The Power of A Plant Based Diet
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Presentation Room B
Tim VanOrden, creator of the Running Raw Project, is a raw vegan athlete with an international reputation for excelling in some of the world’s most grueling sports. Tim is a 3 time U.S. Trail Running Champion, the 2010 U.S.A Masters Mountain Runner of the Year and he finished 4th (top US finisher) in the 2011 stair climbing world championships up the Empire State Building. He has been featured in GQ, The Wall Street Journal, VegNews, The London Guardian and the Food Network show “My Life in Food”. Over the past 5 years, Tim has transformed himself from a sedentary couch potato suffering from severe depression and chronic fatigue syndrome into one of the world’s fittest men over forty. He did this by adopting a simple, plant-based diet. Tim is a sought after coach and presenter in the fields of diet, health, and athletic performance. He has lectured extensively in the U.S., Canada and Europe.