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Want to know the secret weapon top runners are increasingly adopting?
Want to know the secret weapon top runners are increasingly adopting?
A plant-powered diet is rapidly emerging from niche interest to an evidence-based strategy for athletic excellence. This isn't just about ethics; it's about optimizing your performance from the cellular level up.
We will explore the growing body of science that shows how a whole-food, plant-rich diet provides runners with unparalleled advantages, enhancing everything from sustained energy levels and recovery to boosting key metrics like VO2 Max. Crucially, we’ll also look at the performance roadblock posed by animal products, specifically detailing how the high levels of saturated fats in meat can acutely impair endothelial function, literally slowing down your circulatory system and compromising your endurance.
If you are a casual reader or an athlete serious about longevity and peak performance, the data is compelling. Discover the evidence-backed reasons why choosing plants is the smartest move you can make for your running life.
Considering trying this simple app designed for new vegans by the Vegan Society.
Over 30 days, we will cover the basics of transitioning to a vegan lifestyle with our short, daily videos. The videos are presented by Mic the Vegan, Rae Likes Froot and Jay Brave, who will act as your personal vegan guides, exploring the most common stumbling blocks to going vegan and giving you the tools to overcome them.
12 Game-Changing Vegan Recipes for Athletes
12 Game-Changing Vegan Recipes for Athletes
Try these 12 interesting recipes to fuel your performance.
Vegan 101 from VIVA!
Vegan 101 from VIVA!
VIVA! provides a simple guide, shopping tips and tricks on how to kick the craving, tasty food substitutes and a bunch of recipes.
Vegan Easy 30 day challenge
Vegan Easy 30 day challenge
If you’ve ever thought about becoming vegan, here’s your chance to try out living a healthy, compassionate life, with 30 days of support (via email) to guide you. Vegan Easy
Improve your performance through gut health
Improve your performance through gut health
Improving the diversity of your gut microbiota with a plant based diet can improve your overall health, sports performance and post-exercise recovery. A diet rich is fibre, polyphenols and probiotics is the most effective way to boost the diversity of gut microbiota.
Common dietary strategies in athletes, such as high protein and simple carbohydrate intake, low intake of non digestible carbohydrates, and food avoidance, may adversely impact the gut microbiota and predispose athletes to gastrointestinal distress and thus impair performance.
"In the UK, on average, we are eating more than enough protein so we don’t need extra from supplements or products with added protein. But it is important to get protein from a range of different foods including beans, lentils, chickpeas that are also naturally low in fat and high in fibre." - Helena Gibson-Moore, Nutrition Scientist, British Nutrition Foundation
The Protein Myth
The Protein Myth
Study after study has shown the optimal protein levels can be attained through a varied plant based diet. If the diet is primarily whole foods (as apposed to highly processed convenience foods) then other health advantages accrue that aid athletic performance.
Furthermore, eating more protein than required does not improve health outcomes.
Furthermore, eating more protein than required does not improve health outcomes.
This video provides a summary of the evidence about protein requirements.
This video (of less then 2 minutes) from the Vegan Society provides guidance key sources of plant protein.
Eating Our Way to Extinction
Eating Our Way to Extinction
The entire eco-system and all the worlds wildlife depend on humankind ditching all animal agriculture. A 35 minute edited edition on Youtube. Avoiding mass extinction is just a choice.
Why Ditch Dairy?
Why Ditch Dairy?
The truth behind the industry that producers eggs and dairy products in video.
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