Being a Vegan professional footballer with AFL player Chris Mayne
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In Episode 86 I sit down with AFL player and vegan athlete Chris Mayne to talk about his transition to a plant-based diet as a professional athlete. Chris plays for the Collingwood football club, the largest club in Australia, and in the past few years has been able to take his game to the next level.
IN THIS EPISODE WE COVER:
- The Ups and Downs of his career
- Why he left the Fremantle football club for Collingwood
- When he changes his diet and why
- The impact that changing his diet has had on his life and football
- A typical day of eating
- What his teammates, friends and family think of the way he eats
- Advice for young players and the importance of a good support group
- Raising a baby on a plant-based diet
- and much more
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Hope you enjoy the episode,
Simon J Hill
Simon is a qualified health professional having completed a Bachelor of Physiotherapy with Honours in 2008, Plant Based Nutrition with Cornell University and a Masters in Nutrition. He is the host of the Plant Proof podcast, a leading health and wellness show that focusses on breaking down the science on nutrition for human and planetary health, and is also writing his first book which will be published by Penguin Random House early 2021. If you're looking for agenda-free evidence based information to help you make sense of the conflicting nutrition information that exists today, you're in good hands.
