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GIRLS GONE STRONG - Fueling the vegetarian athlete Choosing to eliminate meat from the diet is a lifestyle that many individuals and athletes choose to make for reasons  other than what’s hot, new, or popular.  Because it is a lifestyle, it requires commitment and knowledge to make the diet work for personal health and performance goals. A few years ago, I wrote an article for Girls Gone Strong which received a lot of attention for it's a common struggle for strength or endurance athletes to find the right formula to boost performance while following a plant-strong diet. This article is  not  persuading you to become a vegetarian athlete to boost performance, nor is it telling you that your health and performance will automatically improve should you choose to remove meat from your diet.  This article is simply an informative way to help you understand how to eat to be a healthy endurance athlete if you choose vegetarianism. All endurance athletes ...

Fueling the Vegetarian Endurance Athlete

Fueled by plants   With so much information on healthy eating, sport nutrition and dieting, I really enjoy writing about topics that I know a lot about from first-hand experience. When   Girls Gone Strong   approached me to write an article about fueling the vegetarian endurance athlete, I was super excited about the opportunity to introduce others to my plant strong lifestyle.  As a 22-year vegetarian and 9x Ironman finisher, I think it is safe to say that my diet is not a temporary fad and perhaps I know a thing or two about fueling the plant-strong athlete.  I hope you find that my   article   is an informative way to help you understand how to eat to be a healthy endurance athlete and how to do so, if you choose vegetarianism. This article  is not persuading you to become a vegetarian athlete to boost performance, nor is it telling you that your health and performance will automatically improve should you c...