Vegetarians Make Better Lovers, Better Fighters & Better Swimmers

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Long before Michael Phelps swam his way into our cultural consciousness—104 years before, to be exact—vegetarian swimmers were already wowing people with their superhuman stamina. Check out this 1904 headline from Montréal's The Gazette:

Vegetarians aren't weighed down by all that cholesterol-laden animal fat or their own guilty conscience. The advantages are clear: Vegetarians make better lovers, better fighters, and better swimmers!

Posted by Logan Scherer

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hawkgirl's picture

Look at this vegan athlete. http://www.scottjurek.com /#/highlights/

Scott is the only North American winner of Greece's famed nonstop foot race from Athens to Sparta. The distance is 153 miles long.

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