Official Statement

The ADA (Americam Dietetic Association), the Dieticians of Canada, the British Nutrition Foundation and several other international health organizations attest: "A vegan or lacto-ovo well-planned vegetarian diet is appropriate for all stages of life, including pregnancy, lactation, childhood and adolescence and for athletes. "

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We humans do not need meat or milk from cows to live well. Yes, and "well" I mean it WELL! It is possible to get old safe from many degenerative diseases that will emerge if you have eaten too much meat in your life.

It is better to stop at once. You'll pay better attention to what you eat and will do the right thing from the beginning. You can you eat a lot without stuffing and spend three hours talking to that piece of beef inside you.

Fish is something we do not need. Eat algae (fish's food). Eat flaxseed (fed to chickens so they can lay "omega-3 fortified" eggs). The best part of oysters is the lemon anyway...

Don't forget about milk. Breast milk you already needed and if you can read this, I guarantee you no longer need. Do not drink milk of any other species. What the hell makes you think cow's milk is a essential food to healthy bones on humans? The industry? Yes. Government lobbists? Yes. Someone from the government that knows about nutrition? No. Someone who knows how to earn some money from the dairy industry? Yes.

We are omnivores, not herbivores, carnivores or frutarians. We eat everything. We can eat vegetables, grains, fruits and meat. Warning! I said "can" And not "must". We can eat everything and so we can choose not to eat meat and live pretty well by eating other things.

We have "canine" teeth. Who gave that name to them? These teeth don't have the anatomy needed to do what his given name claims. It is not usefull to rip the carcass of an ox. It is usefull to grind nuts, fruits and leaves.

What about the dirty business with the animals? Lack a bit of common sense. If you know you do not need ... If you know it's bad for your planet, for you ... The animals need us, our mercy. They have no defense, we are much smarter than them. We surround them easily. They do not have a chance against us. If we want to eat them, we have the tools, we have the method. But we can also use the intelligence to NOT eat them. If we want, we study about nutrition and, with our intelligence, help animals to live free.

To know how many animals are abused for our benefit, the most comprehensive documentary is called Earthlings, and can be found on Google Video:

Earthlings (Earthlings) - Legendado Portuguese

There's so much information out there that gives you plenty of reasons to stop with meat. Today is very easy. We have examples at the sports and at the arts. Large corporations try, but can not hide the truth.

As a vegetarian you do not waste your money with the big meat companies. Corporations that still operates in a slavery regimen. Industries that profits on animal suffering, lying to consumers and spoofs the lazy press with "press releases", and pollutes the planet. Enough!

Many cardiologists say that thickening of the arteries is irreversible. The two tests below show angiograms before and after approx. 60 months on a plant-based diet and cholesterol-lowering drugs:

Source: Caldwell

Meat is expensive for your pocket, for your health, for the planet, for the animals. Let's save!

Basically, meat is a second-hand nutrient with acumulated toxins.

Want to know more? The next post is about exercise.

Training and Nutrition

I do not belong to the National Organization of Research, Nutrition and Applied Physical Education and I am not an activist of the Vegan Brazil Group.

I was not graduated at USP, UFPR, UFBA.

I'm not a doctor, nutritionist or olympic coach.

Think, consider, investigate, search and ask about any ideas you read here. See a doctor, nutritionist or your cardiologist. I'm not responsible for the misuse of such information.

I have compiled studies done in Brazil, studies from the U.S., England, Canada and some European countries such as Germany.

The key recommendation is that a vegetarian diet (vegan) is appropriate for a full health. No meat, chicken, ham, turkey, bacon, sausage, fish, shrimp, milk, cream or yogurt, or cheese, or eggs. Nothing that comes from animals. Nothing that explore them.

You will not die. You can eat fruits, salads, vegetables, seeds, nuts and cereals.

Buy fresh foods once a week at least. Unless you buy in a very good supermarket, it is very difficult to find the basics (onions, potatoes, broccoli, cabbage) in ideal condition, ie, fresh. Go to the fair always, is good and cheap. Enjoy and buy fruit. Make it a habit.

With the diet in place, the next step is to do the right exercises, save your time in the gym, leaving aside the fashion body-building apparatus (which limit the amplitude and can even be dangerous) and begin training with free weights.

To develop the overall athletic ability of human beings, the orientation is an exercise plan based on closed kinetic chain movements, multi-jointed, which requires efforts by several muscle groups at once (squat, for example), that stimulate neuro-muscular ways with functional maximum amplitude movements (squat). Ballistic movements, plyometric (Olympic Lifts) and isometric (basic positions of gymnastics). Training for power and explosion, high intensity, intervaled, with adequate breaks for rest and recovery (60-100 meters sprints, ex.).

Whatever is your favorite sport, running, swimming or cycling, include a basic strength training (squats, side squat, lunges, one-legged squat), olympic lifting of free weights (snatch and clean and jerk), gymnastic movements (rings, bars, pull-ups, muscle-ups, front and back lever, handstand, planche) and sprints (sprinting and swimming).

I hope this guide will be helpful.