable weight loss. But what Adam has that many don't is real-life experience turning around his own health and well-being into the thriving athlete and coach that he is today. Adam focuses on systems and environment and not on shame and willpower, and the way he helped me understand my innate biological drive to eat in ways that are not best for my long-term health really helped me release some of the hurtful ways I've been thinking about my own struggles with food. This healthy mindset was one of the first things we talked about and really helped set a foundation for me to succeed with building out systems that helped me be more successful. I would recommend Adam's coaching services to anyone regardless of where they are on their health journey because he has so much to offer and has an incredibly empathetic and human approach to the way he coaches people."

    Coaching Client

  • "It sounds cliche to say, but working with Adam truly changed my life. His personal story resonated with me in a way that gave me acceptance and hope. Acceptance of who I was and where I came from. Hope for a future where I allow myself to be my highest self. Our conversations were both practical and philosophical. We talked about which daily habits we can build in our lives to reach spiritual, physical, and emotional potential well-being. Finally, Adam is a kind, emphatic, and loving human being, and in those dark times that each individual goes through, that is sometimes all you need. A true lighthouse in stormy weather.”

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  • "Working with Adam has been an absolute game changer. He helped guide me into making a sustainable transition into mindful, plant-based eating and changing my relationship with food. The support and accountability I received from Adam helped me gain the confidence I needed to be prepared and consistent in my journey moving forward."

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  • "Adam Sud’s contribution to today’s summit is the most inspiring, powerful, articulate, and life-affirming presentation of the series so far. He has expressed so well the link between overcoming addiction with its self-loathing and desire for escape from pain and recovery through good healthy nutrition."

    Presentation Attendee

  • "WOW!!!! I just want to tell you that this presentation was so incredibly powerful and soulfully moving. I've followed you for years, but I want to thank you for being such an inspiration. It's rare to find someone so authentic and humbled by a second shot at LIFE. You are a GIFT. Thank you for all that you do, keep changing"

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  • "I just watched your presentation. You are brilliant, keep telling your story! Everyone needs to hear it. There are so many favorite nuggets in the interview but I'm so thankful for the reminder that I'm worthy of making time to care for myself. My other favorite quote is 'My body has always been there for me, but I'm not always there for my body.'"

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  • "In truth, I've recklessly used and abused it at times. Now, I'm trying to transition to a new mindset. I am seriously overwhelmed with gratitude for this shift, for my body that hasn't given up on me no matter how I treated it in the past, and for you being brave enough to share your story so I could keep shifting. Man, Adam, you have made me cry yet again with that “knowing" this is THE time things."

    Presentation Attendee

  • "All the presenters at this year's event were incredible, however, Adam Sud moved me beyond words. The most inspiring man I've ever heard in my life"

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  • "Adam is such a compassionate speaker, thank you for inviting him as a guest to this summit. Sure to have given hope to many struggling."

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  • "Adam, I am unbelievably touched by you and your story, your compassion and passion, and your heart. I work as a pharmacist in a Behavioral Health Hospital and listening to you makes me want to scream from the rooftops to change our approach to what we teach our patients, and what we feed our patients. I've been feeling so incongruent with how I make a living vs. my holistically minded self...you're inspiring me to look seriously at making a change."

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  • "Adam, you have removed the veils and opened a completely new vista on mental and addictive illness. I was so moved by your story and your intelligence and sensitivity. I felt you were talking just to me and for the first time, I was completely understood. Thank you."

    Presentation Attendee