Last month, enVeg had the pleasure of hosting a talk with Brendan Brazier at the University of Florida. Brendan came to tell us about how a plant-based diet has improved his athletic career and his life.

Brendan is a triathlon competitor, a two-time Ultra Marathon winner, and the owner of a whole food health company called VEGA.

Brendan’s talk was engaging and informative. He knows a lot about nutrition and how it affects the body, and he relays what he knows in a very practical, common-sense manner. At the end of the talk and question-and-answer session, most of us in the audience stayed to check out his book and to talk to Brendan, who took his time to chat with everyone.

A month later, some of us who attended are still inspired by Brendan and by his book, Thrive. We have incorporated what Brendan taught us into our outreach and into our lives. For example, when we talk to students on campus about the plant-based diet, we now tell them what Brendan told us about inclusion vs exclusion: that it is better to focus on incorporating new whole foods into your diet than to worry about excluding your usual processed foods. On a more personal level, some of us in enVeg have become more engaged in athletics and more conscious of what we eat.

Thank you to Brendan and his wonderful assistant Leslie Hugh for thinking of us and for coming to pay us a visit in Gainesville. We would LOVE to have you again.

~ enVeg

P.S. Check out this promotional theatre gig we did in UF’s Plaza of the Americas to promote Brendan’s talk: