Watch: WFPB and Endurance Athletes

High-level athletic performance can be achieved while consuming a whole food, plant-based diet. In this video, certified exercise physiologist Jill Edwards, MS, CEP, provides more detail concerning what to eat to maximize performance, recovery, endurance, and resistance to illness.

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