Posted on April 1, 2016 by Ruth Kava
So PETA has now enlisted a former Mr. Universe to its vegan cohort. Barnabas du Plessis, the 2014 standard bearer, says he switched to veganism about a year ago, and has never felt better in his life. That’s nice. The only problem is with the hidden message — eat like I do and you’ll be able to bulk up and win contests too.
Uh, excuse me — Mr. du Plessis won the Mr. Universe contest before he turned vegan. And one little detail is that if you want to show that A causes B, then A must precede B. Just sayin’.
So can one build muscle while abstaining from all animal-sourced foods? Sure — if you take the appropriate supplements such as vitamin B12 which is necessary for building new cells. And of course one would have to eat a lot of vegetable matter to get the large number of calories necessary to support the intense workouts that must underlie any attempt to attain a Mr. Universe-type physique. Iron and zinc are also essential for any muscle-building attempts, and may be lower than needed in a vegan diet.
Mr. du Plessis also makes some strange claims about other supposed benefits he derived from switching to a vegan diet......To Read More....
So PETA has now enlisted a former Mr. Universe to its vegan cohort. Barnabas du Plessis, the 2014 standard bearer, says he switched to veganism about a year ago, and has never felt better in his life. That’s nice. The only problem is with the hidden message — eat like I do and you’ll be able to bulk up and win contests too.
Uh, excuse me — Mr. du Plessis won the Mr. Universe contest before he turned vegan. And one little detail is that if you want to show that A causes B, then A must precede B. Just sayin’.
So can one build muscle while abstaining from all animal-sourced foods? Sure — if you take the appropriate supplements such as vitamin B12 which is necessary for building new cells. And of course one would have to eat a lot of vegetable matter to get the large number of calories necessary to support the intense workouts that must underlie any attempt to attain a Mr. Universe-type physique. Iron and zinc are also essential for any muscle-building attempts, and may be lower than needed in a vegan diet.
Mr. du Plessis also makes some strange claims about other supposed benefits he derived from switching to a vegan diet......To Read More....
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