nutrition Archives - Vegan Muscle and Fitness

Plant-based Nutrition – BarBend Interview!

Want to know the nuts and bolts of how vegan strength athletes eat?? Nick over at BarBend was a pleasure to speak with about plant-based nutrition and did a phenomenal…

Nutrition

Are Vitamins Dangerous?

This is a question that seems to keep coming up (at least in our news feed), so let's discuss! Headlines just last week were all over the internet about…

Bodybuilding Disease Prevention Health

All Plants Have Complete Protein

Just in case anyone wasn’t sure on this point, they do. This myth came from the 1971 book Diet For a Small Planet by Francis Moore Lappe, who stated that…

Health Meat Substitute Nutrition

Where Does Protein Come From?

Hey y'all! Guess where protein comes from? I shot this off-the-cuff lecture about it, so have a look if you're curious! It's actually kind of embarrassing because I filmed this…

Health Nutrition

Why Vegan Diets Fail

You decided to try out a vegan diet and see what all the hype is about, and for the first couple weeks it went fantastic. You were trying new…

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Eating You Alive Screens Nationwide April 5th!

Big news! The newest plant-based nutrition documentary is about to hit theaters nationwide, and I'm proud to say that I have a small role in it, alongside many well…

Bodybuilding Contest Prep Fat Loss

Guilt Free TV

I recently had the pleasure of doing an interview with Jeff Morgan of Guilt Free TV alongside fellow vegan athletes Crissi Carvalho and Jon Venus. In it we went over some…

Bodybuilding Fitness Nutrition

I’ve Joined Team Clean Machine!

I'm happy to share that I've joined Team Clean Machine as a sponsored athlete! Up to this point I've intentionally avoided endorsing any supplement companies, but I've made the…

Nutrition

Is Flexible Dieting The Best Eating Strategy?

"If you follow popular nutrition trends, you may have heard of the phrase if it fits your macros (IIFYM) or similar terms such as macro tracking or flexible dieting. Contrary…

Bodybuilding Disease Prevention Fitness

Protein in a Plant-Based Diet: A Vegan Bodybuilder’s Perspective

Like many bloggers, we don't write all our content in any one place, and over time our audience of readers changes and older content can get forgotten. With this in…

Disease Prevention Fitness Health

Flax Seeds: Why You Should Eat Them Every Day

So you may have heard of flax seeds, and even that they're really good for you, but do you know why you should be eating them? In addition to…

Bodybuilding Health Nutrition

Shred It! – Robert Cheeke’s Awesome New Book We’re Featured In!

We are very excited to be featured in Robert Cheeke's brand new book Shred It! as contributors and examples of plant-based athletes! If you've read Robert's previous book Vegan Bodybuilding…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

Men’s Fitness Magazine – Does Meat Matter for Muscle?

I'm very pleased to go head-to-head to defend bodybuilding on a plant-based diet in this month's issue of Men's Fitness Magazine! In the article, the question of whether or not…

Bodybuilding Health Nutrition

Are Plant Proteins ‘Complete’?

YES One of the next most popular (and frustrating) questions besides "where do you get your protein?" we hear all the time goes something like "Do you have to combine…

Health Nutrition

Raw ’til 4 Helped My Rheumatoid Arthritis

As someone who's been vegan for thirteen years, and who's eaten a whole foods diet for half of that time, I never expected to deal with a chronic disease at…

Bodybuilding Health Nutrition

How Much Protein Is Optimal For Longevity?

I've been writing a lot about dietary protein lately! The research I did for my recent articles on it's dangers and how much you really need to gain muscle got me…

Bodybuilding Health Nutrition

Just How Much Protein is Optimal for Gaining Muscle?

The research behind my May article on the dangers of excess protein (and specifically Leucine) consumption really got me thinking, so over the past several weeks I've been researching different…

Health Nutrition Vegan Children

Vegan Pregnancy and Vegan Kids

My long overdue article on vegan pregnancy and childhood is up! Building Vegan Bodies from Scratch: 3 Myths About Vegan Pregnancy and Raising Vegan Children Dispelled, Part 1 can be viewed…

Bodybuilding Nutrition

Just 7 Weeks Until Our Vegan Bodybuilding Contest!

Our preparation for the Naturally Fit Supershow in Austin TX is coming right along and we're getting ready to enter the home stretch! As you can see from Marcella's last…

Bodybuilding Nutrition Workout

14 Weeks Out!

The Naturally Fit Super Show in Austin, TX is approaching fast, so over the past two weeks Marcella and I have shifted from off season into pre-contest mode! Here's the…