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The Supercharged Athlete — Stretching

Posted by Danielle Bussone on Feb 11, 2015 in The Super-Charged Athlete! | 0 comments

by Kate Strong, World Champion, Long-distance Women’s Triathlon

The Importance Of A Great S-T-R-E-T-C-H Routine

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going – Jim Ryun

I am a sucker for books, not downloaded content from iTunes or on your kindle, but the real paper variety. I love visiting independent bookshops and scrolling through the titles randomly selecting my next companion for my trips, to sit loyally on my bedside table and sneak into my handbag whilst out dining alone. I adore the smell of a new book as I turn the first page and the feeling of a well-loved book where the stains and marks on the pages are as completing a story as the content.
I digress… I’m losing myself in another passion!

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The Super-Charged Athlete — How To Speed Up Recovery

Posted by Danielle Bussone on Jan 12, 2015 in The Super-Charged Athlete! | 0 comments

How To Speed Up Recovery

by Kate Strong, World Champion, Long-distance Women’s Triathlon

Kate Strong completing Austrailia’s Ironman with a new personal best time

It is many athletes’ dream to win every race they enter. Unfortunately, there are many stories where sportspeople lose their way and turn to illegal enhancers to gain that extra edge over their competitors and a higher possibility of winning.

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Getting Fit 2015! We Are Never Too Old To Become The Persons We Were Always Meant To Be. Take The Challenge – It’s Time For Change!

Posted by Danielle Bussone on Jan 2, 2015 in Living Plant-Strong! Profiles & Articles | 0 comments

by Danielle Bussone

I was healthy until I wasn’t. When a surgeon inadvertently severed a crucial part of my anatomy during a procedure he assured me he could “do in his sleep,” my life plummeted into an abyss of illness and infirmity. For six years I was on a roller coaster of pain, medications, multiple surgeries, complications, and near-death experiences. Thanks to discovering plant-based nutrition I was able to give my body the nutritional support it needed, which allowed me to hang on until a final procedure, performed by a talented group of surgeons from Florida Hospital in Orlando, repaired the problem. Finally I am able to live a normal life. While not entirely pain free, I am at a point where my life is manageable and I no longer need antibiotics just to stay alive.

After years of relative inactivity and with my 60th birthday come and gone, I am looking forward to doing things I could never dream of six years ago, when I needed help from my 94-year old friend just to shop for groceries! With my 61st birthday only two weeks away I thought, “What better way to celebrate the new year than to run a marathon!” Then my better judgement stepped in and scolded, “Baby steps, Danielle, baby steps!” OK, then, a half-marathon.

Optimistic beginning on the Virginia Creeper Trail. Phoenix, Coal (our beloved monsters), Rich and I are beginning the first day of training. We completed three miles, one mile of it at a slow jog. We don’t care about how fast we finish, just that we finish! It is cold! I’m in long johns, pants, two sweaters and a thick jacket. Next time I’ll know not to wear so much clothing. By the time we finished I was burning up!

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VOAA Introduces Newest Member Of Our Restaurant Review Team!

Posted by Danielle Bussone on Jan 1, 2015 in Living Plant-Strong! Profiles & Articles | 0 comments

Veggin’ Out And About! is delighted to welcome the newest, as well as youngest member of our writing team. Catherine Deborah Davidson-Hiers is an accomplished writer, equestrian, musician and athlete. Favored with great charm and humor, CD brings to the table a quirky style that is all her own. A new vegan, she has a burning curiosity about the health components of plant-based cuisine and an insatiable thirst for information. Look for CD’s articles and restaurant reviews. This kid is going places!

About Catherine Deborah

Over the summer between her first and second years in college, Catherine Deborah (CD) worked as a lifeguard in Florida during one of the hottest summers in record.

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Danielle Bussone’s Book — Time For Change — Whole Foods For Whole Health! Just Released on New Year’s Day, 2015!!

Posted by Danielle Bussone on Jan 1, 2015 in Living Plant-Strong! Profiles & Articles, Time For Change | 0 comments

A Note From Author, Danielle Bussone

Becoming a vegan was a life-saver for me. A surgeon inadvertently severed a crucial part of my anatomy, creating for me six years of pain and suffering, numerous surgeries and hospitalizations, multiple life-threatening complications, and a few near-death experiences. Discovering plant-based nutrition turned my health around and allowed me to not only survive, but to thrive.

In my book, TIME FOR CHANGE – Whole Foods For Whole Health, I tell my story of injury and recovery. I also explain why a plant-based lifestyle is an appropriate option for everyone; why one should consider adopting a plant-based lifestyle, or at least add more fruits and vegetables to one’s current diet, in order create a healthier and more energetic body.

TIME FOR CHANGE is comprehensive primer on to how to deal with the minor inconveniences of this life-style choice, how to deal with social situations, what new foods you’ll encounter, how to stock your kitchen, tips on preparing and cooking vegetables and, finally, delicious recipes to get you started. You’ll be amazed at how quickly your health will improve by making some small changes to the way you currently eat. I’ve lost 65 pounds, I no longer have acid reflux, and I no longer need blood-pressure medication (or any medication at all). I am well and healthy, and the foods I prepare are delicious and satisfying. Please join me in making the next years of our lives the most productive, energetic and radiantly healthy years ever!

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The Super-Charged Athlete: Finding My Vegan Feet

Posted by Danielle Bussone on Dec 1, 2014 in Features, The Super-Charged Athlete! | 0 comments

by Kate Strong

Let Your Food Be Your Medicine And Your Medicine Be Your Food — Hippocrates

Vegan Fuel For Athletic Excellence

My journey to becoming a vegan was not through conscious decision-making. Throughout my life, I was led to believe that all ‘serious’ endurance athletes needed animal protein to develop muscle mass and milk to keep bones strong. Not once did I think to question these theories.I am a triathlete and enjoy participating in longer-distance events, such as Ironman. It was never questioned that I needed to eat meat and eggs and drink milk to sustain a healthy athletic body, it was a given.

That was until one day, whilst working at my guesthouse, two groups of people overheard my woes of an aborted morning run due to an asthma attack. I’ve had asthma since early childhood and even though I stopped using the medically prescribed pump for my asthma in my adult years, I have always suffered from it and sound like a steam train during any physical exercise!

Both clients suggested that if I eliminate dairy and reduced animal products from my diet, I would breath easier. Normally, I would have brushed aside these ‘absurd’ opinions, yet they were being shared by sane, intelligent people who’s opinions I valued.