Many professional athletes follow strict diets to sustain their physical durability and performance. Numerous athletes now follow vegetarian and vegan diets. NBA stars Chris Paul and Kyrie Irving are ...

Bodybuilder Dani Taylor said she gets plenty of protein to build muscle on a plant-based diet. She said the extra fiber in vegan food can help her stay full while burning fat for competition. Taylor ...

3) Meagan Duhamel Meat wasnt behind the metals for this two-time figure skating world champion and Olympic gold medalist. After reading a book about veganism at an airport bookstore, Meagan told CBC ...

Former pro Ironman triathlete Brendan Brazier is clear-eyed about the challenges he faced switching to a 100% plant-based diet early on. When asked if endurance sports or veganism came first for him, ...

Plant-based diets and veganism are on the rise, and more athletes and professional sports people are turning to them as their preferred diet. While the amount of exercise required to stay at the top ...

Building muscle on a vegan plate still raises eyebrows at gyms and dinner tables alike. Friends ask where the protein comes ...

Chad Weller, a Miami-based ultra athlete and running coach, has kept to a vegan diet for 18 of his 35 years on earth. He’s been an endurance runner for 15 of those, and has competed in more than one ...

“But like… How do you get your protein?” Is a question that most vegan athletes claim to receive daily, along with, “Doesn’t an athlete like you need to eat meat?” and “What about calcium?” These ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Brendan Brazier it all started with a smoothie. The former Ironman triathlete and ultra-marathon champion said he decided to change to a vegan diet as a high school athlete ...

Kettlebell sport champ Jennifer Hintenberger shared the smoothie recipe she uses to start the day. Ingredients like spinach, cherries, ginger, and turmeric can help speed recovery and prevent illness.

Indeed, vegan athletes including Washington and 10-time Olympic medalist Carl Lewis – who has said that athletes have “the worst diets in the world and compete in spite of it” – tend to agree that ...

If you’ve ever seen Kollins Ezekh or followed one of his workouts on Instagram, you surely noticed his chiseled muscles and six-pack abs. But this incredibly fit boxer is also a vegan – one of a ...