Patrick baboumian, Andreas Cahling, Bill Pearl, Billy Simmonds, Joel Kirkilis, Jimi Sitko, Mac Danzig, Jake shield, Mike Tyson, Jon Fitch, Rob Bigwood and Ricky Williams are some of them. As time goes by their will be more and more world class vegan athletes.

I’m a triathlete and I myself have found that it increased my endurance and stamina tremendously.

As long as you eat a well balanced diet based on whole food and make sure you get enough calories(that’s really the key thing for athletes) you’ll be more than fine. Only vegan who eat junk food or a poor diet get weaker (anyone who eat a poor diet for that matter)

I know the dairy and meat commodity trade groups as well as the US Dept of Agriculture (whose interest it is to Promote financial interests of Ag, especially dairy and meat) want everyone to eat more of those commodities–but it just isn’t in MY best interest to include animal milk or flesh in my diet.

As a competitive athlete a whole-food plant-based diet gives me with lots of energy and plenty of protein, iron, calcium and all the nutrients I need. I often take a B12/multi vit. to be sure.

What’s missing from a diet lacking animal products?
A high risk of heart disease, many cancers, stroke, osteoporosis, diabetes, kidney disease,…

This leaves me a bit confused. Why does this seem to be the only post I can find from you where you seem to say anything positive about a vegan diet? It seems that something like a whole food, locally grown vegan diet would be just about ideal nutritionally and environmentally as long as you get a bit of sun, maybe a little flax, and eat something with smidgen of B-12.

What am I missing?

Nice work there! I would like to see people come up with a good argument of why eating meat (including fish) and/or dairy/eggs is better for their health only (no mention as to the health of the environment, and the impact eating meat has on all others who live on earth).