Switching to a vegan diet “has no beneficial nor negative effect” on strength performance, given calorie intake and carbohydrate content remain the same.
This is according to a new study published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and conducted by researchers at the German Sport University Cologne and IST Hochschule of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf.
As noted by the study’s abstract, over the past few years the number of people who have avoided animal products has been rising steadily, with “more and more healthy active people and performance-orientated athletes giving up animal products for various reasons, such as for an improved performance or faster regeneration.”
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