WHAT I EAT IN A DAY as a

[@briangrissom3203]

Absolutely love these videos! You perfectly show how you can be plant based and still have healthy, flavorful, quick, easy...and cost effective ways to fuel for running. Keep these coming.

[@SneakySteevy]

Would b e curious to know how many proteine he consume! From what i've seen, his proteine intake is pretty low...

[@SneakySteevy]

Real boxing Fan1 I eat meat since forever so vegan = healthy is a myth?

[@runningwithmarc]

I just ate dinner but I'm hungry again now after watching😋!!!! l love making what I eat in a day videos too they're fun. Oh and I was kind of disappointed it wasn't a recovery cake :)))))) Nice one Ben

[@BenParkes]

I wish I had a cake!! If only we had some in the house then I'd have had some! Hope you're well Marc!

[@brianwooters6978]

By all means do more of these videos! I'm plant-based and love it!

[@hazzatv9637]

I’m now eating dinner after my 6 mile run and I gotta say that I’m really enjoying the videos and work Ben! Keep on #gettingitdone

[@Aloneinhills]

Awesome content, love these types of vlogs as it gives me an idea what to cook and eat. Keep them coming...

[@pedrohassan6345]

Great video Ben, as always. Would be great if volume levels were a bit more even in your vids - have to turn up to hear you but then the music comes in absolutely blaring!

[@kikklimi]

I second this. The content is great though, as always.

[@tori03031989]

I love these types of meals. Everyone around me eats sandwiches etc for lunch and I'm sitting on my lunch break at work with a full on dinner for lunch 😂

[@BenParkes]

Ha.. can spot all the runners in the office!

[@AdamTSLA]

You should consider making your own muesli Ben. I used to buy the “expensive” brands from the supermarket that were allegedly super healthy... but I noticed they all have heaps of added sugar. I just buy rolled oats in bulk and add my favourite nuts, dried berries, chia seeds etc and it’s way better than the stuff you can buy! Anyway, keep up the awesome work - loving the vlogs!

[@davidatchison6408]

Love your cooking videos and recipes! Wonderful nutrition and delicious. I look forward to preparing these! Thanks Ben!

[@robertmills3590]

Another excellent video Ben. I find all your videos very inspirational in terms of helping keep my interest in running going, even at a doddery old age. Thank you and best wishes.

[@alyssacascos8665]

All the food looks amazing! 😊❤ love all the food inspiration 🌿👟 Also, your cat is the cutest 🐈💕

[@TomSzczepanski]

Always love these videos Ben, I'm not a vegan but I always get some inspiration from what you're doing

[@TheFODRunner]

Brilliant Ben, great video. You eat very well... always interesting to see how the other half live!!

[@Warriors_and_Wanderers]

Ahh Ben, I do miss these kinds of videos! Loving the new content but this is OG 😂🎉

[@ellismeades-woolley4687]

Great video, as always Ben!! Although still not sure how to take you not drinking tea, I personally like it to much too want to live without it! Really good to see what your diet consists off and how its different from mine whilst giving a few hinters at what I can do to improve my diet!

[@BenParkes]

These videos do always make life seem way more perfect than it really is.. I can't live like that every day, but on that day it is genuinely what I had. We still eat out, have fast food now and then and more fun things. But all in moderation. Hope all is well with you Ellis!

[@JonsConsciousLife]

Just found your channel and super pumped. Loving the content so far. Cheers from a fellow vegan runner!

[@timdedonder2269]

Hey Ben, i like to give u a small tip after having loads from ur side. Try some roasted almonds, they digest better and the nutrients will be better absorbed by ur body. It applies for most shellfruit. Thank u for ur nice video's. They have been very helpfull already!

[@justmeemi6350]

Love these vids, they are so soo helpful! :) thank you so much!

[@richardbrown1573]

Great video as always Ben - thanks for sharing. Saw the 7x1 km on/off on strava....looks a great workout - will give it a go!

[@BenParkes]

Enjoy Richard! It's a tough one.. but sure does feel good after!

[@justmeemi6350]

Also I can 100% recommend the vivolife protein powder! :) they taste amazing, even just with water! Never had a powder that tasted nice with H2O so yeah :)

[@jasonbrowngaming662]

If you have a farmfoods near you, they have loads of different bags of frozen fruit always on offer 3 for 5, get through loads and find them the cheapest

[@BenParkes]

I wish we did.. the don’t really exist in and around London. I’ve only ever seen them when we venture north. Hopefully they’ll get some further south soon!

[@jasonbrowngaming662]

Ben Parkes a shame, there bags of veg and fruit are great value, love the video, I love my meat, but your videos make non meat meals appealing :)

[@jamiexavier6654]

Don't think 20 minutes is enough for what I eat in a day! :) Quality video Ben...thanks!

[@BenParkes]

I see it all on your Strava!!

