“Fitness Magazine” Names Newly Vegan Celebrities As Icons
Written by Vegetarian Star on May 30th, 2012 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.
Fitness Magazine has named its top 20 celebrities who look good on camera and sweat hard off it.
“Bionic and iconic, these game changers have inspired us over the years to perspire and put our best body forward. Take a cue from our 20 favorite masters of motivation as they share their secrets to getting better, fitter, stronger than ever.”
A few of these icons happen to be athletes who’ve recently adopted vegan diet principles.
Venus Williams turned to a vegan diet after being diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome, a debilitating auto-immune condition. Sister Serena was said to adopt the diet as well, in support of her sister.
“Between them they have 82 tennis titles and five Olympic gold medals. Venus, 31, burst onto the professional tennis scene in 1994 at the age of 14, and eight years afterward became the first African-American woman to be ranked number one in the world. Serena became the second later that year.”
Cycling champion Lance Armstrong recently started a flexitarian “vegan until six” kind of plan where he eats mostly vegan throughout the day. He was motivated to eat more plant-based foods after spending time with author of The Engine 2 Diet, Rip Esselstyn.
“It would have been enough if he had merely been able to compete in the Tour de France, cycling’s most grueling and prestigious event. But no; after going into remission, he had to win the race not once but seven years in a row, setting a heroic and inspiring new standard for cancer survivorship.”
View all of Fitness Magazine’s Fit Celebrity Icons.
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