return to homepage

Vegetarian for High Performance?

by Greg

I just finished reading a book called Thrive by Brendan Brazier. He's an iron man athlete but what makes him unusual is he's completely vegan.

That's more than vegetarian, that's no eggs, milk, whey etc. Now i am a certified meat eater and i doubt i will be giving up meat anytime in the near future but i found the book fascinating.

The premise of it is that eating a whole food diet based mainly off plants reduces the stress of digestion while providing a power pack of nutrients. This promotes faster recovery from exercise.

Is there anybody here who has tried this or has any thoughts?

Comments for
Vegetarian for High Performance?

Average Rating starstarstarstarstar

Click here to add your own comments

Rating
starstarstarstarstar 		good book NEW
by: Anonymous

Eat to Live another excellent book. vegan for 30 years exercise hiit for years.

Rating
starstarstarstarstar 		Raw Vegan diet
by: RawGirl

My body performs best with about a 90% raw vegan diet. It is indeed packed with nutrients, and my recovery time has never been this little. There are tons of athletes who rely on this type of nutrition, you can check them out at www.sunwarrior.com. That's also the raw vegan protein I use and it's been working wonders for my training. You will however go through an initial 'detox' stage, meaning you clean out the machine for it to run on a clean and highly efficient engine. :)

Many blessings!
Rating
starstarstarstarstar 		Thrive
by: Raúl

There is another good book related to this topic. It's call The China Study. I highly recommend reading it. Regards
Rating
starstarstarstarstar 		The China Study
by: Raúl

There is another good book related to this topic. It's call The China Study. I highly recommend reading it. Regards
Rating
starstarstarstarstar 		Thrive
by: Konstantin

The proof of the diet is in Brazier's performance - he's a top level Ironman and ultramarathon competitor, but as for my experience, I would endorse the book. He knows about food, and the book seems to be the result of his personal journey in researching food and trying to develop an optimum plan based on this.

The thinking is more than cutting stuff out. It's more about including more and more foods and receipies so that there isn't need for the lower value food. It's fairly well accepted that meat isn;t neccesary, and modern protein knowledge shows how easy it is to fulfil protein requirements. This book works on the principles that sufficient (not maximum) protein is optimum, and ensuring the other nutrients are fulfilled.

Some of the meal ideas don't work for me, and I don't follow his meal plans. I make some of his recipies and include them, and think they have helped me. There is more talk in sport about cutting out meat and dairy, and Thrive seems to be at the forefront of this development.

I would urge you to give these sorts of meals a try. Anecdonatally i feel it has improved my performance, and I think the science behind it is good.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How?
Simply click here to return to Nutrition


Loading

 Subscribe in a reader