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January 1, 1911

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A study in the American Physical Education Review studied meat eaters and vegetarians who ran marathons to see how their habits affected their performance.

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Effects of Severe Exertion - Diet as to Meat Eating

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https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044096991997&view=1up&seq=11&q1=meat

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This was very interesting. Six were classed as vegetarians, one of whom was not permitted to run owing to a marked arrhythmia of pulse and generally poor condition. The other 5 did not quite hold their own with the meat eaters, 60 per cent finishing. The greater number ate meat once a day, and of them 65 per cent finished; out of the 10 who ate meat twice a day 70 per cent completed the race. Beef was by far the most popular meat.

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	Meat and Fasting as Medicine	When meat and fasting are used by traditional medicine men to reduce inflammation and fight disease.
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	Vegetarian Myth