Vegan Cookbook for Athletes by Thomas Slow

Author:Thomas Slow [Slow, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 2020-01-29T23:00:00+00:00

Why athletes should go vegan

Getting your body in shape requires figuring out the kind of diet you can hold indefinitely. This would most commonly be a diet that’s affordable, light on your digestion, and in line with your personal beliefs and lifestyle.

When you add the requirement of achieving athletic results on a vegan diet, you’ve entered a whole new paradigm of eating that comes down to having a scientifically based and competitive diet that lets you achieve your inner potential to the fullest.

Veganism. You see it all over the place, and lots and lots of people like to talk about it, which, of course, leads to a completely reliable source of information… ha! Wouldn’t that be great? But, as humanity kicks in, you start to realize that a lot of these sources are completely untrustworthy.

Now, as more and more people talk about it and more and more opinions get thrown around, mixed in with some fallacies and judgments, combined with some paranoia, and you get yourself a nice, tasty Stew of Ignorance with just a dabble of truth at the bottom, but you can’t even see it because of all the stuff floating around on top of it. Don’t drink the Stew of Ignorance! Instead, look for real sources who are on the side of the facts (that’s me). Through the new chapters, I’ll be taking various things out of the Stew of Ignorance until we get to the root of the matter.

The first “ingredient” that mucks up the Stew of Ignorance is myths. Myths, myths, myths. There’s about a bazillion of them associated with veganism, but let’s knock off each one, one at a time, good and bad, and give you a real picture of what veganism is actually about. Pour out that Stew of Ignorance!

Myth Number 1: The biggest one is that veganism cannot actually sustain you. You’ve probably heard this argument before, maybe even toted with a “we aren’t rabbits, you know.” Funny? Yes. But also, completely untrue. Now, there is some merit to this argument, and here it is: if you don’t do it right, cutting out meat and dairy products can lead to some deficiencies (like vitamin B, calcium deficiencies, etc.). Here’s the thing it all boils down to: if you don’t plan, no diet will really work. Before starting such a diet, make sure to be knowledgeable about the potential drawbacks and plan for them, thus destroying Myth Number 1.

Myth Number 2: Veganism makes you healthier than normal diets! It’s the exact opposite of Myth Number 1, and it’s also just… well, it’s just not entirely correct. Yes, various studies have shown that people who are vegans tend to have lower rates of heart disease and cancers and actually just feel better in general. On face value, hooray! Veganism fixes everything! The truth is a bit more complicated: most people who are vegans also practice very healthy lifestyles and, once you remove the figures about meat-eaters who skew the data with terrible health (cigarette smokers, overeaters, etc.

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