Truth To Power | Dr. Kim Williams | LIVE From Bluegrass VegFest | Part 2 | 7-28-23

Forward Radio was thrilled to participate in the 2nd annual Bluegrass VegFest, at the historic Mellwood Art Center on Saturday, July 15th, 2023! Bluegrass VegFest is a FREE public education event whose mission is outreach about the benefits of veganism as a way to protect animals and the environment, and improve health. Learn more at http://bluegrassvegfest.com

Forward Radio not only hosted a booth to help you translate your plant-power into community radio, but we also conducted a live broadcast to bring you interviews with some of the many vendors, keynote speakers & cooking demos.

On today's Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from the second hour of our live broadcast, including keynote speaker:

Dr. Kim Williams, Vegan Cardiologist

“There are two kinds of Cardiologists - those who are vegan and those who haven’t read the data.” - Dr. Kim Williams

Dr. Kim Williams MD, MACC, FAHA, MASNC, FESC is an internationally recognized speaker whose professional focus is on preventive cardiology, synthesizing data on cardiovascular risk and mortality due to nutrition, and is currently the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Louisville.

Dr. Williams specializes in cardiology, cardio-nutrition, cardio-rheumatology, cardio-nephrology, preventive cardiology and cardiovascular radiology. He is a past President of the American College of Cardiology, past President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Black Cardiologists. He is also the founder of the Urban Cardiology Initiative in Detroit, Michigan, aiming to reduce ethnic heart care disparities, and continued community-based efforts in Chicago at Rush, including the H.E.A.R.T. program screening for heart disease and intervening with education, nutrition and lifestyle changes. He has been a delegate for cardiology to the American Medical Association for over 20 years and has served as a consultant for the FDA and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He has over 600 research and guideline publications, online resources, movies and lectures, most recently on the topic of cardio nutrition. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention.

A native of Chicago’s South Side’s inner-city schools and a former professional tennis player and national tennis coach, Dr. Williams has over 40 years of experience as an educator, researcher, and clinician focused on advocacy for nutrition, national and international healthcare disparities, health care delivery, and advanced access to cardiac imaging.

Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 4pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at http://forwardradio.org