Hope you have been enjoying the holiday season. That you have had the opportunity to get in some exercise and enjoy being with your family.

I was watching a documentary the other day about Roman Gladiators. There is not much on around holiday time on tv. However being interested in their training regime and how strong they were I kept watching.

What I heard next was unbelievable.

Archeologists  have studied that they were extremely fit and strong. They know this from bones they have found. They have cut cross sections and measured their bones. They were very strong and thick. Not under nourished little weaklings as you would think, way back then.

The biggest surprise was that they were on a vegetarian diet.
Eating porridge in the morning of wheat, barley, and oats, mainly, and also spelt and rye.

Then I saw a documentary with Arnold Schwarzenegger introducing a program, he produced.

It was about vegetarians in sport, how he has a few vegetarian days per week and that his cholesterol has dropped significantly. It is lower now than when he was at his prime as a champion body builder in his twenties.

He now is over 70 years old.

You may be thinking what does this have to do with belly fat and losing weight?

Well I know you want to be healthy and lose weight and there is a lot of conflicting advice out there.

By lowering your consumption of animal products you can lower the inflammation in your body by 25 To 30 %. There are more athletes now eating a diet 100% from plant foods than ever before.

From cyclists to weight lifters, runners and football players.

One of the strongest men in the world has adopted eating a vegetarian diet. He has gained weight and has more energy and is now even stronger than when he ate meat.

He has broken his own world records since becoming a vegetarian. This man can lift a 80kg dumbell over his head with one arm.

He can carry 4 men on a platform, 2 each side while he puts the bar on his back.  It already weighs a considerable amount before the men stand on each side.

Well getting fit is a process that needs to be tackled systemically, scientifically and individually.

“One mans food is another mans poison.”

One food is great for one body type and not so for others.

You need to “read” your body and know which foods are best for you and what food to stay away from or limit.

However moderation is always key.  One thing is always true, processed “junk” food is not meant for our body.

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All the best in health and fitness,

Tony