Vegetarian Star

Sydney Leroux gave up eating meat three years ago because of her love for animals, like her Chihuahua, Boss, who happens to have his own Twitter page.

Though she has some setbacks eating vegetarian on the road as a professional athlete, those obstacles haven’t hindered her performance, as she scored the goal that sent the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team into the semifinals at this year’s London Olympic games.

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Dotsie Bausch (far left), a seven-time U.S. National bike racer who pedals on plant power, helped the U.S. Women’s Cycling Team win a Silver Medal at the Olympic Velodrome this past week.

Bausch and her teammates Sarah Hammer and Lauren Tamayo averaged a speed of 54.073 Km/h, or 33.5 mph, on the track,finishing a mere 5 seconds behind the British, who set a new world record of 3:14.051 for the gold.

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“Everybody is a nutritionist now and they’re an expert on protein. Every day, every single day somebody knows something new to do. I just smile and say, ‘OK.’ “I didn’t just blindly stop eating meat. I know what I’m doing.”

—Arian Foster, on the fact that he didn’t wake up yesterday and decide to trade beef for a steady diet of blueberries. He woke up a long time ago and realized eating cows wasn’t cool. And that blueberries need to be paired with a protein-rich non-dairy beverage like soy milk in a smoothie.

Photo:  AJ Guel/Creative Commons

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Thomas Tadlock has worked as a celebrity fitness instructor, professional sports consultant, MTV’s Hottest Body trainer and is the CEO of Express Results Boot Camp, a fitness boot camp in Orange County, California.

Tadlock has an interview on tape with Masters Audio Club, where he discusses the secrets to fitness through a healthy diet.

For Tadlock, healthy diet means plant-based.

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Natalie Coughlin, USA Olympic swimmer who follows a mostly plant-based diet, enjoys making a Moroccan spread that is very similar to hummus with chickpeas or garbanzo beans.

“I love fava beans. I really like making a hummus with fava beans, and that’s actually one of the things I grow in my garden. I love eating the leaves and the beans.”

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Jake Shields has been a lifelong vegetarian, who, like many looking to improve upon their diet and health, has gradually incorporated vegan meals into his diet.

The MMA fighter revealed during an interview that one of the biggest issues he has with the diet is finding the right protein supplement.

That is, until he discovered Sun Warrior.

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Dylan Wykes is considered Canada’s fastest marathoner and is now planning to take that title worldwide at the London games.

Wykes fuels his training sessions with plant-based protein, something he says an athlete should have no problem doing if researched correctly.

“It helps you really pay attention to what you’re taking in each day,” Wykes said.

Some of his daily foods are discussed in an article at the Huffington Post.

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Lizzie Armitstead took home the Silver Medal during this weekend’s 87-mile Olympic games race in London.

The British cyclist told her mother at the age of 10 she wanted to become a vegetarian and the she’s been using plants to help her race to the finish line ever since.

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