The Living Machine: Engineering Strength with a Plant-Based Diet

by Bradie S. Crandall, Jacob Chester (Editor), JohnLee Barnett (Illustrator)

In this daring book, Bradie S. Crandall challenges the pervasive assertion that you need to eat meat to grow big and strong with the highest quality and most up-to-date science available. Viewing the human body as a machine, he uses his training as an engineer to dissect common misconceptions surrounding the controversial nutritional landscape with ease. Within this text is a bold new dietary approach for strength athletes. Bradie asserts that a diet featuring plants could potentially be more conducive to building strength and mass than a diet featuring animal products. He breaks down the science and helps explain why across professional athletics, more and more elite athletes are adopting plant-based diets.

135 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2020

About the author

Bradie S. Crandall is a state record-holding vegan powerlifter and former collegiate football player who holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Carolina where he was the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award. He has spoken at national laboratories, congressional buildings, and academic conferences. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware where he specializes in sustainable energy research. He has been vegan for over 3 years for health, the environment, and animal rights.

Recently, Bradie has been featured in an article and YouTube video by BarBend News. He has also made guest appearances on the No Bullsh!t Vegan podcast and the Into The Woods podcast.

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Living Machine is a small book jam packed with encouragement for dietary excellence. Through nutritional statistics, Bradie is able to give a fact-based analysis of why plant-based diets are better than omnivorous ones, and how they lead to larger gains. It was a fast and powerful read! 💪