Thrive The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life

Thrive The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life

“The Thrive Diet is a life-changing book! The nutrition approach that Brendan lays out for you is amazing in its own right, but he has backed it all with powerful facts. If you want to reduce stress, feel great, eat well, and attain your healthiest you ever, get this book.” — Jon Hinds, founder/owner of Monkey Bar Gymnasium, former NBA Strength Coach, advisor to MLB and NFL teams, and Hollywood trainer

“The Thrive Diet is an authoritative guide to outstanding performance, not just in top-level athletics, but in day-to-day life. Written by one of the world’s leading authorities on nutrition for professional athletes, it brings sports enthusiasts to their peak and helps everyone–athlete or not–to recover from stress and feel their best.” — Neal D. Barnard, MD, president, Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine

“The Thrive Diet is an inspiring read not just for athletes but for anyone looking for more energy, vibrancy and just to feel and even look better. Brendan legitimizes this way of living with easy to understand research, common sense and most importantly through his own trial and error. This is a great book!” — Sarma Melngailis, cofounder of Pure Food and Wine restaurant and coauthor of Raw Food Real World

“The Thrive Diet is packed with invaluable information that can assist anyone at any level.” — Bruny Surin, third-fastest human ever, Olympic gold medalist–4 x 100 meter relay, Atlanta 1996

“Brendan Brazier tells a very important story, one that is vital for the thousands, even millions, of individuals who train for athletics only to unnecessarily harm their body and therefore performance through poor nutrition. The Thrive Diet is a must read.” — T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., author of the bestselling The China Study

“Brendan’s knowledge is second to none. I read The Thrive Diet and was enthralled that, after reading so many books and meeting with so many experts, Brendan was able to explain his thoughts on nutrition in such a clear and insightful way. I only hope my competition doesn’t read this book until after I’m done competing.” — Simon Whitfield, Olympic gold medalist–triathlon, Sydney 2000

“Ironman triathlete Brazier is proof that you can compete as a vegan; his `whole foods’ diet uses more parts of the plant than processed, refined foods. As a result, it is more nutritious and more fibrous, which is good for digestion and filling one up with fewer calories. Plant foods are also ecologically sound because animal processing increases methane production and uses existing plant resources inefficiently. To boot, some studies have shown that a vegan diet reduces inflammation in arthritis and fibromyalgia, as well as high blood sugar and high blood pressure. The extremely vigorous exercise plan can be toned down for the rest of us. Ideal for dieters who want to reduce their carbon footprint and get healthy at the same time.” — Library Journal, starred review

“Like the nutrient-rich whole foods he advocates, Brendan Brazier’s The Thrive Diet is filled with powerful information that will forever change the way you address life’s daily speed bumps. Whether professional athlete or weekend jogger, if you are serious about improving you health or athletic performance, you owe it to yourself to listen carefully to Brazier’s advice.” — Joseph Connelly, founder and publisher, VegNews magazine

“Quite simply, The Thrive Diet is the most comprehensive nutrition and lifestyle program we’ve ever seen. In addition, and completely unique to a `diet’ book, The Thrive Diet is an ecological sensible one.” — The G Living Network, gliving.com

“[Brazier's] simple, easy-to-swallow book is guaranteed to be stress-free.” — VegNews magazine

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Not an athlete or a true vegan, still found book helpful
I think I originally bought this book because I was amazed that an athlete could be a vegan, but was skeptical as I did not want as many calories in a diet as a full time athlete would consume. I found the diet plan somewhat hard to follow for a new vegan, but the concept of how food and the way we digest it can be a form of added stress was very interesting and informative. I am hooked on the smoothies, this alone was worth the book- with in a few days I felt more energized, had fewer allergies and better mental clarity. I have tried a few of the other recipes and the buckwheat pancakes were the best- the pancakes with yam were too long to make and never formed into pancakes- burgers had the same problem- there are vegan burgers at the store from a company called just good energy- [...] that take the place of making my own. Overall I really enjoyed the book and found it a new and exciting reference for total body health.

5 Stars Must read for athletes
Great nutrition plan for athletes. You can build with this plan. Great info for everyone.

5 Stars reformed sugarfreak
I recently kicked my sugar addiction and read “The China Study”. While browsing amazon for vegan cookbooks I came upon this book. It is very good. I made one of the burger recipes yesterday and it was delicious. My husband and 19 year old son also thought they were delicious. Making bars today and bought some of this guys bars at whole foods last night. My son took them to school,so I’ll find out later how they were. I have recommended this book to others, you don’t have to be a super tri-athlete to benefit.

5 Stars Thanks for my good health
I concur with previous 5 star reviews they describe accurately this life changing book I received. It hit an absolute bullseye for me as a vegan and weekend cross country mountain bike racer that occasional likes to enter longer 8+ hour endurance rides. If I didn’t ride a bike at all though this book would still be a bullseye simply on general health grounds alone.

The section on sprouting is brief. My recommendation for a thorougher companion book on growing sprouts is Sprout Garden - Revised Edition

5 Stars great book
Great book and well informative. Recipes easy to follow with easy to obtain items. Great reference section to what is written.

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