Living a Glorious and Kind Life

Compiled from a Supreme Master Television Interview
(Originally in English)

Alicia Silverstone is an American actress and author. She is best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as Clueless (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997), for which she received the 1996 American Comedy Award, the 1996 MTV Movie Award, the 1996 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for being the best female newcomer, and the 1998 Kids’ Choice Award.

Like many gifted people, Alicia understands the time-tested principles of optimum human nutrition. Even as an eight-years-old child, her naturally wise and compassionate heart understood that something was wrong with the food she was being given. After her brother made the noises of the animals she was eating, she decided to become vegetarian.

Alicia has been noted for being an animal rights and environmental activist. She became a vegan in 1998, after attending an animal rights meeting. She told Supreme Master Television during an interview, “Ten billion farm animals are killed every single year in America, and that’s one million animals per hour. That’s astounding; one million animals per hour are slaughtered for food. And that really disturbs me, especially knowing that American people are so sensitive and compassionate, and knowing that if they knew what was going on in these factory farms, it wouldn’t be okay with them. . . . For our hearts, health-wise, for our environment, for our people, for the animals, it’s really a very beautiful thing to do, to be vegetarian, or at least to make those better choices, to boycott factory farms.”

Because she was so deeply moved, Alicia stopped eating meat and all animal products including milk, cheese and eggs. The vegan diet brought on positive changes that Alicia never would have imagined possible. About two weeks into it, people mentioned that she began to glow. She also noticed that the white parts of her eyes were becoming much brighter, her nails started to grow very strong, and her hair was longer, stronger and thicker. In addition, she no longer needed her asthma inhalers or any of the allergy shots she used to have. Her acne went away completely and she felt amazing.

Naturally generous as well as compassionate, Alicia wanted to share the wonderful benefits of the vegan lifestyle with others. In 2009, she released The New York Times bestseller The Kind Diet, an innovative recipe book that imparts what she’s learned about diet, nutrition, the environment and ethics. Alicia explains, “The more gunk you remove from your body, your organs start to work properly. They’re not taxed any more. They’re not exhausted and overworked. Your heart starts to open. You can ask your heart and your spirit for every answer . . . It’s just the most amazing thing in the world, because then everything is solvable, reachable and manageable”

In 2004, Silverstone was voted the “Sexiest Female Vegetarian” by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). In 2010, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine honoured her with the Voice of Compassion Award for “shining a spotlight on the powerful health benefits of a vegan diet.” Thank you, Alicia, for being such a beautiful, shining star on screen and in life.