Plant-Based Athletes

When Lisa Gawthorne took up running, she was dealing with major life stress, as a 22-year-old recent college grad who wasn't sure what the future would bring. Just out of school, she had never been much of an athlete but running helped her and she began a daily habit that she has kept up for 17 years...

Just a little over a month ago, power couple David and Victoria Beckham revealed to their combined 93 million followers that they are eating meat-free, and "enjoying it." The world-famous soccer superstar then appeared in a virtual call on IGTV with Sir David Attenborough to discuss the ways we can help the planet and asked: "If you had one message to our children about the future o

Veronica Mailer, a fifty-seven-year-old marathoner and Ironman triathlete, who started running in her teens, knew something was wrong. In her late forties, Veronica was feeling sluggish and worn out, having trouble mustering the energy to run, or even get out of bed. She head...

Adding to the list of vegan athletes is American football player Alaric Jackson, who is the offensive lineman for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. The six-foot-six,  315-pound athlete discussed his healthy vegan diet at a media conference last week. During the inte...

Every day it seems we read about a new athlete who has gone vegan or plant-based for performance and is singing its praises on social media. The latest is pro soccer star (aka footballer) Aaron Ñiguez Esclapez, who says 'I have improved my performance... and my...

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 twenty 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

Whether or not Colin Kaepernick will be signed by the Ravens, the Chiefs, the Chargers or the Titans is anyone's bet –and the betting is on–but one thing is for sure: His vegan diet is not standing in the way of a comeback for the ages. In fact, it's making...

Even Spanish "fútbol" players are joining the plant-based movement. As we recently heard from VegWorld Magazine, several players from celebrated Spanish and Catalan soccer teams have turned toward eating vegan. The magazine reports that these soccer stars include FC Barcelona’s goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, Atlético Madrid’s Saúl Ñíguez, Málaga CF’s Aarón Ñíguez, and Girona FC’s Gera

Matt Frazier is an ultra-marathoner and founder of No Meat Athlete, which began as a personal blog 11 years ago and has since grown into a platform that reaches hundreds of thousands of readers and listeners every month via the website, podcast, and social channels...

The American sprinter, Elijah Hall, says: "Changing my diet was the best decision I could have made." The athlete made this decision to ditch meat and dairy from his diet three months ago because "he's on a mission" to win. Hall adds, "the effects that it’s having on my body is amazing. Becoming ...