Interesting insight on diet and fitness (CNN Link)

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Rich Roll, an Ultraman Triathlon finisher who eats an entirely plant based (?) diet and lost a significant amount of weight. Here is his story on CNN and some intersting insights on weight loss, eating habits and the Ultraman Triathlon:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/rich.roll.getting.fit/index.html

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Interesting but where does the chocolate milk for recovery fit in?

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Interesting but where does the chocolate milk for recovery fit in?
Speaking just from personal experience (and with no science whatsoever to back me up): it fits in that after a workout it tastes really freakin’ great.

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Sorry, I couldn’t get past, “well-researched …fruit and vegetable juice cleanse”

I wonder where he does his research.

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Soy…

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Rich Roll, an Ultraman Triathlon finisher who eats an entirely plant based (?) diet and lost a significant amount of weight. Here is his story on CNN and some intersting insights on weight loss, eating habits and the Ultraman Triathlon:

http://www.cnn.com/...tting.fit/index.html

No way am I clicking that link … “Rich Roll”???

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“But two years later, I had lost well over 30 pounds”

Wow!

I lost about 26 pounds in about 5 months at age 43, mostly on a bagel-based diet. Didn’t need no steeenkin’ cleanse, just rode my ass off.

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Great accomplishment, no doubt, but nothing really new there.