Hangdog98 said:
This should answer both questions ("...how do you explain the fact that so many athletes are performing well on it?") and the identification of a "valid" argument. However, knowing that veggie-ism is an ideology and not a diet for peak performance, I don't expect to get through to your B12 deficient senses anytime soon.
How would you know what kind of diet leads to peak performance?
I suspect Astana and most people in general eat their burgers more out of tradition and habit than anything else. "I was born this way, so why change?" .... kind of thinking.
BTW ..... you think your burgers are loaded with B12? . . Think again. Most meat these days is very lacking in B12. Besides, it's not how much B12 you get .... it's how an individuals body uses and stores it.
Also, "veggie-ism" as you call it is no more/no less an ideology than trying to reach "peak performance". Trying reach any goal requires a level of commitment and sacrifice. Some of the most fanatical people are pro athletes, it doesn't matter weather they eat meat or not.
On a side note ......
I find it funny here all the comparisons and talk of big name pro athletes and what they eat. Who really cares what they eat? They're likely faster than you or I will ever be whatever they eat. Am I or anyone here a top pro athlete or going to be? I bet not. If I eat like the pro riders do will I magically ride like them? The joke is on all of us for trying to be like anyone other than ourselves.
I think we truly know very little about nutrition, but because what little we know is all we know ..... we think it's really
something. That
something then becomes the gospel, the cutting edge or whatever one chooses to describe it.
Until you walk the walk of of meat eating, vegan eating, or whatever ... any criticisms are really meaningless . Even then, if it doesn't work for you at the time .... it doesn't mean it's not valid for anyone else, or even yourself at a later time. You can use sarcasm all you want ...... but remember sarcasm is nothing more than a defense mechanism. . . . what's to be feared so?