Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Shares Her Plant-Based Diet!

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman spoke to Women’s Health about her plant-based diet. While the athlete has finished her Olympic career, she still continues a plant-based diet. 

Raisman owns 85 different flowers, vegetables and succulents. Being close to plants has helped her with her food choices. “It’s been really calming for me. It brings me a lot of happiness and allows me to practice gratitude for where my food is coming from,” she told the outlet. She says of her eating habits, “I always eat for a purpose and I’m always thinking in terms of what’s going to keep me energized.”

For breakfast, Raisman eats celery juice, coffee with soy milk, a bagel with nuts or cauliflower rice, and avocado.

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Lunch for Raisman includes vegetable broths and soups. She also loves guacamole with her lunches. If she needs some extra food, she whips up a smoothie. For dinner, she opts for plant-focused meals, “My plate is usually heavily veggies.” She also looks for plant-based  meats, “I cooked with tempeh the other night and it was actually pretty good.”

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And for dessert? “I love frozen bananas with dairy-free chocolate chips and a little soy milk to make it creamy,” says Raisman.

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Learn How to Cook Plant-Based Meals at Home

Reducing your meat intake and eating more plant-based foods is known to help with chronic inflammation, heart health, mental wellbeing, fitness goals, nutritional needs, allergies, gut health, and more! Dairy consumption also has been linked to many health problems, including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer, prostate cancer and has many side effects.  For those of you interested in eating more plant-based, we highly recommend downloading the Food Monster App — with over 15,000 delicious recipes it is the largest plant-based recipe resource to help reduce your environmental footprint, save animals and get healthy! And, while you are at it, we encourage you to also learn about the environmental and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

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