After event organizers promoted a vegan diet for the country’s elite runners, Olympians at the summer games in Paris have ordered in disaster supplies of meat and eggs.
On Tuesday, The Australian reported “more than 700kg of eggs and a tonne of more foods” was called in” to remove false meat meals and non-dairy options”. As “athletes road against the Vegan Olympics,” the meal orders were placed.
” Paris organisers demanded 60]percent ] of food at all Olympic venues be vegan to reduce carbon footprint of dairy, meat and cheese”, the Australian paper added. The American squad brought their own for crushed avo breakfasts, but the team decided to cut out the avocados because of the emissions from the transport.
Teams were frustrated by the lack of hens and grilled chicken, according to a report from Yahoo Sports next week, “athletes have also been served undercooked meat.”
While there are options for cuisine to suit the preferences of various nations and there are plenty of baguettes in France, vegan meals are not in line with what athletes like to have while competing, according to Yahoo. ” The]Olympic ] Village provides approximately 40, 000 meals a day with 3, 300 seats available in the facility’s main restaurant. Some countries ca n’t get meals anywhere else but the Village”.
The “loudest foods problems”, according to the Washington Post,” came from Team Great Britain”.
” The meal ‘ is not enough,’ the British Olympic Association’s chief executive, Andy Anson, told the Times news on the day of the Opening Ceremonies”, the Post reported.” ‘ There are not enough of specific foods: eggs, meat, certain calories, and then there is the quality of the food, with natural foods being served to athletes,’ Anson said”.
Nina Teicholz, a nutritionist and author, wrote on X that “athletes do n’t want fake meat.” They are aware that pet foods provide complete proteins, which are essential for athletic performance.
At least 60 % of the options at all Olympic venues are plant-based, according to Sodexo Live, the Paris-based company that also hosted the 2012 summer Olympic games in London. However, 30 % of those options are within the Olympic Village, according to the Washington Post.
” They need a lot of protein”, Philipp Würz told the document, who is responsible for dinners at the Paris activities. ” You ca n’t just say okay, you go 60 or 100 percent vegetarian. It’s just not probable”.
Last year, the” Vegan Olympics” actually kicked off in Paris with a service where drag queens and leftist administrators performed the Last Supper.
