Brendan Brazier is way ahead of the game. As a former professional Ironman athlete and two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon runner, heâs had his eyes on the prize since he was a young teen (heâs in his 40s now, though no one would guess by the look of him). Growing...
Harvard Researchers Claim Cowsâ Milk Is Unnecessary
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Dairy-Funded Study Claims Yogurt Fights Inflammation
In an article titled, âCould Eating Yogurt Reduce Inflammation,â Medical News Today covered a study funded by the National Dairy Council that found dairy yogurt to reduce inflammatory markers. Judging by the funders alone, we had to take a deeper look to assess the...
Rethink Keto: Why Consuming Dairy & Other High-Fat Foods Impedes Performance
While once only embraced by diet culture, the low-carb craze has begun to infiltrate the nutrient regimens of athletes. Instead of using the most convenient and natural form of energyâcarbohydratesâthose who follow this diet philosophy predominantly rely on...
How to Maintain Weight and Not Go Hungry on a Dairy-Free Diet
Guest post by Rick Scott (#veganhockeyplayer) When Iâm at the rink, people know that Iâm a vegan hockey player and many approach to ask what I eat and drink while training and recovering. A couple of playersâone male and one femaleâtried ditching dairy and eating...
How Natural Hormones In Dairy Affect Your Fertility
The topic of hormones in our food is a hot button issue, and for good reason, as these ingested hormones can be deleterious to our health. However, dairy is often left out of this discussion when it should be the first food we examine. A research paper titled âThe...
Fiona Oakes Has No Limits: An Interview With a Dairy-Free Ultra Runner
Fiona Oakes is the greatest runner youâve never heard of. Sheâs a 4X world record holder in distance running, and she has completed some of the toughest endurance running challenges on earth including the formidable Marathon des Sables, the Antarctic Ice Marathon, and...
Nino Irgolic: the Unstoppable Dairy-Free Goalkeeper
Many of the elite athletes that proudly represent Switch4Good have been dairy-free for years. For them, itâs easy to look back and say the transition was a breeze. But what about those still in transition? To gain some fresh perspective, we interviewed Nino Irgolic, a...
Sources of Vitamin D: Everything You Need to Know
Guest post by Rick Scott (#veganhockeyplayer) Itâs spring in all its magnificent splendor, which means itâs time to get outside to soak up all that vitamin D that you missed during the winter months. One of the downsides of my return to life as a hockey player instead...
NFL & Olympic Nutritionist: How Food Affects Athletic Performance
If you look at the environments that professional teams have now for food, theyâve come to realize that nutrition is no joke. That is, if you want athletes: to lower injury risk, to improve musculature, to lower body fat levels so that their strength-to-weight ratio...
Chris Manderino on the Future of Football (It’s Dairy-Free!)
In just the past year, professional football players have begun to tackle the notion that one needs milk to grow big and strong. The mainstream media took hold of the trend in 2018 when 15 players on the Tennessee Titans team adopted Chef Charity Morganâs vegan meal...
Dairy Study Targets Teens to Promote Milk Consumption
As a parent, you want the best for your children, and nutrition plays a significant role in their overall success. It is crucial to consume all the necessary macro and micronutrients as children blossom into adolescence, because a balanced diet not only contributes to...
Dairy Industry Conducts Study and Claims Plant-Based Foods Cause Nutritional Deficiencies
âEat this, not that.â Since the introduction of this popular diet book franchise in 2009, Americans have become well accustomed to the idea of choosing the âbetter for youâ option. Many were relieved to find that they didnât have to change their diets, they could just...