Tag: athletics

Vegan Diet and Athletic Performance

A 2007 study shows the results of a vegan diet on a sedentary group of subjects. This group is compared with committed long-distance athletes and sedentary omnivores.

The athletes and the sedentary vegans were matched on their BMI.

Long-distance slim athletes who ran an average of 48 miles (77 km) per week for 21 years had a blood pressure a significant 17% higher than sedentary vegans.

The authors' conclusions are that long-term consumption of a low-calorie low-protein vegan diet or regular endurance exercise training is associated with low cardiometabolic risk. Moreover, our data suggest that specific components of a low-calorie low-protein vegan diet provide additional beneficial effects on blood pressure.
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11 February 2026
Another Overview of Whole WFPB Diets

Gary Taubes interviewed a number of prominent nutrition experts for his 2002 New York Times article What if it has been a Big Fat Lie?

Gary Taubes, Good Calories, Bad Calories book supported the views of Robert Atkins Diet Revolution, a high-fat, high-protein, high animal-based diet. This article resulted in the publication of the book Good Calories, Bad Calories five years later.

Bonnie Liebman reviewed Taubes’ New York Time Magazine article in 2002.

Both Teicholz and Taubes are supported and funded by the Beef Industry.
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30 January 2026
Brief Overview of WFPB Diets

Humans (or apes) did not evolve to eat any animal-derived products. Chimpanzees are the most omnivorous of all the apes and derive 5% of the diet from animals – mostly live termites which we do not find very appealing.

On the right panel of every page of my website, there is a green “Videos” button with several videos explaining why a whole-food, plant-based nutrition works.

If you view them it will show what is possible. Consider Katherine Lawrence story. She cured her endometriosis (which has the same cause as breast cancer) within 7 weeks by changing what she ate.

Dr. Tony Sattilaro cured his aggressive cancer. After 10 years, he decided he was cured and he could revert back to his old diet. It did not work.
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10 January 2026
Ruth Heidrich, Hawaiian Athlete and Breast Cancer Reversal

At the age of 47, Ruth Heidrich was diagnosed with breast cancer. The cancer had spread throughout her breast and into her bones and one lung. The prognosis was not good.

As a result of a 1982 study instigated by Dr. John McDougall, Ruth commenced a low-fat, vegan diet without chemotherapy, radiation or hormone blockers. The results of the dietary change were profound and the cancers were completely reversed.
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8 January 2026
Amber Bryant – Raising Money for Endometriosis Research

The article, "Amber Bryant - Raising Money for Endometriosis Research", was written by Bill Ormonde and published on Tue 22 April 2025 at 0607.

Amber, at 28-years-old, can barely get out of bed some days due to her endometriosis, ran to raise the awareness of the disease for Endometriosis Australia — a disease she has struggled with since she was 16, but was only diagnosed with in April 2023.

As Amber states, her treatment from the medical profession was appalling. "I dreaded going to the doctors because I thought that they felt like I was making it up."

Unfortunately her efforts are in vain because she is not treating the fundamental cause, that is an excess of sex-hormones, in particular estradiol.

The good news is that the cause is already known. I have contacted Amber and provided her with references from peer-reviewed medical journals and the remarkable story of Katherine Lawrence who cured her endometriosis in 7 weeks by changing her diet. This did NOT require the purchase of supplementary products. Her story is accessible from the right panel of my website by clicking on the green VIDEOS button.

I have contacted Endometriosis Australia and Amber on several occasions but have not received a response
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23 August 2025
Arthur Stewart Truswell – A Short Bibliography

Arthur Stewart Truswell was born in England on 18 August 1928.

Stewart Truswell studied medicine at Liverpool University and Cape Town University graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree with honours at University of Cape Town in 1952, and Doctor of Medicine at University of Cape Town in 1958 for his thesis 'Researches in Human Nutrition'.

Stewart was conferred a Doctor of Science (DSc) on 15 May 1998 by the University of Sydney.

A Doctor of Science is a research-based doctoral degree which is higher than a PhD, is awarded for significant, original and distinguished contributions to a specific field of science. It signifies the highest level of academic achievement in science and provides recognition to scholars who have made substantial advancements in their field.

During his time at the University of Sydney, Stewart established the Human Nutrition Department and the Department of Biochemistry as one of the two leading Centres of Human Nutrition Research and Education in Australia and made significant contributions to the University of Sydney in research, teaching and administration. He fostered and maintained strong international links and his research received high international recognition. In recognition of his outstanding and sustained service to the university, the senate conferred the title of Emeritus Professor on 1 February 1999.

Stewart was the Foundation Boden Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney taking up the position in 1978 until retiring from the University on 31 December 1998.
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10 June 2025
Hunter Valley Natural Therapies Talk – 22 August 2017

I presented a talk at a Hunter Valley Natural Therapies lunch at East Maitland in the Hunter Valley of NSW on 22nd August.
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25 August 2017