{"id":398,"date":"2019-12-19T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/?p=398"},"modified":"2021-11-29T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T19:05:11","slug":"why-vegan-bodybuilding-is-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/why-vegan-bodybuilding-is-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Vegan Bodybuilding Is On The Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Image Source: Nimai Delgado – Plant Based News, Youtube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Plant-Based Protein<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest questions\nrelated to a vegan diet and athletism is how do you get enough of this\nessential macronutrient? It might be easier than you think, as long as you keep\nyour transition to plant-based foods slow and keep a close eye on your\nenergy-yielding nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With celebrity athletes switching to vegan diets, the plant-based movement is slowly catching people\u2019s interest. There is a whole array of vegan powerlifters reaching amazing milestones \u2013 like Irish strongman Patrik Baboumian<\/strong>, who turned vegan in 2011 and has a personal record of a whopping 360kg Deadlift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get Your Aminos Right<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The trick to getting your daily goal of protein through a plant-based diet is delving into the subject of amino-acids. Except for soy (in all of its forms), vegan protein sources need to be combined so that we get the 9 essential amino acids that are otherwise found in animal protein \u2013 but don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s easy as rice and beans. Once you get it down, nothing is stopping you from getting your bulk on all the while staying healthy and heart disease-free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s The Deal With Soy?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As we mentioned, soy is a complete protein \u2013 wouldn\u2019t it make sense to eat it all the time, then? Soy contains something called phytoestrogen, which is a plant-based compound that is similar structurally to the hormone estradiol, and it\u2019s not yet widely understood how it impacts the human body. One thing is for sure \u2013 it has been a dietary staple in Asian countries, that have one of the words lowest rate of cardiovascular disease<\/strong>. Try to stay clear of processed soy products, choose edamame beans or the fermented superfood, tempeh, instead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supplements For Peak Efficiency<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Even a well-balanced diet can\nbenefit from carefully chosen dietary supplements. When eating plant-based, Vitamin<\/strong> B12 <\/strong>levels are something you have to pay attention to,\nas this vitamin cannot be found in plants naturally. You can also add\nB12-boosted foods to the menu, such as nutritional yeast or plant milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omega-3\nFatty Acids<\/strong> are\nalso on the list of recommended supplements for vegans. There is a fair amount\nof plant-based food that contains ALA, which is then converted by our body to\nessential EPA and DHA fatty acids, but you have to consume them in sufficient\nquantities. Such options include chia seeds, walnuts, and flax seeds, just to\nname a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, it can\u2019t hurt to try and go for a few meat-free days a week \u2013 consider trying it out sometime for the gym, as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plant-Based Protein One of the biggest questions related to a vegan diet and athletism is how do you get enough of this essential macronutrient? It might be easier than you think, as long as you keep your transition to plant-based foods slow and keep a close eye on your energy-yielding nutrition. With celebrity athletes switching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,12],"tags":[87,89,88,90,86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5152,"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/5152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardymag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}