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November 13th 2008

Famous Olympic Wrestler Sushil Kumar Promotes Vegetarian Lifestyle With PETA

Filed under: green and famous — parrish @ 3:21 pm

For those out there who think that vegetarianism is for skinny hipsters with smelly hair, Sushil Kumar just might beat you up! And who is Sushil Kumar? Only an Olympic bronze winner wrester, people!

Kumar is teaming up with PETA to promote the vegetarian lifestyle and propagate the cause of animal protection. Sushil said, “I am a vegetarian myself and I want to send out this message to everyone that vegetarians are powerful, they have the stamina. Look at me, I defeated non-vegetarians from America and Kazakhstan in the Olympics. So, you can see that vegetarians have a lot of strength.”

You need only look at famous vegan athletes like Kumar, NFL star Tony Gonzalez or Ultimate Fighting Champion Mac Danzig to realize that vegetarianism packs a serious punch!

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July 17th 2008

The Green Quote: West Coast lyricist MURS Likes Unconventional Vegans

Filed under: green and famous — parrish @ 10:33 am

“We’re the only species that still feels we need to drink the milk of others. And then we’re the only being that drinks milk period as an adult. That’s another thing that people think - that you can’t be muscular or strong without eating flesh. Mac Danzig is an Ultimate Fighter and he is vegan. He could kick anybody’s ass. I really like to see other vegan people doing things that vegans aren’t supposed to do.”

- MURS talking with PETA about the VEG lifestyle. Check out the whole interview at PETA2.org.

June 12th 2008

Ultimate Fighting Champion Reveals His Knock-Out Vegan Diet

Filed under: food & drink, sports — michael @ 3:27 pm

A couple weeks back, we profiled Mac Danzig — a finalist in Men’s Health magazine’s profile of the “25 Fittest Guys In America”, and a competitor on the show The Ultimate Fighter. What makes Mac unique amongst all the other fit finalists is that he’s a vegan. Since we dig that, we thought we might share a bit more.

Danzig received so many inquiries into his diet that he’s posted an in-depth look at how he stays in shape, along with what he eats to remain in peak form. Here’s a highlight:

“For the record, I cut dairy completely out of my diet in 1999 (over 5 years before I ever committed to a full-Vegan diet)… This was due to an allergy that I developed in my adolescent years to dairy that effected my sinuses and everything connecting to them. For a good part of my teenage years, I suffered from severe ear infections and chronic Vertigo (which is completely miserable). It took me a few years of to finally realize that the antibiotics were only temporarily subduing a much bigger problem. I did my research and finally found the source.

A lot of people don’t realize how hard milk, whey, and other dairy products are on the sinuses and respiratory system, and the dairy industry would like you to believe that you need milk to get calcium. That notion is as oxymoronic as you can get. Although not everybody has as severe an allergy to dairy products as I did, I just wanted to point out that after years of battling with ear and sinus infections, eliminating dairy completely cured my problems. Anyone with similar problems may want to try it for a while.”

Jump here to take a look at the full post — and perhaps grab some tips on how to cut meat and dairy out while still leading a healthy (and strong) lifestyle. 

May 29th 2008

Ultimate Fighting Champion Is Also A Hardcore Vegan

Filed under: animals, food & drink — michael @ 2:33 pm

There are some misconceptions out there that changing to a vegan lifestyle somehow puts you at a disadvantage in sports and other high-protein, physical activities. Meet Mac Danzig — a finalist in Men’s Health magazine’s profile of the “25 Fittest Guys In America”. Not only is he ripped and a tough competitor on the show The Ultimate Fighter, but he’s also been a vegan since 2004. Here’s a brief highlight from his interview with the mag: 

What made you decide to stop eating meat?

When I was 16, I cut out beef and pork. I just got to the point where I wanted to minimize my intake of animal products. I knew about factory farming and the theories that meat wasn’t safe, but I subscribed to the theory that if you were doing something athletic, you needed to have protein, so I kept eating chicken and fish. But then in 2004, I got to the point where I was sick of eating chicken. It started grossing me out for some reason. I was about a month out from a fight and I decided I was going to cut out all meat. I was working with a trainer who was vegan and he helped me make the switch. I won that fight and went on a 12-fight winning streak. And [not eating meat] made it really easy to cut weight for that fight.

How about an animal abuser or a factory farmer?

[Laughs] This is just a sport for me. It’s not about animosity and wanting to be violent. I wouldn’t give those people the satisfaction of fighting me in my sport. If I had to take care of one of those guys, it would be in a back alley with a baseball bat [laughs].

You can check out the full interview with Mac by jumping here. 

Thanks Rain-Ra!