Zdeno Chara and His Plant-Based Diet

[Terrier]

In today's Boston Globe, Zdeno Chara discusses the plant-based diet he adopted before this season. Obviously, it seems to have paid dividends.


Zdeno Chara’s new plant-based diet is paying off on the ice - The Boston Globe

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[Neuf]

Brontosaurus eats plants, gets tall, long neck, strong.

Logic holds .

 

[Man Bear Pig]

I always wonder what kind of a placebo effect change in diet has in people. They always state that they feel better and recover faster but it's hard to think there isn't a huge benefit from it psychologically as well. He does look like a completely different player though from last year where it looked like he was nearing the end of his career.

 

[PenguinSpeed]

In today's Boston Globe, Zdeno Chara discusses the plant-based diet he adopted before this season. Obviously, it seems to have paid dividends.


Zdeno Chara’s new plant-based diet is paying off on the ice - The Boston Globe

-Good read. But Chara and Brady are both lucky in terms of what they do. One player is so big he is like a second goalie on the ice defending the net. The other player plays for a Coach that gets rid of the football before he gets hit. Good story, but one big injury at 40 for either, and either or both are done regardless of what they eat. 1 Concussion, 1 ACL tear, anything significant, they are done.

-People can talk about strict diets of eating plants all they want, obviously greens have benefit, but so does meat and protein.

-Quit alcohol and drink 1-2 gallons of water everyday, and that will blow away his leaf diet or any diet he has. The power of water is better than anything you put in your body. And the more of it, the better.

 

[Riseonfire]

Is Charlie McAvoy part of his diet?

 

[John Matthews]

-Good read. But Chara and Brady are both lucky in terms of what they do. One player is so big he is like a second goalie on the ice defending the net. The other player plays for a Coach that gets rid of the football before he gets hit. Good story, but one big injury at 40 for either, and either or both are done regardless of what they eat. 1 Concussion, 1 ACL tear, anything significant, they are done.

-People can talk about strict diets of eating plants all they want, obviously greens have benefit, but so does meat and protein.

-Quit alcohol and drink 1-2 gallons of water everyday, and that will blow away his leaf diet or any diet he has. The power of water is better than anything you put in your body. And the more of it, the better.

Im sure as professional athletes drink far more than two gallons of water per day and eat well due to it being in their contracts...

 

[Sensinitis]

In b4 all the nutrition experts come in.

Nvm, I'm too late.

 

[maxbme]

He talked about it a few days ago on his instagram (which is a grade-a follow). Its easy to be skeptical of how much this diet is having an effect, but he has an extra spring in his step. Over the past 2 seasons it seems like he turned the clock back 5 years.

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[Filthy Dangles]

he must take a lot of supplements to get aneough protein for a 40 year old NHLer to recover properly.

i understand cutting out pork, red meats and fried stuff but i don't get why you'd give up roast/grilled chicken.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

I think you're going to start seeing a number of guys going this way with diets.

All placebo, but when I do 1-2 days a week with veggies only I do notice I wake up a lot easier and far more refreshed.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

he must take a lot of supplements to get aneough protein for a 40 year old NHLer to recover properly.

i understand cutting out pork, red meats and fried stuff but i don't get why you'd give up roast/grilled chicken.

No supplements needed, just beans. Lots and lots of beans. Beans are everything. Though the article does mention that he still eats eggs from time to time.

 

[Gurglesons]

Plenty of proteins in veggies / legumes. Please stop perpetuating the lie that a vegetarian / vegan has difficulty with protein.

 

[BAM]

First we have a bunch of hockey analysts as posters on this site and now nutritionists? Damn this site has everything!

 

[zaYG]

I always wonder what kind of a placebo effect change in diet has in people. They always state that they feel better and recover faster but it's hard to think there isn't a huge benefit from it psychologically as well. He does look like a completely different player though from last year where it looked like he was nearing the end of his career.

He actually looked solid last year too. It was the year before where he looked poor.

 

[PenguinSpeed]

Im sure as professional athletes drink far more than two gallons of water per day and eat well due to it being in their contracts...

-Very few do. Heck when Mario Lemieux played he smoked 2 packs a cigarettes a day. I would say probably less than 1% of the entire world comes anywhere close to 2 gallons of water a day or even 1. Most people that did the 30 day water challenge failed before they were going to the bathroom every 30 minutes with 1 gallon of water per day. Regardless, Chara and Brady take great care of their bodies.

Adrian Dater: When smoking was the NHL's bad habit

 

[PenguinSpeed]

First we have a bunch of hockey analysts as posters on this site and now nutritionists? Damn this site has everything!

-I played sports and was into power lifting for years. Not everyone is a lazy slob.

 

[BAM]

-I played sports and was into power lifting for years. Not everyone is a lazy slob.

And I played D1 baseball, good for you.

 

[DickSmehlik]

But does he drink 57 glasses of water daily?

 

[John Matthews]

-Very few do. Heck when Mario Lemieux played he smoked 2 packs a cigarettes a day. I would say probably less than 1% of the entire world comes anywhere close to 2 gallons of water a day or even 1. Most people that did the 30 day water challenge failed before they were going to the bathroom every 30 minutes with 1 gallon of water per day. Regardless, Chara and Brady take great care of their bodies.

Adrian Dater: When smoking was the NHL's bad habit

Yeah that was before the whole NHLPA etc. But I feel you're too young to actually have seen players smoking on the bench.

 

[MMANumminen]

Stupid diet. A grown man needs meat, fish, milk, potatoes and beer

 

[C0DITH]

You have all been lied to your entire life about needing to eat meat/whey/dairy to get your protein in. You also don't need to eat your weight in grams, old school bologna. I get 125-150 g's of protein a day, lost fat, put on muscle, feel a million bucks since dumping meat and dairy. Still eat eggs on the weekend but that's it. Your Test levels will jump ten fold going from a meat diet to a vegan diet. No wonder older superstars are starting to adopt it, only way they can prolong their careers.

 

[Bieber fever]

My favourite kind of thread for broscience

 

[Bmessy]

Bbbbut bbbut but where does he get his protein?????!

 

[PenguinSpeed]

You have all been lied to your entire life about needing to eat meat/whey/dairy to get your protein in. You also don't need to eat your weight in grams, old school bologna. I get 125-150 g's of protein a day, lost fat, put on muscle, feel a million bucks since dumping meet and dairy. Still eat eggs on the weekend but that's it. Your Test levels will jump ten fold going from a meat diet to a vegan diet. No wonder older superstars are starting to adopt it, only way they can prolong their careers.

-Mike Tyson loaded up on Milk, Chicken and Meat, and was the hardest hitting boxer by a landslide

-But diet isnt everything. If you look at prisoners, they eat like crap and some of them are absolutely ripped

-A lot of athletes take performance enhancing drugs. A lot of athletes do drink, or smoke, or chew tobacco, or dont eat right. Brad Marchand is a pretty good example, he's drunk all the time. You think he's going to sustain his play until he's 40? Nope, not when a big injury comes because the body take way longer to heal when you dont take care of it.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Bbbbut bbbut but where does he get his protein?????!

1 feast on Bryan McCabe can keep your protein levels high for years, even decades.