Chart: Study confirms 95% Vegetarian diet used by top Ethiopian Marathon athletes

Vegetarian diet being used by Ethiopians to set Marathon speed records



SOURCE: Confirmed peer-reviewed Scientific Study - "Food and Macronutrient intake of elite Ethiopian Distance Runners by Lukas Y Beis, Lena Willkomm, et al. - The Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 011 8:7 - Published in BioMed Central.


Ethiopian top elite distance runners are eating a diet which is 92% Vegan, and 95% Vegetarian for World Class Marathon wins. Setting some of the fastest running times on earth.

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