Vegan bodybuilding champion Kenneth Williams will be speaking in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey between October 12 and 16. On October 20
he will be in Pittsfield, Massachusetts; and on October 21, in Boston.
His topic is “how people can help animals and improve their health
through adopting a vegan lifestyle.”
In what is considered “the Super Bowl of natural bodybuilding,”
Williams – who eats no flesh, eggs, dairy or honey – finished third out
of more than 200 competitors from 37 nations. He cites medical studies
that prove that there is a direct link between animal product
consumption and heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, as well as many
bacterial infections.
I’m especially glad to see that he mentions the fact that “as many as
75 percent of all Americans are lactose intolerant and suffer as a
result of consuming dairy products which, contrary to the dairy
industry’s claims, are not necessary for good health.” Personally, I
know people who have suffered for years, going to doctors, and have
never been diagnosed. A few, after many years, have finally stumbled on
the cause – dairy products – and freed themselves of the bad breath,
body odor, and assorted aches and pains that accompany the ingestion of
milk, cheese, etc.
Williams brings out that, “Sixteen billion animals are killed in the
U.S. alone each year and suffer unimaginable cruelties for the sake of
human palates. Animals raised on factory farms are debeaked, dehorned,
branded, and castrated without painkillers. Many have their throats slit
while they are still fully conscious.” (I should mention here the ones
who are skinned alive, the poultry and pigs who are scalded alive, the
male chicks who are discarded like so much trash – the atrocities are
endless.) He goes on to say, “But eating animal products is killing us
too. A vegan diet is better for our health, the environment, and the
animals we share the planet with.”
For more information, please see:
http://www.idausa.org/worldgovegandays.html
