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Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life Paperback – December 23, 2008

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books; 1 edition (December 23, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0738212547
  • ISBN-13: 978-0738212548
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (345 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsBEST (and only) BOOK FOR VEGAN ATHLETES
By Anthony Torres on January 30, 2008
Format: Hardcover
Thrive Diet is a relatively easy to follow program for athletes that have food allergies, are vegan, or just want to get their nutrition from whole foods. The hardest thing of going plants only is accepting you can get solid protein and nutrition. Thankfully, the author knows how to research and presents his findings dispassionately and with reason. The page on protein powders is worth the book itself. No where else have I found this information, and I've been looking through all vegan, vegetarian, and bodybuilding books. Keep in mind that this book is soy and tofu free, due to the author's concerns with allergies. That's a good thing. Tofu/Soy products are used MORE in N. America. I'm not anti-soy. Just pro-variety (and frankly soy hasn't gotten me to where I want to be anyhow.)

An important part of this book are the early chapters on different types of stress and how nutrition can assist recuperation. The author is not a big supplement taker, and focuses on nourishment rather than calories/protein/carbs counting. The recipes are simple to prepare. It's actually, dare I say it, kind of lazy food prep, minimal tools (food processor & blender), and maximum return. These are positives. Other vegan cookbooks have 20 steps, consume an hour of time and the end result is just a side dish. Of potatoes....

Now, the book is affordable, but there's a sticker shock that comes from going whole foods whole cloth. Thankfully I have a Whole Foods within 8 miles. They had most everything on the list, except yellow pea protein powder. The clerk said the co. that made that went bankrupt, so it's put a lot of folks in a lurch. My total bill? $227.00 The protein powders are about $15 each, the oils are around that price point, and maca and chlorella cost $15 a bottle.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Dream Come True
By Fearless on July 17, 2008
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Sounds a bit over the top, but I'm an actress in Hollywood with an athletic build. I've always found it hard to stay really lean, even though I'm a hard-core athlete, and that makes it hard to compete with the waifs. I bought Brendan's book two months ago and for the first time I am shredded without starving myself. I feel better than I ever have in my entire life and I honestly can't believe it.

I love the diet, love the food, love the philosophy. (I'm also an environmentalist)

I read the book cover-to-cover, excited by the philosophy but dismayed by the foreign foods that I needed to learn to locate, sprout and soak in order to start. This was just initial panic. I got over it.

I started with the smoothies and energy bars. I bought the Vega Complete Whole Food Optimizer he recommends and I found that making the smoothies was super-fast (throw my fruit, water, optimizer in a blender and go) and that while the energy bars took a little time, I could make a 2-month supply at a time, and then have a quick, easy snack always ready. I like them best frozen, so I'm not worried about spoilage. That was week one.

Week two I did my big shop (it was a bit pricey to start, but it's been very cheap ever since) which took a little to psych up for, washed and sanitized my fruits and veggies, and started sprouting. As soon as my sprouts were ready (a few days later) I took a full day and made pizza, burgers, crackers, sauces, salad dressings, etc. I basically made a little of everything. The joy was that I then could eat all week without doing anything but opening up the fridge. Since then, I've run out of things one by one, but since I've done it before, I had all of the ingredients on hand and it was no big deal to replenish; getting started was the hard part.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsGet it for the recipes, not the science
By David G. Andersen on September 6, 2010
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The good: A focus on vegan athlete nutrition with pretty good recipes and nutritional recommendations.
The bad: The science and explanations behind the foods are inaccurate and lacking.

The good, in a bit more detail: If you're looking for good recipes for post-workout shakes, etc., "Thrive" is a good source. As others have noted, most of the recipes are from basic foods, if some that we may not all have in our pantries yet. Brazier's later books tend to have a lot of recipes that say "buy my Vega stuff and mix...", but this one doesn't. The recipes are athlete-tested (less likely to make you feel sick when eating them during a workout!). The mix of nutritional and "when to eat what" advice is good, and matches well with what other sources recommend, but translated into a framework that works well for the vegan athlete. The recipes have variety, and in many cases, incorporate a set of protein sources that other books don't. I haven't seen another source of recipes for vegan energy bars or energy gels.

The bad: If you're looking for an accurate and clear explanation of the science behind it, don't buy this one -- buy "Eat to Live" (Fuhrman), "The Spectrum" (Ornish), "The China Study" (Campbell), or "The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook" (Barnard), or perhaps "The Food Revolution" (Robbins). Brazier's explanations of the rationale behind his recommendations are scientifically bogus, falling back on claims about live enzymes aiding nutrition and broad categories of "alkaline" foods, and a fairly wacko theory about refined foods taking more energy to digest than you get out of them.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsA great book with some insights and approaches to nutrition and ...

A great book with some insights and approaches to nutrition and energy. Will refer to this book and approach to nutrition often.

Published 2 days ago by Kimannmen
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4.0 out of 5 starsA great read, something new to add to the average book on veganism

Informative. I learned a few things that I didn't know even after being a vegetarian for 7 years and a vegan for 6 months. Read more

Published 27 days ago by M. Farrow
5.0 out of 5 starsThere are some really good recipes in here

Fabulous book! There are some really good recipes in here. It's also informative and educational but not too dense. Makes a great gift for your athletic friends

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I'm glad that I bought this book used for only $4. I've been eating a mostly plant based diet for years and am also a long distance runner. Read more

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Great book

Published 2 months ago by wood chippie
5.0 out of 5 starsneed to read

excellent read and info

Published 2 months ago by gil
1.0 out of 5 starsRaw vegan

Not sustainable for most people
Little documentation
Requires hard to find foods
Would not recommend
I eat whole food plant based and will not follow this plan

Published 2 months ago by Peace and love
5.0 out of 5 starsIts amazing what energy can be found in rethinking the fundamentals...

Greatly impressed by the work of this author. Its amazing what energy can be found in rethinking the fundamentals of our diets.

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