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Following a plant-based diet does not harm athletic performance, systematic review finds
(www.tandfonline.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
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I would love to know how they are defining "athletic performance" in this study and how they supplemented protein intake. The nutritional needs of an Olympic swimmer, American football player, cyclist, fencer, powerlifter, etc are nowhere near the same thing.
In the abstract it acknowledges what you're talking about. This biased source, mentions all sorts of pro athletes that are plant based. Strong man, NFL player, and ultra runners. The ultra runners are interesting because plant based probably gives an advantage.
Yeah, I recognize they acknowledged it, but they didn't address it in the abstract. I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm just wondering what their qualifiers are and what their actual approach was. Powerlifters require large amounts of protein intake that can be difficult to obtain from a 100% plant based diet. That could be addressed with plant based supplements, but that feels a little disingenuous to me.
I suppose I could request the full study, but I can't be bothered lol.
But... Most protein powder is vegan usually. Non vegan protein powder is more expensive for no reason.
If you think powerlifters don't take protein powder... Bruh.
It's a strange question, because first you'd have to quantify how many power lifters do not require supplements, from experience the answer is 0 but I could be wrong.
Powerlifters are over represented by vegans. Ultra runners and power lifters two poles on the dietary needs scale.