Monday, March 17, 2008

The 247 lb. Vegan - WSJ.com

fit vegan american football player The 247 lb. Vegan - WSJ.com

American footballers have a notoriously shorter average lifespan. Here's one american footballer who is trying to break the mould.

The protein-rich bounty of the football training table is supposed to grow the biggest and strongest athletes in professional sports. Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Tony Gonzalez was afraid it was going to kill him. "It's the Catch-22," says Mr. Gonzalez, 31. "Am I going to be unhealthy and play football? Or be healthy and get out of the league?"

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