Celebrity supporters in alphabetical order:
“I consider the NURMI Study to be an important project that is worth supporting and would take part myself if I were not still preparing for several Strongman record attempts.”
“Many of the athletes who consult us are ‘experimenting’ with their diet!
They want to have more power and balance by choosing the best nutrition for their sport, so of course a scientific study of the link between vegetarian nutrition and performance is of particular interest.”
“The Nurmi study is unique and will help to highlight the link between nutrition and sport for those who remain to be convinced. A nutritious, purely plant-based diet promotes good health and makes it possible to achieve top-class performances, both physical and mental. Some of the benefits I experienced when I went over to a purely plant-based diet were a distinctly shorter recovery time between stages of training, improved sleep and an altogether very positive outlook on life. The work of Dr Katharina Wirnitzer and her team is eminently worth supporting.”
“People all over the world look up to and admire athletes, so it’s important to show that nutrition plays an important role in the success of athletic performance. The NURMI study is very important in that it will provide scientific evidence as to how an athlete’s diet affects performance.”
„I support the NURMI Study because it is very important to me that knowledge of the undoubted compatibility between veganism and sport should emerge from the shadows. It is astonishing how many advantages of the healthiest-possible lifestyle are still derided, both by inexperienced athletes and even by people who should know better such as coaches and dieticians.
I am pleased that it is finally possible to carry out such an important study at such a high scientific level and therefore am delighted to support it.“
Faculty Director, Loma Linda University, School of Public Health
Loma Linda, California (USA)
“Determining the impact of dietary pattern on exercise performance is an important goal and one that warrants more research. The NURMI-study has the potential to further our understanding of this relationship. I strongly encourage all runners to participate in this exciting study.”
“I wholeheartedly support the NURMI study as it is such an important breakthrough in the promotion of a vegan lifestyle – especially with there being so little documented research on the benefits of a plant based diet available. I have been vegan since the age of 6 years old, built all my muscle mass on a plant based diet and continue to sustain my career, year in year out, injury free and with no on-going medical conditions or need for supplementary intervention. I believe this is a key element of a plant based diet the general public should be made aware and is often ignored. Very often, people imagine that high impact and intense sporting activities are the domain of the young and that the body’s ability to perform becomes diminished as it grows older. However, the ability to ‘perform’ is mainly dictated by the ability to train and if this can be sustained then performance diminishes with age at a far slower rate. There are so many myths and misconceptions attached to a vegan diet and it’s inadequacy to both achieve and sustain sporting excellence and I am so proud and pleased to be involved in this exciting and innovating study.”
“I support the NURMI study because healthy nutrition plays an important role in my life. I have noticed considerable changes since becoming vegan. Top vegan athletes such as Scott Jurek have already shown that outstanding performances are possible on a purely plant-based diet. I am even more delighted that the aim of this scientific study is to examine the connexion between nutrition and sporting ability.”
“The main aim of the Team Vegan.at sports club is to give a practical illustration of the ability of sportsmen and sportswomen who follow a vegan lifestyle. It is precisely for this reason that it is very gratifying that a competent group of scientists has come together to carry out an objective and wide-ranging comparative study of the nutrition of long-distance runners. It is hoped that a large number of athletes will take part and that they will be just as enthusiastic about the idea of the Nurmi Study and the unique opportunity it affords as Team Vegan.at.”