Aug. 28, 2025 By Jessica Militello

When Northern Queens resident Sherika Sterling discovered Plant Powered Metro NY’s Jumpstart program, she was struggling with a list of health issues that she thought she would have to deal with her entire life. After joining the program and changing to a plant-based diet, she was able to reverse many of her chronic ailments, including being pre-diabetic, after being equipped with practical tools, knowledge and plant-based recipes.

“I have a history of diabetes on both sides of my family, so I automatically thought I was predestined for it,” said Sterling. “Since doing the Jumpstart program, all of my issues have been reversed.”

Shortly before she began the program, she had blood work done, and the results showed that she was pre-diabetic, had high blo

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