Thursday, December 13, 2012

Could Vegetarian Recipes Work in Professional Wrestling

By Rob Sutter


I'm sure almost everyone has the same visual image that pops into mind when the subject of professional wrestling comes into light. You think about such things as overly muscular physiques and masculinity to the max. With such physical exertion that is put into every match imaginable, one has to believe that a great supply of meat is in the diet of just about every wrestler. While meat is a stable of this industry, a few wrestlers have taken on different lifestyles and vegetarian recipes have become more and more common.

I think the biggest challenge when it comes to basing diets around vegetarian recipesis the sense of availability that certain foods possess. When a wrestler leaves a show, it's usually very late at night and most, if not all places, that are open during that time are fast food establishments. It's difficult to have fresh fruits and vegetables around when you're on the road constantly, so it's as if that lifestyle is impossible. Companies such as Quorn feature meat-free diets, as well as those rich in greens, and those are difficult to implement into a wrestler's lifestyle in spite of them being satisfying.

Due to great willpower, it seems like a few wrestlers have managed to use these diets for the long haul. Meat isn't necessary for many of us and Bryan Danielson is just one name. He's been a vegan for two and a half years, steering clear of all animal products both meat and dairy. He also put a litany of dietary products such as vitamins to fill in the nutrients he would have missed otherwise. Sadly, Danielson had to end that lifestyle once he developed a recent soy intolerance.

Once an independent wrestler and now a mainstay in TNA Wrestling, Austin Aries had been a vegetarian for a little over one decade. While not the biggest wrestler in the world, he had to make certain that he tailored the diet to his wrestling career and he did it well. Whenever catering was around, sometimes there wouldn't be food that accommodated his particular diet, so he had to make preparations beforehand. After being a vegetarian for so long, it doesn't seem like Aries has any plans to change it up.

The mindset that wrestlers only eat meat as if they're dogs has been absolutely aborted due to a select few in the industry who incorporated vegetarian recipes. The body is better off because of this. When animal products like meat and cheese are digested, the body exerts more energy into it as opposed to fighting off bodily bacteria. For a healthier lifestyle in that sense, the sacrifice of broader food choices seems like a fair one.




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