Plant-Based Athletes

Now more than ever, athletes are reaching for lentils, edamame, and chickpeas instead of biting into steak dinner, to raise their strength, fitness, and overall performance levels. Here are 21 athletes who credit switching to a vegan or plant-based diet with improving their fitness and results – through faster recovery time between workouts, quicker healing from injury, and being able to build lea

Now is the perfect time to do some spring cleaning when it comes to your daily routine and health habits, and Tom Brady, his body coach Alex Guerrero, and the team at TB12 – the health and wellness company co-founded by the famous QB – are sharing their tips on how to get in shape and set a healthy routine for this season and for years to come. The way to achieve your optimal well-being ... Read M

A handful of Winter Olympic athletes are ditching meat and dairy to improve their performance like Meagan Duhamel, Bella Wright, and three-time Olympic medalist Hannah Teter, who made the switch to a plant-based diet six years ago and said it changed her life. While not com...

Vegan food and athletic excellence were once believed to be at odds, especially when it came to building strong, grid-iron muscles large enough to bulldoze a forward line. But then  NFL stars like Tom Brady and Cam Newton blasted through those old myths, showing that a body built by plant protein was just as fast, strong, and able to win as any other. Now Newt...

Drake-backed vegan chicken brand Daring Foods entered the plant-based arena four years ago, aiming to offer a sustainable alternative to some of the world’s most desired foods. Now, the vegan company is partnering with the Olympic Fencing star Miles Chamley-Watson through its new Daring Moves platform. The Olymp...

When a world-class tennis player and a celebrity chef get together, aces are served, and in this exclusive conversation that took place during Happy Viking's event at Dumbo House last week, those aces happen to be tips on how to start a plant-based diet. Venus...

NBA star Chris Paul is teaming up with plant-based beverage brand Koia to bring healthy, nutrient-rich food options to underserved communities across the US. The Phoenix Suns point guard went vegan in 2019, and since has dedicated himself to advocating for plant-based eating, investing in several vegan companies over recent years. The partnership be...

Olympic athlete Cheavon Clarke attributes his athletic prowess to his being plant-based, believing his dietary choices allow him to maximize his athletic performance. The boxer discussed how his plant-based lifestyle allows him to improve his recovery times and helps his training, in a recent interview with Plant-Based News. Cla...

Vegan athlete Harvey Lewis just became the latest champion of "the world's toughest footrace," the Badwater 135, located in the Badwater Basin in Death Valley. The Badwater is a gruelingly hot 135-mile long course that traverses one of the hottest regions of the country from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney and is known as...

Alex Morgan is sitting in what looks like a dorm room, on her cardboard single bed, next to the window, where the morning light streams in and lets her know it's two days until game time, when she and other returning veterans of Team USA, including Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd, will start their campaign to win another Olympic gold. ...