Talk show hosts trying vegan diets -- Oprah, Ellen -- have been in the news lately. Now another phenomenon is getting a lot of press: vegan athletes. The ESPN website has a huge feature telling us about slugger Prince Fielder, football player Tony Gonzalez, fighter Mac Danzig, baseball player Pat Neshek and ultra-marathon runner Scott Jurek. The July issue of Men's Fitness includes Mac Danzig in their magazine list of the world's 25 fittest men, and also gives us a splendid web feature on him.
The ESPN piece, by reporter Jonah Keri, starts off with a discussion of some problems Prince Fielder has had on his new diet, but then looks at the other athletes who have been doing beautifully on vegan and veggie diets. It is a fascinating read, which you will find on line at:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=keri/080616 OR http://tinyurl.com/54qquh
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Then here is what the Men's Fitness July issue says, on page 111, about Mac Danzig:
"With an aggressive style and well-rounded scrapping skills, Danzig decimated the competition on season six of The Ultimate Fighter, Spike TV's hugely popular reality show featuring Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) aspirants. Now a contender in the UFC's highly competitive lightweight (155lb) division, Danzig doesn't mind having to shed human blood to win a fight, but he can't tolerate that of animals -- he's been a vegan since 2004. "Meat just started grossing me out" says the Las Vegas-based fighter. "I was about a month from a fight and decided I was going to cut out all meat. I won that fight and went on a 12-fight win streak."
(The magazine also has Mac demonstrating the UFC workout II on page 121.)
Also, the Men's Fitness website has posted "Special, exclusive interviews with nine of the 2008 MF 25" and Mac Danzig is on the front page. Check out: http://www.mensfitness.com/fitness/288?page=1
Guys, I hope those of you doing wonderfully on plant based diets will take this opportunity to make sure that the Men's Fitness letters page gets lots of notes praising Danzig and the coverage. Men's Fitness takes letters at letters@mensfitness.com
My thanks to Kaz at the San Antonio Vegetarian Society for making sure we knew about the Men's Fitness piece, and to many folks for forwarding the ESPN link.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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Date: Sat Jun 21 19:01:05 2008
