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- Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: Health & Nutrition Programs
- Topic: Green Powders and Nitrates
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3391
Green Powders and Nitrates
So I'm sure most of you have seen that dietary nitrates (not the kind from processed meats) improve sports performance if taken before a workout. Arugula, kale, rhubarb and other leafy greens are high in nitrates, the problem is, if I wanted to consume enough nitrates from one of these, I'd have to ...
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:29 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi, I'm 40, and I'm a new vegan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3793
Re: Hi, I'm 40, and I'm a new vegan
Welcome! Glad you made the switch 

- Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:01 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Vegan?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3552
Re: Vegan?
My skin looked better after a week! And I think it's also really cool that since I have no meat in my kitchen, there's less worries about switching cutting boards and knives and where I store things in the fridge. Most of the dangers in food safety come from meat and animal products IMO
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:07 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: 74-year old vegan beginning bodybuilding
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8177
Re: 74-year old vegan beginning bodybuilding
I think starting bodybuilding at 74 makes you quite the inspiration! Good Luck!!
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: Health & Nutrition Programs
- Topic: Struggling to drop muscle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3995
Re: Struggling to drop muscle
I've never encountered anyone with this problem lol. My first question would be how much body fat% are you? You might not have as much muscle as you think you do. You didn't mention that you do any strength training, so I'm not sure that you have that much. What kind of martial arts do you do? Are w...
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:52 pm
- Forum: Vegan Recipes
- Topic: Packed lunch and meal prep?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5227
Re: Packed lunch and meal prep?
I used to work 14 -16 hour days while i was competing, so eating 6 times a day. Most of my meals would be eaten away from home. I wasn't vegan then, but I can tell you that you just have to get used to eating things cold. I got soo used to it that now I eat my leftovers cold all the time lol. To mak...
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:58 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Lady Meathead In Recovery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2761
Lady Meathead In Recovery
Hey guys, Just introducing myself :). My name is Vanessa and I have been vegan for two months! I used to compete in bikini division NPC but stopped about a year and a half ago to focus on life. So I had developed kind of a nasty habit of eating wayyyy too much meat, eggs and whey. Gross. A couple mo...