Vegetarian Diet?

I've been a vegan/ vegetarian for 15 years. I run anywhere from 30-40 mpw to 120+ mpw. I stared in my early 30's and have no regrets.

As far as your dietary interests, I would look seriously at hemp rather than flax as a complimentary balance to olive oil. Read up on it, you'll be amazed.

Also a vegan, only for four months though.

An increase in my mileage was happening right when I decided to go vegan, and it was the best I had ever felt, while hitting a new high in mileage.

I did it in steps though, cut out red meat first, then poultry, and so on.

I have no regrets, I love it, and I feel amazing.

I was running around 80 mpw, and now tapering for track season, 40-50 mpw.

Congrats on your decision to go veg! I have been a vegetarian for 11 years and running for 13-no regrets! If youre going to go vegan you have to be very careful about meal planning and what you eat (also hard when you travel). Make sure you take an iron supplement and b12 if you're vegan.Don't skimp on protein or healthy fats. I also notice when I don't eat sugar or processed food I feel much better. Experiment with vegetarian recipies and you'll be on your way to a healthy lifestyle that is bound to help your running if you do it right!

be careful and gradual about all things, including mileage.

I gave myself anemia on a vegan diet - ferritin of 6.

It can be done, and you will feel much better overall. However it requires some planning, and at a minimum B12 supplements unless you are eating vegetables grown in organic (i.e. living) dirt.

Hemp oil is very effective vs Flax seed.

Been looking for some good web sites to read up on hemp oil. Anybody have any info?

Vegan diet did not work for me. However Ovo-Lacto vegetarian diet works very well for what I need. I take a supplement and have eliminated almost all processed foods and I feel better than I have in years.

Google Rutgers, hemp oil

The first link that comes up is a Rutgers study PDF, good info.

dr. fuhrman approach is heads on. greens and beans. really can't go wrong. one of the problems for me is/was changing the idea of veggies as a side dish to veggies as a main dish. also learing to cook this way is hard as it can get boring having fruit for breakfast, salad for lunch, soup or salad or cooked veggies for dinner. his recipes are not real tasty, so i look at veggie/vegan/raw cookbooks and try to adapt them to "eat to live" as best as possible.

also, eat to live is different than vegetarian or vegan as it elimates most added fats with the exception of avocado, nuts, seeds, and of course those naturally found in food. also, the furhman diet also may included fish protein for those interested.

the biggest thing i learned from fuhrman is elimination of prossed foods and refined carbs.

Fuhrman's book has been an excellent source for me. I'm 49, have been vegetarian for four years, and have tended toward vegan the last year. I run 80+ mpw most of the year and doubles four times per week (thanks, malmo). I eat more grains and nuts than a nonrunner would following Fuhrman. He himself talks about how much more he was eating when he was a competitive skater.

It would seem hard to take in enough food and do 80+ miles and serious training.

I have been a vegetarian since I was 15 and a vegan since I was 22. I run 60 miles a week typically, depending on what I am going to be racing next.

It is hard to eat while traveling but other than that everything about it is second nature. I started being a vegetarian and then a vegan because I noticed that I felt better while running when I had not eaten meat and then later dairy.

I have from time to time thought about including egg whites in my diet again but I never have.

At times I have trouble eating enough but I don't think that is related to being a vegan as much as it is due to running as much as I do and some of my other activities. Sometimes I just feel like a bottomless pit when it comes to eating. The most I have weighed was 188 but I was lifting a ton of weights at the time (in order to play baseball). Right now I am 169 (the same weight as when I graduated high school) and still as active as I was 15 years ago.

I've been a vegetarian for almost thirty years. Other than nonfat yogurt on rare occasions, I've consumed no significant amount of animal products during that time, and very little fat until recent years, when I've become persuaded of the health benefits of certain fatty acids. I don't know whether my diet has been good or bad for my running, but I became a much better runner after becoming a vegetarian. (Of course, I also trained like a beast.)

Can someone give me more details of Fuhrmans approach? His website didn't give much in details.

Thanks

b

I got both of his diet books. Eat To Live was published in 2003 and Cholesterol Protection For Life was just revised last year. I liked Cholesterol Protection For Life best. It is more concise and condensed. It's really a great book. I'd recommend that anyone read it.

bagman wrote:

Can someone give me more details of Fuhrmans approach? His website didn't give much in details.

You might want to make the modest of investment of picking up a paperback copy of Furhman's "Eat to Live."

A principle behind a vegan diet is nutrient density. That is, nutrients by *calorie* and NOT by *weight*.

Broccoli, for instance, is far more nutrient dense than sirloin steak.

Nutrients present in 100 calories

broccoli vs steak

Protein (gm)

11.2 vs 5.4

Fiber (gm)

4.7 vs 0

Vitamin A (IU)

7750 vs 24

Vitamin C (mg)

350 vs 0

Vitamin E (IU)

26 vs 0

Calcium (mg)

322 vs 2.4

Antioxidants

very high vs 0

Phytochemicals

very high vs 0

serving wt.

10.6 oz vs 0.84 oz

For further reading:

http://www.heartattackproof.com/

pere et fils:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/national/26vegan.html?fta=y

www.engine2.org

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