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Basketball Player De’Anna Baldwin Shares her Vegan Diet

Basketball player De’Anna Baldwin shared her successful vegan diet with Madam Noire, telling the publication she’s “never felt better.”

Her transformation included a 100-pound weight loss. “I am very conscious about the types of foods I put in my body, making sure it’s organic, making sure it doesn’t contain any animal products and really focusing on mental clarity as well. I think the first step for me was being mentally ready to change my life and lifestyle,” Baldwin shared.

Asked how she became vegan, the basketball player shared, ” What I did was, I started valuing the things that I was eating. I had a friend, and we were talking about changing over to a plant-based diet or vegan diet, so I started by cutting out all meats and only ate dairy, as far as cheese and egg whites, in a month. I just went completely vegan.”

She now gets protein from ” legumes, lots of nuts, lots of beans, kale, spinach, broccoli,” as well as protein shakes made with hemp or pea powder.

She credits a vegan diet with taking her workout regimen “up a notch.” Baldwin shared, “I have a lot more energy to really push past my limits in the gym. My body fat has gone down. I’ve got more muscle mass and have been able to modify my speed to back when I was like in high school.”

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And what does she recommend for others that want to embrace a vegan diet? “If you wanted to, start out with different types of meat substitutes to go with your vegetables so you’re not missing it as much. And also, you get full more off of lettuce and vegetables over a meat and rice meal. So eating a lot of vegetables, you think you wouldn’t get full, but you’re going to get full and you’re just going to be eating a lot more. Anyone can do it. If I can do it, and I literally could eat meat all day, like three hotlinks before a game, anyone can do it. The key is to take it one day at a time and know that you’re not going to be perfect. If you do fall off or mess up, you can always get back on the train and keep going, ” she says.

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