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It's not just less enjoyable, plant protein is flat-out inferior. The amino acid profile of meat is better (eg leucine) and meat contains creatine, which is ess

by cgh 10y ago

It's not just less enjoyable, plant protein is flat-out inferior. The amino acid profile of meat is better (eg leucine) and meat contains creatine, which is essential for explosive athletic performance and which is completely unavailable from plants. It's why powerlifters and practically every other strength and power athlete eats meat.

marricks 10y ago
Like this world record breaking vegan power lifter? http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=6137&catId=8 http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=6137&catId=8 What about this vegan NFL player? https://redditblog.com/2016/06/24/300-pound-vegan-david-carter-shares-meat-free-tips-on-beefing-up/ https://redditblog.com/2016/06/24/300-pound-vegan-david-cart... Bit more about myself since I think it's applicable: I'm no world class athlete, but I went vegetarian and started weight lifting a while back. Benched like 120 starting out. Now I'm vegan and can bench 200+ lbs, gained that muscle without eating animals. Sure, there's some random ingredient that studies show only meat has and may help a little, but plenty of vegan athletes are starting to pop up and show there isn't some special thing in dead animals.
- throwaway243546 10y ago
  Let's not forget the record holder and only male American weightlifter to qualify for the last olympics: http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/articles/why-americas-best-olympic-weightlifter-is-vegan-w434203 http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/articles/why-ameri... The common theme among vegan athletes is that recovery times improve substantially.
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lolwaaaat 10y ago
This is just demonstrably false. There are millions of people who don't eat meat and have no protein problems. There are also plenty of vegan vegetarian athletes and strongmen. Please learn about them.
allworknoplay 10y ago
There have been a bunch of vegetarian Mr. Universes, and plenty of vegetarians and vegans peppered liberally across every other pro sport. I'm not going to argue with you about the exact impact of meat vs plant protein on your body, but there's plenty of evidence that this isn't remotely a barrier to top performance.
mrb 10y ago
"completely unavailable from plants" True but highly misleading. Even a vegan will have some amount of creatine because this molecule is produced by the liver and kidney. Also the effects of creatine aren't that well studied: http://www.webmd.com/men/creatine http://www.webmd.com/men/creatine I don't know why I joined this discussion. I am neither vegan nor an athlete.

by cgh 10y ago

marricks 10y ago

Like this world record breaking vegan power lifter? http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=6137&catId=8 http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=6137&catId=8 What about this vegan NFL player? https://redditblog.com/2016/06/24/300-pound-vegan-david-carter-shares-meat-free-tips-on-beefing-up/ https://redditblog.com/2016/06/24/300-pound-vegan-david-cart... Bit more about myself since I think it's applicable: I'm no world class athlete, but I went vegetarian and started weight lifting a while back. Benched like 120 starting out. Now I'm vegan and can bench 200+ lbs, gained that muscle without eating animals. Sure, there's some random ingredient that studies show only meat has and may help a little, but plenty of vegan athletes are starting to pop up and show there isn't some special thing in dead animals.

throwaway243546 10y ago
Let's not forget the record holder and only male American weightlifter to qualify for the last olympics: http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/articles/why-americas-best-olympic-weightlifter-is-vegan-w434203 http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/articles/why-ameri... The common theme among vegan athletes is that recovery times improve substantially.
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lolwaaaat 10y ago

This is just demonstrably false. There are millions of people who don't eat meat and have no protein problems. There are also plenty of vegan vegetarian athletes and strongmen. Please learn about them.

allworknoplay 10y ago

There have been a bunch of vegetarian Mr. Universes, and plenty of vegetarians and vegans peppered liberally across every other pro sport. I'm not going to argue with you about the exact impact of meat vs plant protein on your body, but there's plenty of evidence that this isn't remotely a barrier to top performance.

mrb 10y ago

"completely unavailable from plants" True but highly misleading. Even a vegan will have some amount of creatine because this molecule is produced by the liver and kidney. Also the effects of creatine aren't that well studied: http://www.webmd.com/men/creatine http://www.webmd.com/men/creatine I don't know why I joined this discussion. I am neither vegan nor an athlete.