Top MMA Fighters Raving about Vegetarianism

That’s right, some of the world’s top Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters are into vegetarianism. I was out of town recently and was using the computer at the hotel instead of my own. The home page when you opened Firefox was www.yahoo.com (which I never visit when at home). I noticed a featured article on the homepage was something about MMA fighters increasingly eating an “organic” diet and was curious, so clicked on the link. Once I opened the article, I saw it was less about “organic” and more...

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Increasing Anabolism With Enzymes

By: Dr. William Wong, ND, PhD. Most of us in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine during the 1970's and 80's had supposed that the monumental achievements of the totalitarian Communist countries in Olympic sport had been solely the result of their widespread use of drugs, anti inflammatory cortico steroids, growth enhancing drugs such as Human Growth Hormone, Thyroid hormone, IGF 1 hormone and muscle building anabolic steroids. (1). And indeed the uses of these drugs and other medical techniques...

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UFC Fighter Mac Danzig's Vegan Diet

By Mac Danzig Although there are other people at the controls, manning and updating my websites, I do read all of the mail, and the questions I get asked most often (hundreds upon hundreds of times now) are about my diet. All of the emails and letters are so hard to keep up with, so I finally sat down and decided to write a comprehensive look at my diet. I'm writing this on the fly, so even though it's long, I will most certainly leave some...

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Making The Vegan Diet Work

By Mike Mahler There is no way that you can get big and strong on a vegan diet! I used to hear this all the time from my meat-eating friends. I say, used to as I never hear it anymore from people that know me or from people that have seen my photos on my website. Yes my friends, you can in fact get bigger and stronger on a vegetarian diet. You can even do it on a vegan diet (no animal products whatsoever). Just because the pot smoking, rice dream eating hippie vegetarian in Venice Beach,...

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Power Vegan Meals For Hard Training Athletes

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by MIKE MAHLER Here are a variety of vegan meals that have a nice balance of protein, fat, low glycemic carbohydrates and are supercharged with spices and plant sterols. Supercharged Lentil And Veggie Mix Steam the following for 30 minutes 1 cup of baby spinach 1/4 cup of fresh basil 1 cup of baby carrots 1 tomato 2 cups of cauliflower 2 cups of lentils Spices added: 1/4 teaspoon each of: garlic, turmeric, oregano, and fennel seeds. After the meal is cooked add 2 tablespoons of...

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Grow A Younger Body With Plant-Based Whole Foods

By Brendan Brazier Believe it or not, it is actually possible to any of us to "grow" a younger body. Simply put, a younger body is one that has regenerated its cells more recently. The key to maintaining (or developing) a functional, young body is to encourage it to be in a constant state of regeneration. Before the body can regenerate, however, it must be given reason to do so. The best reason is through regular exercise. Remember that exercise is really nothing more than the breaking down of...

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Eating for Maximal Strength, Health, Energy and Muscle

By: Ryan D. Andrews MS, MA, RD, CSCS I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you probably know what foods to eat for optimal health and body composition. The bad news is that you probably aren’t eating those healthy foods at regular intervals. Every time we sit down to eat, decisions are made that will impact our strength, health, energy and muscle mass. This article will help you to maximize those variables by outlining what to eat and when to eat it. Legumes Yes, I just typed...

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