[Sport] Mike Tyson reveals how the vegan diet helped him get off drugs

[Dr.Drako]

Mike Tyson claims to be "in better shape than ever" at 53 years old and attributes it to his vegan diet and a rigorous exercise routine.


"Becoming a vegan has given me the opportunity to live a healthy life. I was so congested with all drugs and cocaine that I could hardly breathe," he admitted in statements to 'Totally Vegan Buzz'. In addition, he admits that since he changed his diet It greatly reduced his tension or arthritis problems. "I had high blood pressure, I was almost dying and I had arthritis.

Becoming a vegan helped me eliminate all those problems from my life," confessed 'Iron Mike', who this Thursday, for the first The time since he started training again, he showed off in a video for the Chinese social network Weibo. The former world heavyweight champion has been a vegan for a decade.

During an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2013, Tyson credited his plant-based diet for saving his life. "Well, my life is different today because I have stability. I don't take drugs.

I'm not on the streets or in clubs and everything in my life that I do now is structured around the development of my life and my family." I have lost weight. I lost more than 45 kilos and I felt like changing my life, doing something different and I became vegan. "

The truth is that after hanging up his gloves in 2005, Tyson ate meat and drank alcohol regularly. He was diagnosed as clinically obese in 2009. Added to this was his drug addiction problems.

A year later, Tyson transformed his diet and abandoned meat in favor of a plant-based lifestyle that has continued ever since. He's also completely clean and sober now, something he is proud to say to fans. "Becoming a vegan helped me get rid of all those problems in my life," he insists.

Tyson's return to the ring Last week, Tyson posted an Instagram boxing video with his new coach, famed MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro, who has confirmed the great moment of form of his new ward.

"I did not know what to expect from a person who has not boxed for almost ten years. I did not expect a man with the same speed and power as a 21 or 22-year-old boy," he confessed to TalkSport. Since Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield announced their Returning to the ring for charitable reasons, boxing lovers dream of a fight between the two former world heavyweight champions. A poster has been released to announce the fight, which could be held on July 11 in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.

Edited May 24, 2020 by Dr.Drako
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