Nimai Delgado
If anyone ever questions whether you can build muscle on a plant-based diet, show them a photo of body-builder Nimai Delgado.
What’s even more impressive is that Nimai was raised as a vegetarian by his lacto-vegetarian Hindu parents1Plant Based News. 2019. Vegan Bodybuilder Nimai Delgado Built This Body Without Ever Eating Meat. Available: https://plantbasednews.org/culture/vegan-bodybuilder-nimai-delgado-built-this-body-no-meat/ [Accessed 6 May 2021]., so no one can argue that he built his muscle on animal flesh before going vegan.
Nimai was one of the many sportspeople to appear in the Game Changers documentary and has a huge influence on social media, where he shares what he eats on a daily basis to prove plants are powerhouses of protein.
“…your masculinity is not a reflection or result of the food you eat. Period. If you think eating meat somehow solidifies your masculinity, then I invite you to explore that and ask yourself where you learned that concept & how you’ve come to identify food with masculinity”3Delgado, N. 2021. Twitter. Available: https://twitter.com/NimaiDelgado/status/1350919826575769600 [Accessed 6 May 2021].
