Let's break up this week (and month) of sadness and disaster news for some positive messages!
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A college athlete suffering from life-threatening ulcerative colitis has claimed ditching meat and adopting a vegan diet has made him healthier than ever.
Kenny Honnas, 20, was diagnosed with the chronic colon disease after suffering from extreme diarrhoea and rectal bleeding.
During a two week stay at hospital, in which he received four blood transfusions and lost over two stone, he thought his football dreams were over as doctors battled to stabilise his condition.
Honnas lost 30lbs after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis which caused his to suffer from extreme diarrhoea and rectal bleeding.
Desperate to play American football at college, the passionate sportsman once ate a diet of spicy buffalo wings and curly fries twice a day in a bid to gain weight.
The footballer saw his weight plummet after being diagnosed with chronic bowel condition, so he adopted a vegan diet which he says helped him to gain 10lbs in muscle.
He claims adopting a vegan diet has helped to control his condition and bulk up to the size he is now.
Honnas says he is fitter and stronger than ever before and maintains this is down to his fruit heavy diet - sometimes devouring 18 bananas in one meal.
After a year of eating vegan, blood results show Mr Honnas, from Bryan, Texas, is within a normal range and all signs of ulcerative colitis have cleared.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...-football.html
Good on him.
Whether right this second or in a couple of years - if I can assist anyone with questions or concern with veganism, or advice on a whole foods plant-based diet, PM me!