Originally Posted by finbarrio
I doubt it too.
Some vegan athletes I know of are King of the Cage champ Mac Danzig, bodybuilders Alexander Dargatz and Robert Cheeke, ultramarathon champ Scott Jurek, triathlete Brendan Brazier, Carl Lewis. In Marla Streb's book "Gravity Goddess" she mentions that a bunch of XC and DH mtbikers are veggie, but I don't know who they are.
You are confusing vegan with vegetarian, they are not the same thing.
I read the Acclerade paper-its poorly done. Amazing that someone can publish adding "protein" without saying what the protein is. Sports drinks are a big BS business. Some offer glutamine amino acid, but without the other 19 amino acids, its pointless. Of course,they too have self-funded data to show efficacy.