{"id":903,"date":"2017-10-30T17:35:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=903"},"modified":"2017-10-30T17:45:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:45:08","slug":"lewis-hamiltons-vegan-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2017\/10\/30\/lewis-hamiltons-vegan-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"How Lewis Hamilton\u2019s vegan diet could affect his pursuit of a fifth Formula One title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
VEGANISM: How Lewis Hamilton\u2019s vegan diet could affect his pursuit of a fifth Formula One title<\/strong>
\nLewis Hamilton announced his intention to go vegan in September, which has raised questions on how this could affect his career and health, as many athletes are now opting to go vegan. David Rogerson, a sports nutritionist at Sheffield Hallam University, says it is difficult to predict how Hamilton will fare on a vegan diet, his comments have been mentioned in Yahoo News<\/a>, Daily Mail<\/a>, Belfast Telegraph,<\/a> Evening Express<\/a>, Press and Journal <\/a>, Irish News<\/a>, Independent Ireland <\/a>and Evening Telegraph<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Citing an increased awareness of his carbon footprint among his reasons, Lewis Hamilton announced his intentions to go vegan in September \u2013 and now he\u2019s Formula One world champion, again.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the two are not necessarily related, but might veganism have a part to play in Hamilton\u2019s future in the sport? And if so, what obstacles does the four-time world champion have to overcome?<\/p>\n

What challenges will Hamilton face?<\/h2>\n
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Nutritionist Rob Hobson explained some of the challenges that switching to a vegan diet entails.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere\u2019s no real alternative to fish, and there\u2019s no really good alternative way of getting omega 3 in your diet either,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can get it from some plant food but it\u2019s converted really badly in the body.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said: \u201cYou need to make sure you\u2019re getting plenty of high-fat foods in your diet, good fats, so avocados and oils as well. Otherwise you\u2019re just existing on whole grains and vegetables which is not going to give you any calories.\u201d<\/p>\n

That said, Hobson was keen to point out that, with a Formula One team supporting Hamilton especially, it\u2019s more than achievable to make the switch successfully.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about getting the balance right,\u201d he said. \u201cAs long as you get the balance right, I think you can make it work for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

What benefits might Hamilton experience?<\/h2>\n
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Nigel Mitchell is a performance nutritionist at the English Institute of Sport, a team behind many of Great Britain\u2019s most successful sports, who has worked in Formula One with McLaren. He mentioned one aspect of Hamilton\u2019s preparations that might benefit from a vegan diet.<\/div>\n
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\u201cOne of the things that probably is a benefit is that it\u2019s much easier to keep your weight down if you\u2019re following a plant-based diet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve worked in Formula One and a lot of the drivers are really trying to minimise their weight so they\u2019re faster in the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re cutting out so many calories from your dairy, from your eggs, from your meat, although obviously it depends on how much you were eating before.\u201d<\/p>\n

F1 also demands intense concentration, but not everybody agrees whether or not Hamilton would see a change in that department.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of sports performance there may be improvements in cognitive function as a result of consuming more antioxidants from foods such as berries, and omega-3 from foods such as walnuts and chia seeds,\u201d said Debbie Smith, a lecturer in applied sport and exercise nutrition at Leeds Beckett University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VEGANISM: How Lewis Hamilton\u2019s vegan diet could affect his pursuit of a fifth Formula One title Lewis Hamilton announced his intention to go vegan in September, which has raised questions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9105,"featured_media":904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,29],"tags":[23,195,270,269,268],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hwbheadlines","category-opinion","tag-academy-of-sport-and-physical-activity","tag-david-rogerson","tag-healthy-eating","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-vegan-diet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/10\/lewis.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-ez","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1325,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/02\/06\/should-we-go-vegan\/","url_meta":{"origin":903,"position":0},"title":"Living on the veg: Should we all go vegan?","author":"Sarah Briscoe","date":"February 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr David Rogerson spoke to New Scientist about whether a vegan diet is just a fad or if it really does have a positive effect on health and the planet.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/02\/Vegan.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/02\/Vegan.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/02\/Vegan.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/02\/Vegan.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":815,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2017\/10\/05\/high-performance-vegan-athlete\/","url_meta":{"origin":903,"position":1},"title":"The high-performance vegan athlete \u2013 new research shows it is possible","author":"Jane Gardner-Florence","date":"October 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"David Rogerson,\u00a0Senior Lecturer in Sports Nutrition and Strength and Conditioning Veganism is a life choice that\u00a0more people\u00a0seem to be making. 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