Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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The performance-enhancing effects of plant-based diets are not new. One Yale professor conducted a landmark study on this subject more than a century ago. But what did he discover, and why do early studies like these remain relevant today?

Sources:
Chittenden, R. H. The nutrition of man. (F. A. Stokes & Co., 1907).
Fisher, I. The influence of flesh-eating on endurance. (Modern Medicine Publishing, 1908).