Adopting a well-balanced plant-based diet is one of the healthiest choices you can make. So it's little wonder that some of our best-loved athletes have chosen vegan diets to give them the edge over their opponents.

Well-known vegan sports people include:

• Sally Eastall, marathon runner
• Keith Holmes, former world champion middleweight boxer
• Carl Lewis, winner of nine Olympic Gold Medals and one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century
• Martina Navratilova, champion tennis player - one of the most successful tennis players in history
• Dave Scott, six-time Ironman Champion and first inductee into the Ironman Hall of Fame
• Lucy Stephens, triathlete

"My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet. Moreover, by continuing to eat a vegan diet, my weight is under control, I like the way I look...I enjoy eating more, and I feel great." [1] Carl Lewis

"Since becoming vegan my running has improved considerably. Vegan food is ideal - high carbohydrate, low fat and plenty of vitamins and iron. I'm proud that I run without exploiting animals in any way."[2] Sally Eastall