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AUSTRALIA’S FITTEST MAN GOES VEGAN

澳大利亚最强健的男人成为纯素食者

CrossFitter James Newbury—a four-time winner of the “Australia’s Fittest Man” title—could no longer “turn a blind eye” to the cruelty of animal agriculture.

四次荣获“澳大利亚最强健男人”（Australia’s Fittest Man）称号的混合健身运动员（CrossFitter）詹姆斯·纽伯里（James Newbury）表示，再也不能对动物农业的残忍现象“视而不见”。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

DECEMBER 20, 2019

2019年12月20日

Professional athlete James Newbury—who has held the title of “Australia’s Fittest Man” four times—recently went vegan for the animals and the environment. The athlete—who also placed fifth in world fitness competition CrossFit Games—took to Instagram to announce his transition.

职业运动员詹姆斯·纽伯里四次荣获“澳大利亚最强健男人”称号，并在世界健身大赛“CrossFit Games”中勇夺第五名。他为保护动物和环境成为了一名纯素食者，最近到照片墙（Instagram）宣布了自己的这一决定。

Newbury explained that he has been considering going vegan since 2013 and previously attempted a plant-based diet for several months. “To say I was prepared at the time would be a lie,” Newbury said. “I didn’t educate myself and didn’t take the time to make good eating habits, so I stopped.”

纽伯里解释说，他从2013年开始就考虑成为纯素食者，以前也尝试过几个月的植物性饮食。“要说我当时已经准备好（成为纯素食者），那也不是真话，”纽伯里说道。“我既没有进行自我教育，也没花时间去养成良好的饮食习惯，所以我就中断了（新的饮食方式）。”

Since then, the athlete has been haunted by the knowledge that animals are brutally exploited for food. “I’ve almost turned a blind eye to a lot of what you see on YouTube with how animals are treated, and I avoided videos like that like the plague because it made me so sad,” Newbury said. “Then I started to think to myself [that] by not watching the video because it makes me sad, this doesn’t actually contribute to a solution, yet it actually supports it.” 

从那时起，由于知道动物被人们残酷剥削用作食物，这名运动员对此一直耿耿于怀。“你们通过YouTube网站视频看到许多动物的（悲惨）遭遇，但我几乎都是视而不见的。因为（观看）这类视频让我非常难过，所以我像躲避瘟疫一样避开它们，”纽伯里说道。“然后我心里就开始想：因为视频使我感到悲伤，所以我不再去看了；这样实际上是无济于事（对保护动物没什么帮助），但无疑也是渴望解决现实问题。”

Newbury began his permanent transition to a plant-based diet in October and replaced the final animal product (collagen) he consumed with a vegan version in November. After recovering from a major bike accident this fall, Newbury completed his first Ironman in December—where he swam 2.4 miles, biked 112 miles, and ran 26.2 miles in 10 hours and 14 minutes.

纽伯里在今年10月份开始持续坚持植物性饮食，并在11月份用纯素替代品取代了其食用的最后一个动物制品（胶原蛋白）。今年秋天纽伯里遭受了一次严重的自行车事故，（通过继续遵循植物性饮食很快）康复过来后，他在12月份首次完成了自己的铁人三项运动（Ironman）──游泳2.4英里、骑自行车112英里、跑步26.2英里，总共耗时10小时14分钟。