77-Year-Old Bodybuilder Jim Morris: Vegan For 12 years

Bodybuilder Jim Morris gave an interview to Frugivore Magazine this week:
Black Male Vegan: 77-Year-Old Bodybuilder Jim Morris Proves Vegans Can Be Muscular & Healthy

This is what Morris looked like 2 years ago, after 10 years of being a vegan:



Some quotes from the interview:

"Prior to becoming vegan I suffered digestive problems all my life, mainly constipation. I started taking anti inflammatory medication in 1966 for my joints. At one point I was getting cortisone injections directly into both elbows every week. The arthritis kept me awake at night."

"I would get 2-3 colds yearly and allergy attacks as often. Since becoming vegan all my health problems have completely disappeared."

"Most miraculously, after wearing eyeglasses for 35 years my sight improved to where I only wear them on rare occasion for extremely small print. I no longer take any medication. I do take a weekly injection of Testosterone and vit B-12. My yearly checkups are perfect."

Morris, on his website, Jim Morris Personal Training, said:

"I decided to become a vegetarian in 1985 at age 50. In 2000 at age 65 I became a vegan."

Here are some quotes from his blog, The Art of Bodybuilding. It's an interesting read. I like that he's up-front with his steroid use. I also like what he says about animals.

"I believe every creature is born with the inalienable right of freedom. Freedom to live its life in its natural environment, with its kind, making its decisions. I believe the law should prohibit the enslavement of non humans for any reason whatever, including as pets."

"I used steroids during the entirety of my competitive career from 1966 to 1996. I have never used HGH [Human Growth Hormone] or any thing like it. I also ate meat during my competitive years. I became a vegetarian in 1985 but continued to eat fish. In 2000 I stopped eating fish. I take a testosterone injection once a week (200mg) along with 1cc of vitamin B-12. Nothing else. Like most mesomorphs I am an easy gainer and if I were taking steroids now I would be above my normal weight of 185. I attribute my current condition more to lack of fat than any unusual amount of size. And that is totally because of my eating habits and regular exercise."

"If I were building a residence where I planned to live the rest of my life, I would use the finest quality materials available to me. Because I am going to spend the rest of my life in my body, I’m using the finest quality materials available to me, unprocessed, unrefined, whole natural vegetables, beans, grains, fruits and nuts"

"My diet is very simple. I eat only from five food groups. Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Beans and Grains. I do not eat anything made FROM any of the foods in these food groups. I eat the fruits and nuts uncooked. I microwave some of the vegetables sometimes but mostly eat them uncooked. I cook the beans and grains as little as possible so as to destroy the least amount of nutrients. ... Every nutrient, with the possible exception of B – 12, is in those 5 food groups. Every craving can be satisfied with something in those 5 food groups."

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