Vegan Fuel

One of the main theories held by meat eating advocates is that becoming vegetarian/vegan cannot possibly be healthy. It is a common belief that humans need an extreme amount of animal protein in order to be considered healthy and strong. I invite all of those meat eating fanatics to take a look at this sports article in the New York Times about Ultra-marathon runner, Scott Jurek, who runs 25 miles on a light day and has set many marathon records, fueled by his completely vegan diet which he labels, “real food, eating the way people have been eating for thousands of years.” In the past many people lived on mainly plant based foods and it is time that we return to that lifestyle for the sake of our health. I myself do pretty intense workouts 6 days a week and chase a 2 year-old around the rest of the time. I have been more energetic since cutting out animal products than I have ever been. If you are interested in reading that article here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/sports/13runner.html