Tag Archives: Football Player

Future Aggie wins more awards (Beaumont Enterprise)

The accolades keep coming for West Brook senior football player Christine Michael. Continue reading

Water Intoxication Death

I heard a story this week on the news that always upsets me. A 17 year old football player in California died earlier this month and the coroner’s report stated that he died of electrolyte imbalance from drinking too much water during practice. What is hyponatremia? Hypo means low and natremia means blood sodium. Hyponatremia happens when someone drinks too much water and their brain swells. … Continue reading

Vegan Elite Athletes?

I think Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at NYU, said it best in response to a report that Tony Gonzalez, the 247-pound Kansas City Chiefs’ football player, had switched to a vegan diet: “Why anyone is surprised that people can do well on vegetarian and vegan diets is beyond me. Plant foods have plenty of protein and calories if you eat enough of them… I just don’t see this as any big deal”. There are many examples of successful elite vegan athletes. He Continue reading