Vegan Athletes

Interesting story today in the WSJ. It says that Tony Gonzalez and several unnamed “high profile” athletes became Vegans for the season … or did they.

It seems that it did not work for Tony.

The Chiefs’ team nutritionist, Mitzi Dulan, a former vegetarian athlete, did not believe that was enough. With the team’s prospects and Mr. Gonzalez’s legacy at stake, she persuaded the tight-end to incorporate small amounts of meat into his plant diet. Just no beef, pork or shellfish, he said; only a few servings of fish and chicken a week.

Debbie Schlussel says Tony was eating large quantities of fish, but also taking fish oil. That does not sound like Vegan or Vegetarian.

Oh I found this image of the training diets. Note how they did their best to make the KC diet look worse than it is.

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Notice the Asterisk? Yea, Salmon IS NOT Vegan or vegetarian.

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