Brendan Brazier
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Brendan Brazier (born March 1, 1975, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian endurance athlete, author, advocate of a plant-based diet for personal and environmental health, and creator of a line of whole food nutritional products called Vega
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[edit] Biography
Brazier is a former professional Ironman triathlete (1998–2004) and author of books The Thrive Diet (Penguin, 2007) and Thrive Fitness (Penguin, 2009).
During his professional athletic career, Brazier won Canadian 50-km Ultramarathon Championships in 2003 [1] and 2006.[2] When racing fulltime, he developed plant-based foods for himself in his kitchen, and since his professional Ironman career, he has marketed the Vega line of plant-based food products based on his formulas, several of which have won health-food-industry awards.[3] The products are available throughout Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan.
Named as one of the Top 40 Under 40 most influential people in the health industry by Natural Food Merchandiser, Brazier has also twice been nominated for Manning Innovation Awards for the creation of Vega.
Brazier presented a lecture that was recorded and included as part of the curriculum for a certificate program at Cornell University through its online division, eCornell. Entitled “The Plant-Based Diet and Elite Athleticism", his lecture is based on his books and is a component of a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition created by T. Colin Campbell. Promotional material for the program describes Brazier as "the world’s leading authority on plant-based nutrition for athletes".[4]
Touring extensively, Brazier has become a renowned speaker, and as such, is a member of National Speakers Bureau.[5] In 2006 Brazier addressed the United States congress'.[6] He spoke of the significant social and economic benefits that could be obtained by improving personal health through better diet. The focus of his speech was to draw attention to the role that food plays in the prevention of most chronic diseases currently plaguing Americans.
Named one of the "25 most fascinating vegetarians" [7] in 2007 by VegNews magazine, Brazier gave the keynote address at the annual conference of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) that year.
A keynote speaker [8] on Canada’s largest environmental tour, Brazier traveled across Canada in October 2008. The Students for Sustainability tour spanned the country from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Victoria, BC. Making stops at 21 universities, it featured David Suzuki, Stephen Lewis, and Maude Barlow who spoke about general environmental issues, while Brazier spoke of the significant draw food production has on the environment. He advocated a plant-based diet as the most environmentally friendly way to feed the world.
Called Thrive in 30, in January 2009 Brazier launched a free online program designed to disseminate information from his books to a wider audience by way of short video clips that he filmed in the Los Angeles area. Thrive in 30 has since become part of the curriculum for the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition(CSNN).
Brazier appeared on the cover of the June, 2009 issue of LA HEALTH NEWS magazine.[9] And in a 2009 poll conducted by VegNews magazine, he was voted by the readers as “Favorite Vegetarian Athlete.” [10]
Thrive Fitness (US version) was published in December, 2009 [11]
[edit] Published works
[edit] Books
The Thrive Diet / Thrive Fitness home page (Canadian / UK edition)
Thrive / Thrive Fitness home page (US edition)
[edit] Articles
[edit] External links
- Brendan Brazier’s personal page
- Thrive in 30 home page
- Plant-Based Certificate Program at eCornell
- Vega home page
- Vega Community board
[edit] References
- ^ http://pih.bc.ca/results/2003/ultraresults.html
- ^ http://www.ouser.org/results/06/tu06.htm
- ^ http://sequelnaturals.com/en/sequel/about/awards
- ^ http://www.ecornell.com/brazier
- ^ http://nsb.com/speakers/view/brendan-brazier
- ^ http://www.pcrm.org/magazine/gm06summer/congress.html
- ^ http://sequelnaturals.com/sites/sequelnaturals.com/files/u1/VegNewsBrendanBrazier.pdf?phpMyAdmin=U243ywYMW9w5azGd1hDwehYVqw7
- ^ http://studentsforsustainability.ca/index.php?section_id=63
- ^ http://www.brendanbrazier.com/articles/LAHEALTH_Brendan.pdf
- ^ http://vegnews.com/web/articles/page.do?pageId=1069&catId=6
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/0738213624
