Eating to Thrive An Interview with Brendan Brazier


by Susan Aimes A former


professional Ironman


triathlete, two-time Canadian 50 km Ultra Marathon champion, and one of the world’s foremost authori- ties on plant-based nutrition, Brendan Brazier is the author of Thrive and Thrive Fitness, as well as the


Brendan Brazier


creator of Vega, a line of whole-food nutritional products. Brazier’s latest book, Thrive Foods – 200 Plant-Based Recipes for Peak Health, is the result of his awakening to the real- ization that what he ate not only impact- ed his health and performance, but also the lives of others and the environment.


What was your inspiration for Thrive Foods – 200 Plant-Based


Recipes for Peak Health? I saw that there was a need for a col- lective understanding of the fact that as humans, our privilege of eating every


day carries with it a responsibility to be aware of the environmental toll of food production. I wanted to educate people and help them recognize that it is collectively in our best interest to choose foods that not only are recognized for their essential micronutri-


ents necessary for good nutrition and optimal health, but also require less of our precious resources to produce.


Compared to other books in your series, what’s different about The Thrive Diet: Whole Foods to


Thrive and Thrive Foods? While I created all the recipes in previ- ous books, as well as some of the reci- pes in Thrive Foods, this time I satisfied my curiosity about how top-tier chefs would approach recipe creation using nutrient-dense, plant-based, whole food ingredients. I enlisted the help of


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