Here are 4 types of vegan food that are highly recommended for a sportsperson/swimmer.
We recently discovered there really are vegan swimmers. So, let’s look at four types of food a vegann swimmer (but also a non-vegan swimmer!) could introduce into their diet.
The first type of food we suggest you try it is quinoa. If you have never heard of it, it is actually a pseudo-cereal. “Pseudo” because it really belongs to the spinach family, but has certain characteristics that mean it is classed as a cereal. It can be eaten as an alternative to rice and is full of calories, with a high protein content. It is an excellent source of carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. It can be eaten as a main meal but my own tip is to eat it in a salad, particularly in summer, together with tomatoes and olives.
The second type of food I recommend are peanuts. They are an excellent source of protein and provide your body with the unsaturated fats it needs or, in other words, those “good” fats (the famous omega3s and omega6s), which are good for you, unlike saturated fats. The important thing is to eat some every day, preferably between meals. The same can be said about all dried…
