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The 247 lb. Vegan

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I'm not sure why this was posted, but I think this is Awkward Journalistic Simile of the day:

"The 100-pound dumbbells he used to easily throw around felt like lead weights. "

He can play NFL football as a vegan, but could he start a start-up eating like that?

Sure he could start-up a startup eating startup :)

You honestly think that the focus and commitment to do something as unpopular as shunning meat in the NFL would serve him ill in a startup?

Execution matters -- and he did finish out the season by setting a new NFL record. And shunning the cheeseburgers.

Speaking from experience, yes.

Speaking as someone who cooks a lot for himself and is very interested in nutrition and proper diet, I have no idea why you're even asking this. Nutrition wise, vegans who play it smart are just as if not more healthy than the rest of us. Finance wise it's often cheaper because lets face it, meat is expensive. Time wise it's no different than any other type of meal preparation, which I believe studies have shown is actually faster than waiting for delivery or going out and ordering at a restraunt.

The fact is that it shows a level of dedication above and beyond what normal people exert. I'd say that puts them well in the running for a startup.

My experience is that a terrible vegetarian diet (pasta, white-rice, tomatoes, as the staple) is the cheapest method of eating. A nutritionally adequate vegetarian diet (variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole-grains, etc) costs about the same as a terrible carnivorous diet (i.e., meat + pasta, white-rice, etc), and, at the top of the price-point, is a nutritionally adequate carnivorous diet (which, incidentally, few people can afford in terms of both cost and time to prepare).

I don't know about any studies regarding which is faster, but I do know that in my personal life I've found vegetarian meals to be both easier to prepare and easier to clean (e.g., meat has to be cooked just right or it is either a) dangerous or b) tastes terrible).

> The fact is that it shows a level of dedication above and beyond what normal people exert.

Because he's targeting health, the hardest part he needs to work through is having to wait for his taste-buds (i.e. brain) to adjust to a low-salt/low-fat diet; while not an insignificant feat, his wealth does allow him to skip the practical re-education of both how to shop for food and how to cook meals.

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