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A few anecdotes of the sort of: - The eldest olympian athlete at 39,5 winning a medal for the US being vegan? - The world record setting strong man Patrik Bab

by scns 5y ago

A few anecdotes of the sort of: - The eldest olympian athlete at 39,5 winning a medal for the US being vegan? - The world record setting strong man Patrik Baboumian being vegan? - The football team from Tennessee (IIRC) reaching the playoffs for the first time in 14 years (IIRC) after round 10 of their defensive players went vegan? It was pretty convincing to me because it was not presented with a "These poor animals" moralistic tone. But by a guy, whose job is to train soldiers in deadly hand-to-hand combat. He injured both his knees and stumbled over a study that concluded that a vegan diet might speed up his recovery. He actually tried it, and the results are pretty impressive IMHO.

popcube 5y ago
...show me statistics, if this is true we can immediately force people stop eat meat in hospital
- hjek 5y ago
  Here's a good resource: https://www.vegansociety.com/news/media/statistics https://www.vegansociety.com/news/media/statistics
nradov 5y ago
Elite athletes are a diverse bunch. You can find a few of them who follow all sorts of trendy diets, including carnivore, at least for a while. But if we look empirically at what works best in competition the vast majority of winning athletes across all sports are omnivores. https://www.8020endurance.com/the-80-20-nutrition-guide/ https://www.8020endurance.com/the-80-20-nutrition-guide/ There are also several anecdotal reports out there of athletes who tried vegan diets and found they got injured more frequently, or recovered more slowly. Does that mean anything? Who knows. There are so many confounding factors that it's impossible to research this issue in a truly rigorous way. There are a few such anecdotes listed here. I'm not endorsing this blog or any particular diet, just pointing out that we lack clear evidence based guidelines. https://www.lonesomelands.com/new-blog/2019/9/16/t2amoscp1u1ynq1ms3sk9shr5ewlvj https://www.lonesomelands.com/new-blog/2019/9/16/t2amoscp1u1...
GrumpyNl 5y ago
Dont forget, they all started as non-vegans, so all their base strength came from a on vegan diet.

by scns 5y ago

popcube 5y ago

...show me statistics, if this is true we can immediately force people stop eat meat in hospital

hjek 5y ago
Here's a good resource: https://www.vegansociety.com/news/media/statistics https://www.vegansociety.com/news/media/statistics

nradov 5y ago

Elite athletes are a diverse bunch. You can find a few of them who follow all sorts of trendy diets, including carnivore, at least for a while. But if we look empirically at what works best in competition the vast majority of winning athletes across all sports are omnivores. https://www.8020endurance.com/the-80-20-nutrition-guide/ https://www.8020endurance.com/the-80-20-nutrition-guide/ There are also several anecdotal reports out there of athletes who tried vegan diets and found they got injured more frequently, or recovered more slowly. Does that mean anything? Who knows. There are so many confounding factors that it's impossible to research this issue in a truly rigorous way. There are a few such anecdotes listed here. I'm not endorsing this blog or any particular diet, just pointing out that we lack clear evidence based guidelines. https://www.lonesomelands.com/new-blog/2019/9/16/t2amoscp1u1ynq1ms3sk9shr5ewlvj https://www.lonesomelands.com/new-blog/2019/9/16/t2amoscp1u1...

GrumpyNl 5y ago

Dont forget, they all started as non-vegans, so all their base strength came from a on vegan diet.