Bodybuilding Documentary Debates Vegetarian and Vegan Diet

The new documentary Game Changers has been released on streaming sites like Netflix and it's created a stir online. The film features a former fighter who became injured and then started to research the different ways he could improve his recovery time.

The first thing that he noticed that set him down the road to investigating the superiority of a vegan diet is that Gladiators were vegetarians. This was discovered by doing bone tests.

If you watch the film, one of the most striking scenes is where they feed three incidental meals (Mexican food) to three athletes. The only difference between the meals is the protein source. One is made with black beans and the other two are made using meat. Then the athletes blood is tested and the results are astounding. The amount of fat in the blood is vastly different.

The documentary highlights athletes of all kinds, from bodybuilders and powerlifters, to boxers who fight in the heavyweight division and distance athletes . This sort of coverage dispels the myth that it is only distance athletes who will benefit form a plant based protein diet.

Here is an interesting article that discusses how one of the worlds most famous bodybuilders saw the movie and wanted to switch to a plant based diet.

Kai Green (famous for his extended interviews in films like Generation Iron) was convinced to move towards a plant based diet.