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but, that's not gonna be

one of them.

So, I've had people go vegan, and they

come back to me and they're like,

"I'm hypothyroid and my doctor

says I'm hypothyroid because

"plant-based diet

makes you hypothyroid."

I'm like, so what does your doctor tell

all his meat eaters that are hypothyroid?

What's in animal flesh or dairy

that you can't get in plant-based?

Cholesterol.

Heterocyclic amines.

E. coli, you know,

if you think about it,

there is nothing in an

animal-based diet

that you can't get in a

healthier form somewhere else.

The only other vitamin

is vitamin B12.

It's not made by plants,

not made by animals either,

made by little microbes

that blanket the Earth.

So, because of the way we

live in our sanitized world,

unless you're eating

bacteria-contaminated foods,

we need to get a source

of B12 from somewhere,

and so the healthiest,

cheapest, safest source

is to get a vitamin B12 fortified

food or vitamin B12 supplement,

not to get it

from meat and dairy.

[Kip] What about people who say they have to

eat meat for their blood type or, their genes?

It's just like I need

meat because I'm a Capricorn

or I need meat 'cause I have an A plus

blood, it's like what do you say?

No one has to eat meat. There's

no vitamin, mineral, nutrient

that you can't get from

non-animal sources.

Valentine's Day,

I decided to go vegan

and give up all meat, which

was never in my thoughts

in a while million years,

but I've heard so much success

from people that are vegan.

And so I gave up all

animal product whatsoever,

I've lost 29 pounds,

I've been able to

cut my meds in half,

I've been able

to cut my insulin in half,

and now I'm going for the moon,

I'm going to go cut it all out.

In the last six weeks, we've

just had three grandchildren.

And my ugly face

is going to be around

to see 'em graduate from high school

and college. I'm gonna be here.

My mission is to let everybody

know you do not have to suffer

from diabetes and cancer

and heart disease

because someone

in your family had it

or because the doctors are telling

you this is what's gonna happen.

You can take charge

of your health

and have a positive

outcome just like I did.

The reason I'm so

committed to this is

my grandmother had diabetes, and

I didn't know what I know now

about healing the body.

And if I did, I feel like

she could've lived at

least a few years longer.

And so it's in her honor

that I do what I do.

If I could save someone

else's grandmother,

aunt, uncle, father from that.

So, I'm excited about getting

the message out there.

[Kip] There's a common belief that

eating plant-based is expensive.

Not at all. It can be done

in a very inexpensive way

where you buy foods that are in

season and you shop in the bulk bins

and that saves a lot of money.

You can eliminate

a lot of your expenses

on your grocery bill by

not buying meat and dairy

because those things

are expensive.

Our meal plan for our family of four

is $25 per person in the family.

20.64 is your total.

[Kip] 20.64? Whoa.

That's for an

entire week of food.

[Kip] An exploding

movement of elite athletes

are utilizing vegan

diets to heal injuries,

speed recovery times and

enhance their performance.

Before I was vegan, I was only bench

pressing 315 like five times.

Then, after going vegan,

I was doing 400.

425, 465, and I was

like, oh my God,

this is amazing, I'm vegan

and I'm bench pressing

465 pounds,

this is ridiculous.

And as soon as I went vegan,

tendinitis started disappearing.

My strength in my right

arm started coming back.

High blood pressure

was going down.

You can't be strong and be dying

on the inside, that's not strong.

That's weak.

That's really weak.

Because yeah, you look big

and strong on the outside,

yeah, big man, no, but, your

heart's crying for help,

on the inside you're dying.

I'm a professional parkour athlete, a

two-time world free running champion,

and more recently

I got into Ninja Warrior

where I'm captain of

Team Europe as we won

USA versus the world.

For something like Ninja Warrior

and parkour, specifically,

you really need to have a good

strength to body weight ratio,

so I was carrying mass

that I really didn't need.

And when I went vegan,

I lost 15, 20 pounds.

I was more agile, I was more efficient

and more stamina in my body.

Just that extra bit of pop

that I didn't have before,

it just gave me

that extra strength.

This is a vibrant way to live.

It can enhance you

as an athlete, for me,

a hundred percent better

athlete than I was before,

it's unlocked a whole new

chapter of my training.

The science is there,

the health is there,

the athletes are there proving

that you don't need to eat

dead animals to be strong,

to be healthy.

I started working out

when I was 47 years old.

All the muscles you see,

I gained as a vegan.

I gained 15 pounds of muscles on my body,

eating all plant-based and vegan foods.

All the aches and pains in

my body, it just went away.

Because I'm not ingesting

so many inflaming foods,

the acidic foods

that animal products are.

Gorillas, rhinos and elephants, they

all get their muscles and strength

from eating plants.

That's what I do.

[Blanco] I travel all around

the world for my surfing,

and I've always been

able to eat vegan.

I feel like if you want something

you can make it happen.

I just don't make any excuses. I would

never not be vegan now that I know

all the benefits and now that I

know how it feels to be vegan.

Every aspect of my life has been

improved by adopting this lifestyle.

I feel better, I perform

better athletically,

I sleep better, my energy

with my kids is better,

my focus at work is better.

Everything is better,

my skin cleared up.

I've kept myself trim for

nine years now doing this.

All I can tell you

is that I felt

and I continue to feel better

than I ever felt before.

My friend Jason Lester and

I were the first people

to do this challenge

called Epic Five,

which entailed

doing five Ironmans

on five Hawaiian islands

in under a week.

An Ironman is a 2.4 mile swim

followed by a 112 mile bike

and then running a marathon

26.2 miles after that,

so we did five

of those in a row

on five different islands

in a little under a week.

Did you almost die?

No. We didn't die.

So, I guess the famous question,

where'd you get your protein, man?

From plants!

[Kip] Like so many people,

I was looking for excuses

not to change my diet.

But, once I finally did,

I felt liberated.

Within days,

I could feel the blood

running through my veins

with a new vitality.

Within weeks, I felt a transformation

throughout my entire body and mind.

Not only could I survive on a

purely plant-based vegan diet,

I could thrive.

I felt amazing.

I competed in my first

marathon in six years,

training half the amount and beat

my personal record by 23 minutes.

Less than a month later,

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