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OT- Foster goes Vegan, your thoughts?

  • What do you feel about Arian Foster going Vegan? I respect this from a personal level, but on a football level, I'm not sure. Having vegan diet, while healthier in the long run, could cause the player to have longer recovery time for injuries.

    What you do as a person is way more important than what you do as a football player. But if I were him, I would hold off on the vegan diet until he retires

    This post was edited by NOxplode994 on 7/7/2012 at 7:11 PM

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  • I applaud his decision! I have been a vegetarian for three years and am trying to be 100% vegan. Being vegan requires me to plan out every meal for for the day (eating out is almost impossible). Having a cook/nutrionalist on my payroll would make it so much easier for me, I just can't afford one. Arien, on his NFL salary prob has one prep all his meals for him. - must be nice! :)

    muckfichigan2

  • I have no problem with a person committing to the vegan diet but I have never quite understood it. You can eat healthy without giving up all animal related foods. I used to think people became vegetarians because they were animal rights activists but Im not sure if that's correct anymore or not.

    Perhaps the vegans of the forums can share their reasons for this extreme commitment. Is it a health thing? An animal rights thing? ...

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  • Respect for him-going down

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  • ddrouillard said...

    I have no problem with a person committing to the vegan diet but I have never quite understood it. You can eat healthy without giving up all animal related foods. I used to think people became vegetarians because they were animal rights activists but Im not sure if that's correct anymore or not.

    Perhaps the vegans of the forums can share their reasons for this extreme commitment. Is it a health thing? An animal rights thing? ...

    Health benefit is one reason but I am becoming more aware/educated on the disgusting treatment of animals. The more I know the easier it is for me to stay away from animal products; although I must admit a cheesy pizza with banana peppers and mushrooms is hard to resist!!!
    Most of the Vegan's that I know will say the same; health and treatment of animals both played a role in their choice of diet.
    FYI...I'm not some crazy PETA person that throws my views in other peoples faces just making a decision that I feel comfortable with. To each there own.

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  • muckfichigan2 said...

    Health benefit is one reason but I am becoming more aware/educated on the disgusting treatment of animals. The more I know the easier it is for me to stay away from animal products; although I must admit a cheesy pizza with banana peppers and mushrooms is hard to resist!!! Most of the Vegan's that I know will say the same; health and treatment of animals both played a role in their choice of diet. FYI...I'm not some crazy PETA person that throws my views in other peoples faces just making a decision that I feel comfortable with. To each there own.

    I can respect that. I think I would have a hard time giving up everything animal related but as you said, to each his own.

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  • Football players need to be animalistic, I want my players eating red meat.

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  • Duane said...

    A friend who is a distance runner recently went vegan. He says he feels better. His energy level is through the roof. One thing that convinced him to go this direction was he saw where a number of top MMA fighters were vegan. A distance runner is probably not a good comparison but an MMA fighter is.

    I agree with your friend Duane. I don't get the bloated feeling after I eat a big meal like I use to when I ate animal products. My energy level seems to be more level throughout the day- no spikes or crashes.
    ***many people think that just because your a vegetarian or vegan you eat healthy... Not necessarily the case. I have a couple vegetarian friends that eat terribly unhealthy- lots of empty carbs and fried foods.

    This post was edited by muckfichigan2 on 7/7/2012 at 8:35 PM

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  • davebucknut said...

    Football players need to be animalistic, I want my players eating red meat.

    I have no real insider info, but I think Mike Mitchell eats cows while they're still trying to run away.

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  • Duane said...

    What does a vegan eat?

    The options are endless if you plan right. Pasta (i prefer whole grain) dishes are great! Pizzas with almond cheese is great! Lots of Mexican dishes! There are plenty of meat substitutes that really do taste like chicken, beef, wings...whatever - these taste great but again you have to be aware of sodium content of these prepared meals. I LOVE fruits and veggies and these are obviously fair game!
    There is probably a vegan aisle/section at your local grocery store. try some of the meals out sometime. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

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  • I would imagine going vegan as an elite athlete takes a significant amount of discipline to keep up strength while sticking to the diet. If this is something he can commit to, then maybe we're seeing some significant steps toward the maturity he needs to be a succesful, big time college athlete. Interesting move.

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  • Zonabuck said...

    I would imagine going vegan as an elite athlete takes a significant amount of discipline to keep up strength while sticking to the diet. If this is something he can commit to, then maybe we're seeing some significant steps toward the maturity he needs to be a succesful, big time college athlete. Interesting move.

    Arian foster not Robert

    This post was edited by muckfichigan2 on 7/7/2012 at 9:43 PM

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  • Zonabuck said...

    I would imagine going vegan as an elite athlete takes a significant amount of discipline to keep up strength while sticking to the diet. If this is something he can commit to, then maybe we're seeing some significant steps toward the maturity he needs to be a succesful, big time college athlete. Interesting move.

    Arian foster not Robert

    This post was edited by muckfichigan2 on 7/7/2012 at 9:25 PM

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