Medical Study: The #1 Kenyan Marathon distance runners eat a 99% Vegetarian diet.
Findings: The World Class Elite Record-Breaking Kalenjin Tribe follow virtually a 99% vegetarian diet.
The fastest endurance athletes on earth are barely eating any meat at all, extremely tiny amounts, only 1% meat, non-paleo, rich in grain, high-carb, and virtually all vegetarian.
The athletic marathon winning Kenyans, are eating a mainly plant-based diet. Meat is eaten only in the tiniest amounts, only 2 times or 4 times a week. And in a portion barely otaling less than 177 grams across an entire week's time, a very small amount. A larger piece witnessed may be eaten only at special occasions, like a funeral, or when a guest or a foreigner visits, or at a ceremonial event less than once a month, but when it comes to normal diet for training very little meat is eaten). If there are 3 meals per day, and 7 days a week, the total number of meals is 21. Thus, 2 or 4 times out of 21 meals would mean the remaining 17 to 19 meals out of the total of 21 meals are entirely vegetarian. That's 80 to 90% vegetarian even at this point, in terms of food frequency, however when you realize what a small amount of meat these top athletes are eating portion-wise, the amount of meat in their diet is even less. Hardly any.
177 grams, if averaged out across all the week's 21 meals, would come to an average of 8.5 grams, a piece barely the size and weight of 2 Nickels or a fingertip. That would be an average amount of meat weighing little more than the weight of 8 paper-clips. The top marathon race finishers are mostly all eating a plant-based diet.
The diet of the winners is over 84% carbs. The kenyan marathon winners are eating a high-carb diet of over 84% carbohydrates, consisting mainly of GRAIN. The best endurance athletes in the world are eating lot of grain. Mainly corn. It is in the form of a porridge in a traditional kenyan dish called "ugali". And they also eat good amounts of wheat, and are not only shown as healthy but are also pulling in winning medals and breaking endurance records. The Kenyan marathoners are eating a High-Carb, Low-Fat, Low-Protein diet. Rounded out, that would be approximately 85-10-5. That's approximately 85% carbohydrates, 10% protein, and 5% fat. This is what was measured.
The elite marathon runners run only about 6-mi to 10 miles per day (training), as you would not train running a whole marathon every day or else you would be fatigued by the time it came for the race competition(overtraining).
The Kenyans run 6 kilometers in the morning, and 4 kilometers in the evening, for a total average of 10 kilometers per day, that is 6 miles. Researchers found that the entire distance of 26.2 miles is not run every day. They do not run a marathon every single day while training. The long runs of 20miles, or marathon distance 26.2 mile runs are done only occasionally, for practice or benchmarking purposes, elsewise the elite runners train harder mainly at shorter distances in order not to overtrain. Energy is saved for race day.
The reason short distances can be used for training for the longer distance marathon, is because Kenyan race training is done at High altitude. Kenyans run at an altitude of over 8,000 feet high, approximately 2,400 to 3,000 meters. The reason is that the Kalenjin Tribe lives in the Rift Valley, and trains in the mountains where the oxygen is a bit less. Official Marathons are often held in cities or countries located at lower altitudes, so when the Kenyans run, they now have even more oxygen density available. Thus shorter runs at high altitude where the air is thinner can be used to train for longer distance runs at lower altitude where the air is denser.
The top Kenyan athletes are following an 85-10-5 mainly all plant-based diet and are breaking world records in endurance and speed. Their health is excellent with no supplements used, and no known nutritional deficiencies. The plant-based diet eating vitually no meat at all is what is producing wins and some of the fastest times in marathons.
-SOURCE (Verified): Scientific Study: "Nutrition for Sport and Exercise: Practical Guide" by Hayley Daries, Google Books - Nutrition Textbook - John Wiley & Sons.
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