What you eat makes a big difference in your performance. (Photo: Getty Images)
No
matter your health philosophy, anyone who is trying to become great
needs to pay attention to what they’re putting into their body.
Rich Roll —
who went through an incredible lifestyle and health transformation in
his 40s — knows this to be true. He went from being a couch potato
lawyer to an ultra endurance athlete. He once did five Ironman
triathlons in a week.
Rich, who has a new cookbook and plant-based lifestyle guide
that he wrote with his wife Julie, says that what we put in our bodies
truly impacts how we feel, how our bodies function, how our minds
operate, and how we interact with other people.
For
Rich, this means eating plant-based, which he started doing nine years
ago when he did his first Ultra Ironman. While eating a plant-based diet
will not inherently make you a better athlete, it will help your body repair itself more efficiently and give you incredible energy.
Consider
this: Diets with high levels of red meat and processed foods are known
to raise inflammation in the body. And inflammation impedes recovery.
But
the quicker you can recover between workouts, the the harder you can
go, the longer you can go, the less likely you are to get injured, the
less likely you will over train, and the less likely you will miss
workouts.
Plant
foods, on the other hand, are anti-inflammatory because of their high
levels of antioxidants and phytonutrients. If you want to speed your
recovery time, why wouldn’t you give your body the fuel that will speed
that process?
We
all have greater control over our health than we think. What would it
look like if you not only acknowledged that control, but did something
with it?
source:yahoo.com
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