Vegetarianism Scientific And Spiritual Basis

Author(s): Jashwant B Mehta
Publisher: Jashwant B Mehta

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The late Katherine Monbiot, a vegan, was the women's arm wrestling champion and nutritional advisor to Chelsea First Division Football Club.
The famous Indian Test Cricketer, Anil Kumble who holds the record of highest number of wickets in Test matches for India is a vegetarian.
No man in the history of sports has ever dominated an event as Edwin Moses has done in the 400 metre hurdles. The Olympic gold medallist went eight years without losing a race. Edwin Moses is a vegetarian.
The legendary 6-8" 320 lb. wrestler Killer Kowalski is a vegetarian.
The Olympic ski champion, Anton Innaver, is a vegetarian. Richard Abele, weighing only 97 pounds, recently won the United States Karate Association Championship, getting his fifth degree black belt. Abele, who has won eight US championships, is a vegan not eating flesh, eggs, or dairy products. Aaron Pryor, welter weight world boxing champion, is a vegetarian. Paavo Nurmi, the 'Flying Finn' set twenty world records in distance running, and won nine Olympic medals. He was a vegetarian. Murray Rose, one of the greatest swimmers who won three gold medals in 1956, Melbourne Olympics and also became four years later the first man in history in 1960 Olympics to retain his 400 meter freestyle title was a vegetarian since childhood. Stan Price holds the world record for the bench press in his weight class. Stan Price is a vegetarian. Pat Reeves, a vegan, was the British Women's power-lifting champion for eight years. The entire Japanese baseball team Seibu Lions won the Pacific League Championship consecutively for 2 yrs after switching over to a vegetarian diet. Joginder Singh, world's oldest active sportsman, is a vegetarian. At the age of 105 years, he is able to run 100 metres in 20 seconds.