The legendary sprinter Carl Lewis has observed that “most athletes have the worst diet in the world, and they compete in spite of it.” He would know. When Lewis decided to adopt a vegan diet in 1990, he was already the fastest man on Earth, and his athletic career depended on a high-octane diet. Many in [...]
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It’s strange to imagine Adolf Hitler as a vegetarian. Here was a man who didn’t flinch at murdering millions of people, and yet he apparently couldn’t bear the sight of a dead animal on his dinner plate. We knew Hitler was crazy, but his weirdly conscientious diet adds depth to our conception of him as [...]
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Let’s face it: if happiness had a flavor, it would be dark chocolate. Dark chocolate tastes how the Sistine Chapel looks. It is a near-perfect food, its solitary flaw being that you can’t live off it exclusively. It’s just right when you’re having a bad day, and also ideal for adding excellence to an already [...]
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There are common responses to vegetarianism that even the most stalwart vegan grows weary of hearing. Questions like, “So are you one of those crazy PETA people?” “Is it hard for you to get enough protein?” And even — bafflingly — “You don’t eat meat? What about turkey, do you eat turkey?” But there’s one [...]
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