Outside Interests
Wilk, having been diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic in 1997, offers help and support to other young sufferers. Wilk also has donated about $12,000 for the Orange County chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Unable to find an all natural, sugar-free lemonade that would fit with his diet management and exercise plan, Wilk began formulating his own lemonade in his kitchen along with the help of his wife, Selene Vigil. After much feedback from friends and family, Wilk started Olade, a sugar-free beverage intended for others who suffer from diabetes. As of December 2009, the Food and Drug Administration approved Olade to be put into the market as a non-dietary supplement, meaning anyone with or without diabetes can consume it.
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