IS HIGH PERFORMANCE SUSTAINABLE ON A #VEGAN DIET?
This is a question I came across recently in relation to well-known vegan athlete Carl Lewis.
Someone was arguing that although although Carl produced his peak performance during his first year on a vegan diet, the results deteriorated after that. Their (somewhat biased) point was that while going vegan often produces positive short-term gains, it isn't sustainable and athletic performance quickly drops off in the longer term.
What this troll didn't mention was that Carl went vegan when he seemed to have already passed his peak, and subsequently continued to perform at a world-class level long after most athletes his age have retired.
Another example which completely blows this 'unsustainable' argument out of the water is world champion strongman Patrick Braboumian.
Patrick won the title of Germany's Strongest Man back in 2011 after 6 years as a vegetarian. That was the same year he went vegan. Significantly, since then he has continued to smash world records, becoming stronger than ever as proven last year, after 4 years vegan, by breaking another world record for the yolk-carry... previously held by himself!
This is a question I came across recently in relation to well-known vegan athlete Carl Lewis.
Someone was arguing that although although Carl produced his peak performance during his first year on a vegan diet, the results deteriorated after that. Their (somewhat biased) point was that while going vegan often produces positive short-term gains, it isn't sustainable and athletic performance quickly drops off in the longer term.
What this troll didn't mention was that Carl went vegan when he seemed to have already passed his peak, and subsequently continued to perform at a world-class level long after most athletes his age have retired.
Another example which completely blows this 'unsustainable' argument out of the water is world champion strongman Patrick Braboumian.
Patrick won the title of Germany's Strongest Man back in 2011 after 6 years as a vegetarian. That was the same year he went vegan. Significantly, since then he has continued to smash world records, becoming stronger than ever as proven last year, after 4 years vegan, by breaking another world record for the yolk-carry... previously held by himself!