veganhacker.com

CRON-O-Meter is dieting freeware which enables users to track vitamin, mineral, and protein intake as well as exercise. It includes nutritional information on over 7,000 foods using the latest USDA sr19 as data sources, an editor for entering in foods not found in the database, the ability to set personal targets for nutrients such as protein or calcium, and the ability to track weight, blood pressure, and temperature.

It sounds like a pretty useful tool. If you end up using it, or if you know of other useful nutrition tools, let us know about it in the comments.

A vegan version of Magic Shell — the chocolate topping that hardens into a shell when poured on ice cream — exists, and the recipe is available online!

It contains dark chocolate, olive oil, ground espresso beans, and optional vanilla extract and caramel, orange, or raspberry flavoring. Easy to make and delicious! Visit Runner’s World for the recipe.

[via Runner's World]

Troy Leferski on body building and being vegan:

I’d been thinking about adopting a vegan lifestyle. Initially, it was for ethical reasons but the more I looked into it, the more I was convinced that the vegan diet was also the ultimate healthy diet and great for longevity. And, of course, there’s a huge emphasis on fruits and vegetables and all the micronutrients and phytochemicals they provide.

So, I wanted to pursue this healthy diet but I also wanted to start body-building again. At first, I wasn’t sure if it would be possible to do both. But I found a vegan body-building site [veganbodybuilding.com], and then I found Nutritiondata.com.

Go Troy!

References:
- Troy’s Training Journal (updated February 2008)
- Troy’s Diet
- Vegan Body Building

[via rawallison]