It is quite popular these days to shift away from the meat and what comes from the animal world. However, we have always advocated the benefits of animal proteins, compared to the supposed lack of efficiency of vegetable proteins. So, is it possible to combine your sporting ambitions and a vegan diet?

Great athletes such as Carl Lewis, Martina Navratilova and Surya Bonali are vegetarians. It is therefore possible. But are they exceptions or is it possible for any athlete to reach his best level while remaining vegetarian?

Of course, whether vegetarian or not, the right balance in the diet is essential. It is therefore essential to separate vegetarian and vegan diets. There are many ways to see vegetarianism. Some exclude any form of meat but allow themselves to eat fish, milk or eggs. Vegans either exclude anything that comes from the animal or goes even further who broadens his consumption philospohy to the rest of his life and will not use any product that comes from the animal world, be it wool or leather.

Of course, if you can incorporate fish, milk and eggs into your diet, it’s not really a problem for optimal sporting development, because you have all the quality protein you need. Without these elements, it becomes already more difficult but not impossible. You'll find a lot of protein in soy and its derivatives (like tofu or soy milk). Most specialists, while they don’t exclude vegetarian diet, are really not in favour of veganism, which they consider to be a factor of deficiencies in omega 3 (fish), vitamin B12, but also in certain minerals such as iron.