Vegan Athletes and Dairy Partnerships: Let’s Talk Paris Olympics
Vegan Athletes and Dairy Partnerships: Let’s Talk Paris Olympics
Can vegans be strong? Do you need to eat animal foods to have an athletic edge? In this video I’ll explore a Bon Appetit article that showcases Olympic athletes that have thrived on a vegan diet, many of whom will be competing in the upcoming Paris Summer Olympics.
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Hong Kong vegan fencer Vivian Kong just won GOLD in Women's Individual Épée. She's been vegan for 7 years, and she credits the plant-based diet for helping her with recovery. I'm seeing very positive coverage in my local news too!
I can't help but notice your cushion. Have you ever seen a moose from your yard? #teamherbivore
No studies on vegan athletes? 1906 Yale study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aog5kWeIu9o
I am glad that more and more people are going plant based with their diet, but eating plants only doesn't make one a vegan. Vegan is an ethical position, not a diet.
Most of the athletes are just on a plant diet rather than vegan.
Now of course giving up eating animals and animal products is an awesome step in the right direction and probably would remove the vast majority of animal suffering as food is the primary reason for it, but not vegan.
I say that as someone who avoids eating animal products as much as possible while also not claiming the title of vegan.
Most vegans are just dietary vegetarians.
Still love the content, interviews, and all that. Just clarifying the language of those articles.
14:55 coca cola I believe sponsored the olympics between 2008 and 2014. That said – they did try for a healthier direction with odwalla and dasani and whatnot back then, even if bottled water isn't ideal – it's better than soda for sure!
11:43 not me – I just know about kor shots – which're power drinks to me!
9:23 she's cool – I think I saw her on plantstrong or something
3:19 I know her
Funny to see ultramarathon legend Scott Jurek included in an article about Olympians. And for him to be called a “marathoner.” Anyway, he certainly belongs in the plant-based athlete hall of fame. It is awesome to see these stories and get the word out, I still feel like my whole-food, plant-based diet is rare among the trail ultra community I hang out with. I typically win my age group and finish near the top of the field overall. I like to show what is possible and that animal products are not necessary. But if my performance was limited, I still would not eat meat, eggs or dairy. They make me sad 😢 and plants make me happy 😊
As someone who doesn't keep tabs on the Olympics at all really, this was a interesting video, all news to me. Great job lass fair play.🌱🌅💪☘️
Steroids usefulness largely comes from it's rapid recovery rate so athletes harnessing plants for similar effects makes sense.
How funny/sad would it be if a vegan diet was banned in sports for it's "enhancement" effect?
17% is huge but I’m not surprised since they need to have an edge and being plant based can lower your fat and raise your recovery.
Good video. Wherever money's to be made the abusing industries will be there with their bribes and corruption. They must realise, and fear, that more people are learning that we don't need animal products.
Great awareness, thank you 👍
‘Keep going, jerk and clean.’ What a choice of words. GO VEGAN
I tried the plant based diet for 2 years after stopping smoking because I expected better health but my health deteriorated very fast, I needed to switch to a meat only diet to correct all of the following health problems:
obesity, prediabetes, loose teeth, bleeding gums, sensitive teeth
cold sores, blocked sinuses, mouth breathing, left eye twitches (tetany)
heartburn, calf cramps, yellow stool, blood in stool
edema below the knees, painful feet when walking, sunburn is less
shoulder, back and neck pain after waking, lower back pain and stiffness
5+ Years on the carnivore lifestyle now 🙂
Eat Meat, Not Too Little, Mostly Fat
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If "clean and jerk" made you giggle, wait till you find out what the other lift is called 🤭
False advertising. I've been vegan for 5 years and still haven't been called up to the Australian Olympic figure skating team 😢
It seems like the discussion around veganism has changed since Covid away from health benefits. It’s partly because of vegans wanting to point out that it’s not the point and Joe Rogan’s popularity souring and arguing loudly against the health benefits. It could just be my perspective because Netflix does seem to support veganism. I also saw the a commercial for a movie last night called Speak No Evil that had a vegan featured in the commercial, so maybe I’m wrong. It just seems like we lost traction and I think it’s because health benefits aren’t talked about much anymore.
"Clean and jerk" describes the way the barbell is lifted straight from the floor to above the head in one "clean" motion without any intermediate "rest" on the chest before lifting it over the head. That requires a massive "jerk" off the floor to accomplish! Yes, I'm "man-splaining" again, I can't help myself.
That Bon Appétit article is a good step in the right direction. Lots of people will read it, and maybe for a few people it will be the final nudge they need to go plant-based. As for that It's Alive episode, I had never heard of it. Obviously I'm not going to watch it. 🤢
Here in Manitoba, the Dairy Farmers are giving away milk shakes at events such as Folk Fest and the Icelandic Festival and have a heavy presence at the Children's Museum. Sniff. Sniff. Smells like desperation to me. By the way, I met both Meaghan Duhamel and Dotsie Bausch as well as vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke at the Athletes for Animals event put on by the Winnipeg Humane Society in May.
Great video!
Positive note: ALPRO, plant-based « Dairy » products, are official Sponsors of the Paris 2024 OG. Which is amazing for France…!
Was suspicious that this was a just a reason for you to talk about figure skating . . . . A-ha! In all seriousness, it's gratifying and interesting that mainstream publications are taking note of plant-powered athletes because despite The Game Changers, the idea that one cannot be an elite athlete on a plant-based diet–I use this term the right way, to refer to vegan-by-mouth, rather than vegan-in-all-consumer-habits, ahem–continues to be doubted. Partly because of our old friend, The Dairy Checkoff Program. [eye roll] Thanks for posting 🙂
Hell yeah! I just came from a wushu tournament last week myself (ofc nothing world class or anything), and I can say that I am pretty proud of my performance
Vegan ftw