Venus Williams Arrives in Barbados Looking Healthy Despite all the Talks of Being Too Thin.
People were emailing me all day about the slim Venus Williams. Then I see the pictures and I’m like, “Ok…..she’s not that slim, what’s the big deal? ”.
Half the messages I received said she looked sick, the other half said she looked fantastic. I tend to agree with the later. She looks great and ready to go at it again.
WHAT HAPPENED TO VENUS?
She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Sjorgren’s Syndrome.
WHAT IS SJORGEN’S SYNDROME?
According to medicinenet.com:
Sjögren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disease characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes. Autoimmune diseases feature the abnormal production of extra antibodies in the blood that are directed against various tissues of the body. The misdirected immune system in autoimmunity tends to lead to inflammation of tissues. This particular autoimmune illness features inflammation in glands of the body that are responsible for producing tears and saliva. Inflammation of the glands that produce tears (lacrimal glands) leads to decreased water production for tears and decreased saliva production and dry eyes. Inflammation of the glands that produce the saliva in the mouth (salivary glands, including the parotid glands) leads to dry mouth and dry lips.
Got it?
Because of this syndrome Venus has changed up her diet which now focuses heavily on vegetables,
‘I changed my diet completely, so lots of vegetables,
‘I altered my mind set completely because I was the person who always ate their steak first and their salad second.’
She was seen this week in Barbados, one of very few recent public appearances. Sjorgren’s was giving Venus a run for her money. She was suffering fatigue, swelling and illness and could not compete this year. She is now ranked at 103rd in the World.
PLAYING AGAIN
The good news is she was in Barbados to play tennis. She will be playing in
Tennis Pon de Rock exhibition at the exclusive Sugar Hill Tennis Resort.
Serena and her expect to defend their doubles title in the Olympics and so far they are on the road to making that happen. Venus says,
‘We’re the defending champion and we want to defend our title and I don’t see why we wouldn’t
‘This is a good preview to the Olympics, we both want to play. So this is a great, great time for us, so exciting.’
I think people confused her with Serena. Venus was never huge, she has always been thin and sleek. She might have had more muscle tone but she was never beefy. Serena has enough beef and cake for the both of them.
Look at the pic below, even at her best Serena was svelte.
