Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink, Recipes.
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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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Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Natalie Coughlin Shares Olympic Fitness Routine
Natalie Coughlin has already shared how she’s putting the right ingredients into her body to snag a Gold Medal at this year’s Olympic Games.
The flexitarian who grows her own vegetables is now revealing some of her fitness secrets to the New York Daily News.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, July 12th, 2012 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Flexitarian, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Natalie Coughlin Grows Own Greens For Flexitarian Diet
Natalie Coughlin knows the importance of limiting her meat intake. And it’s so easy for this eleven time Olympic medalist to keep up her flexitarian diet since all she has to do is go straight to her own backyard garden.
“I really lean toward a plant-based diet,” Coughlin told Fitness Magazine. “I have seven vegetable beds, one is all kale since that’s one of the best foods for you.”
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Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, April 27th, 2012 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Farming, Flexitarian, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Natalie Coughlin–Too Much Meat Gets You In Deep Water
Eleven-time Olympic American medalist Natalie Coughlin has not joined the ranks of athletes who’ve sworn off turkey for tempeh. The swimmer admits her first meal at the London summer games will probably be bangers and mash. But she’s smart enough to know a flexitarian diet that reduces her meat intake, especially during training season, is Gold worthy.
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