Though I have never been entirely vegan in my life. I have been a lacto ovo vegetarian (for the first 32 years of my life). As a result of this, I didn't die of a heart virus (when everyone else did) when I was 50. When the doctors did an angiogram they had never seen anyone's veins and arteries as clear as mine were etc. So, a plant based diet (if you are scientific about how you eat like obviously these players are (you live longer, make good money longer0 don't die of a heart attack in your 30s or 40s etc. etc. etc. because your arteries and veins aren't all clogged with stuff that comes from eating especially red meat.
Lacto ovo simply means you eat eggs and milk products in addition to vegetables, fruit and nuts.
If you remember too many nuts or too much cheese is constipating this also is a good way to go to stay healthy and live to 100 too.
Also, organic foods are best from places like Whole Foods, Sprouts or Trader Joe's or Farmer's markets across the U.S. or grow your own organic foods. One friend of mine grows 70% of what he eats and at 66 the only medicine he needs to take is B-12 sublingual (under the tongue) and he has been a Lacto ovo vegetarian since birth. We still ski together every winter and often snorkel still in the Hawaiian islands with my wife and his girlfriend even though I'm almost 70 also.
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Why so many NBA players are going vegan
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The Secret (but Healthy!) Diet Powering Kyrie and the NBA
Chicken wings are vanishing from the locker room. Superstars are slimming down—and speeding up. If 'skinny ball' has arrived, could the performance-enhancer sparking a revolution be...veganism?
Tom HaberstrohIllustration by Aaron FernandezNovember 15, 2017
The M-V-P chants shower Kyrie Irving
as he toes the line for two free throws. The point guard is putting the
finishing touches on a 35-point masterpiece against the Atlanta Hawks,
and the crowd bellows with praise from every corner of the arena.
This
kind of hero worship is commonplace for the star of the home team
having a good night. Except this is an away game for Kyrie. The Celtics
are playing in ATL, not Boston.
Irving is that
good. He looks like a Harlem Globetrotter and Houdini all in one,
darting and dazzling through Atlanta double-teams from start to finish.
Down the stretch, he's masterful. When the Hawks go up 100-99 with 3:07
remaining, Irving single-handedly outscores them the rest of the way to
help ice the game for his new team. He walks off the floor, untying his
Nikes and handing them to a throng of adoring fans.
It's around this time that LeBron James grabs his phone and sets the basketball world ablaze.
After
the M-V-P chants for Irving, James feels compelled to type "Mood…" into
his Instagram and posts that meme of Arthur the Aardvark's clenched
fist. Whether it was LeBron's intent to nod to Kyrie or not, the post
makes it clear: Irving is right there, on top of the basketball world
circa November 2017.
It might be too early to
talk about Irving's MVP candidacy, but there's something different about
Kyrie right now. His already skinny frame is noticeably trimmer—gaunt,
almost. But he's outlasting everybody—not just the Hawks.
In
late-game situations while other players are gassed, Irving has looked
bouncier than ever. So far this season, in clutch situations (games
within five in the final five minutes), his numbers are unfathomable. In
24 minutes of action, he's tallied 41 points on 57 percent shooting
while handing out seven assists with no turnovers. Yes, that's 41 points
in what amounts to one half of basketball.
This development has caught the eye of some basketball people and health fanatics around the NBA. Why? After a preseason game on ESPN, Irving announced something intriguing to Chauncey Billups and the NBA Countdown crew, who noticed how much...thinner he looked:
"Been
on more of a plant-based diet, getting away from the animals and all
that," Irving told the broadcast team. "I had to get away from that. So
my energy is up; my body feels amazing."
So, is it possible that the secret to Irving's hot start is...that he's gone vegan? B/R Mag asked him just that.
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