5 famous athletes, vegans or myth about protein

If the word "fitness" and "sport" for you - not an empty phrase, then you probably do not just have to see the wonder in the eyes of the people, when they learned about your food philosophy. Of course, because, according to most, sport - it's muscles, muscles - is the need for protein and protein - meat or exclusively, so be it, eggs and dairy products. Fortunately, things are not quite so, and science for a long time to understand this question. In case if the findings do not seem convincing enough to you, we've compiled the top 5 vegan athletes, so you can definitely be sure that the rejection of animal food - not a hindrance sporting achievements


. Of course, the protein - an important component of the diet of any person and the kind of building material for our bodies

. Various studies have shown that the recommended daily rate of protein intake is an average of 0, 75 grams per kilogram of body weight. Contrary to popular belief, proteins, we obtain not only food of animal origin, and for vegans, there are many protein-rich foods - legumes, grains, nuts, soy products. Even fruits and vegetables also contain proteins. For example, a portion of salad with chickpeas for lunch or chickpeas with steamed vegetables for dinner can provide 1/3 of the daily protein requirements (we hope that all of you eat more often). Now you know what to say to fans of all sorts of errors when they again begin to torment you with questions.

As promised, here are five inspiring examples of what vegans also excellent athletes:

Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis - a prominent American athlete and is probably one of the most famous in the world, vegan athletes. Nine-time Olympic champion in sprinting and long jump, an eight-time world champion. One of the few athletes who managed to win the "gold" for 4 consecutive Olympics in the same sport. Three years in a row (in 1982, 1983 and 1984), Karl became the best athlete of the world.

Charles was not always vegan, in fact, he chose the power supply system in preparation for the World Cup in 1991. According to him, so quickly he did not run yet never in my life. Needless to say that the championship is won it.



Dave Scott

It can rightly be called Iron Man, because Dave six-times winner of the legendary Ironman triathlon in the United States. This is one of the toughest competitions of the world, consisting of three stages. Participants have to swim 2, 4 miles (3 km 86), ride a bike 112 miles (180 km 25) and run a marathon - 26, 2 miles (42 195 km). Dave Scott did it first as much as 6 times, and all this time he was a vegetarian. Even having gone to "retire" at age 40, he decided to return to the competition and took the 2nd place. Is this not an indication of the excellent physical shape?



Alex Voivod

Incredibly nice to see Russian sportsmen in our list. Alex Voivod - our famous bobsledder and staunch vegan, twice champion of the Olympic Games in Sochi in twos and fours, Olympic silver medalist in 2006, fours, bronze medalist of the 2010 Olympics in twos, the world champion 2011 in twos. Prior to joining the bobsled Alex became a three-time world champion and three-time winner of the World Cup in the professional arm-wrestling.



Venus Williams

Venus Williams - American tennis player, five-time winner of Wimbledon and two-time winner of the US Open in singles, four-time Olympic champion. The older sister of Serena Williams. Throughout his career, Venus has now won 46 tournaments in singles and 21 in doubles. Unfortunately, it has pushed to become a vegan autoimmune disease. But this does not detract from her sporting achievements! By the way, inspired by Serena Williams and sister also decided to change its power system.



Jonas von Essen

And finally. You see this handsome guy? Meet this Jonas von Essen from Sweden. In 2013, he became the champion of the world from memory. And he is also vegan. Just imagine, for 5 minutes, he could remember the names of 59 individuals and 350 random numbers, random words or 95 106 historical dates. In memorizing a sequence of 52 cards in the deck he takes only about 40 seconds.

We often say that the memory needs to be trained, so we decided to include Jonas in the list of athletes and to add to our piggy bank is another great example of how vegans succeed in the most unexpected areas.