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Top Picks For A Vegan Week In Review

It’s finally Friday, and I spent a busy week of surfing, blogging, tweeting, pinning, facebooking and instagramming some amazing articles, photographs and recipes. Since this was such an extraordinary week filled with vegan news, podcasts, recipes and other vegan goodies, I decided to share some of my favorites.

Here are VAP’s Top 5 Picks For A Vegan Week In Review…

1. Brendan Brazier’s article in U.S. News & World Report Health entitled A Plant-Based Diet for a Competitive Edge

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In this enthralling article, Ironman triathlete Brendan Brazier discusses 7 Reasons to Choose a Plant-Based Diet for athletic performance. I was surprised to learn that Brendan considered himself to be an “average” athlete at an early age, anticipating that he would have to “work harder and smarter” than others to offset his lack of athletic ability enough to make sports an occupation. He shifted towards a clean, plant-based diet to increase his odds of having a professional career as an athlete. His dietary choice clearly worked because Brendan Brazier forged a stunning 7-year profession as an Ironman triathlete.

To read Brendan's article and to find out my remaining 4 picks of the week, go to...

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