Vegetarian Athletes

From Roman Gladiators to vegetarians and meat eaters – in this podcast episode, we discover how diet can affect our strength and endurance. 

This episode features audio from The Gladiator Diet: How Vegetarian Athletes Stack Up, The First Studies on Vegetarian Athletes, and Vegetarian Muscle Power, Strength, & Endurance.

Regardless of your underlying diet, there are certain foods that may help enhance athletic performance and recovery:

• Reducing Muscle Fatigue with Citrus
• Reducing Muscle Soreness with Berries
• Preventing Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress with Watercress
• “Veg-Table” Dietary Nitrate Scoring Method
• Fennel Seeds to Improve Athletic Performance
• Coconut Water for Athletic Performance vs. Sports Drinks
• Foods to Improve Athletic Performance & Recovery
• Ground Ginger to Reduce Muscle Pain
• Enhanced Athletic Recovery without Undermining Adaptation
• Watermelon for Sore Muscle Relief

In health,
Michael Greger, M.D.

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• 2019: Evidence-Based Weight Loss
• 2016: How Not To Die: The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting, and Reversing Our Top 15 Killers
• 2015: Food as Medicine: Preventing and Treating the Most Dreaded Diseases with Diet
• 2014: From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases with Food
• 2013: More Than an Apple a Day
• 2012: Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death