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Following a plant-based diet does not harm athletic performance, systematic review finds
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this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
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If Roman Gladiators could live off of a plant-based diet, then I'm sure modern athletes can as well.
Source please?
Also, by plant-based do you mean that the diet can include meat-based sources of nutrition as long as that's not the main source?
I am not saying that plant heavy diets are bad. On the contrary, I live with one but I still eat meat eggs and dairy and would expect ancient Romans with spending money such as Gladiators to do the same.
Edit. Oh yes, tell me exactly how it works by downvoating me and not providing a source. I forgot that I was not in a place of learning.
Not sure who downvoted you, but here is a quick source article
That basically backs up exactly what the other commenter hypothesized.
Oh hi, I'm that other guy reading the article that actually hypothesizes that the local diet was heavy in barley and beans and that of the bones examined there were also two anomalous gladiators who are hypothesized to have pinned from other parts of the Romin empire that had a diet much heavier than average in meat.
Shocking that a town in the middle of arid turkey had a higher consumption of plant-based materials that don't spoil as easily when compared to a more coastal or metropolitan environment that had better access to live markets.