[@jamiexavier6654]

@@BenParkes ha ha!!! 😂🤣

[@cookedapple]

Ahh you're plant based.. now I think you're even cooler! I eat a lot of oats, rice, bananas, nuts and vegetables daily.. occasionally beans and wholemeal bread.. but what I cannot give up is my favourite yoghurt and CHEESE. I LOVE oats with yoghurt and I always mix a slice of cheese in with steamed rice (cheesy rice!). Don't know how to give these two things up. I do mostly eat just plain whole foods but ... yeah I still have to work on some stuff (oh, and my addiction to diet sodas... that's a BIG problem of mine!)

[@mrpeterson81]

Lots of plastic packaging for sake of convenient options, ie the chopped onion. Does it get recycled or end up in landfill ?

[@BenParkes]

We recycle everything at home that can be recycled. You can never win.. we either buy fresh and some of the food inevitably gets thrown away as it goes off, or buy frozen, which usually means reduced carbon footprint and no waste of food. Whichever option I do, someone will say I should be doing the opposite! :-)

[@robertmills3590]

In general nowadays waste disposed of ends up at an incinerator where the heat is used to generate electricity for feeding into the national grid. Gases from the stack are scrubbed to prevent atmospheric pollution. Hence the plastics are used and do not pollute the environment where incinerators are available, which they generally are in the London area.

[@mrpeterson81]

@@BenParkes thanks for the response Ben. I get if your competing/travelling you need to tightly control what you can eat/when. in Australia where I'm from there is some soft-plastic recycling, but it's fairly easy to get quality fresh organic produce all year round.

[@simonm2747]

Great vid Ben! Awesome to see you're smearing Vegemite over your morning toast (despite calling it Marmite 😳)!!!

[@BenParkes]

Ha.. wasn’t thinking straight after the session! The vegimite is pretty good though!!

[@RogerByrne]

does anyone know a service in Europe like Fourth Edge for blood analysis? I'm in Germany.

[@heavyt5702]

I can’t really cook but some great ideas in there that I’m going to try 👍

[@crina9642]

And now I'm convinced that I'm wrong in so many ways...Like they say: ''Food is fuel!" I usually have my runnings in the evening, and when I'm returning, it seems wrong to eat at such a late hour. The next day I have pains in my entire body an usually my meals are replaced by tones of coffees. So, as I said, wrong in so many ways...But love the video. Learning everyday! :)

[@HInc7647]

Tea is life !!

[@v.s.2868]

The food looks to die for 😋

[@R123-n9h]

Coffee (Caffeine) is proven to increase athletic performance by 3-4%. I'm surprised you never experimented with it prior to a key race. Much respect for being the next level clean.

[@willknight6699]

Great video Ben! Very similar to what I eat in a day 🌱

[@BenParkes]

Thanks Will! Hope your running is going well! :-)

[@willknight6699]

Ben Parkes Thanks Ben!

[@ochmseba]

Thank you Ben, it has to be delicious, I am very grateful for this video, It shows a lot of good meals to taste :) You are doing great job as always :) And i feel that after my comment below your question what we wanna see in 2020 :) (i think it was s4e15?? in Spain for sure :) you did this video for me ! :DD

[@lady0sheep]

Loved this video! It was so relate-able as I think I shop in all the same places you do haha. Also don't try bulk powders plant-based protein powder it had a similar gag-worthy taste. Please please let us know if you find a good plant-based protein! I ended up going back to whey for my shakes but would love a good alternative!

[@harrysmith9109]

Try the protein works whey, tastes really good and reasonable price too

[@julad362]

Gotta make some meals like that soon - I've been eating too little veggies lately and they look great. Plus what a beautiful kitty

[@PathBreakers24]

Hi, have you considered the presence of oxalates and lectins in your diet? And am seeing a lot of carbs/sugar too.

[@iberiksoderblom]

Your breakfast is like mine. Except I hate any kind of coconut-stuff. Many energybars, when I run ultras, are with some coconut. It makes me vomit, literaly ! At work, in the middle of the day, I have the same, but ad a hole sliced apple. Then around 15 - 16 I have a dark rye bread with ooold cheese, so I can run after work. After the run, when I'm back home, I usually do some wok of different styles. I drink coffee, tea and water. But I'm not "religious" so from time to time I happily eat toasts and cake 😊

[@RunAllTheMiles]

1 minute in and "check down below" has me chuckling, I am a grown up....

[@aidantanner2059]

Great video!

[@sebastianzx6r]

Could you possibly say how many grams of chia seeds,oatmeal,muesli,etc that you pour into your bowl? People always say they have a bowl of oatmeal,but no bowl is the same size.

[@dophilduplessis]

When you do come to South Africa for the big C - Food Lovers for really good chia seeds, almonds and just about any whole foods packed with nutrients. Takes suppliments out of the the equasion and helps with #GettingItDone 😎💪🏃‍♂️

[@Snakeyb]

What's your opinion on glucosamine? as its good for joints, even more so when doing hard impact exercises

[@TirnanHealy]

Have you tried the vivo life protein? I love it

[@BenParkes]

I haven't. But will look it up!

[@justmeemi6350]

I absolutely adore it!

[@_stejones]

Obviously coming to this over 2 years later, ha - but was surprised to see 1000mcg of B12 a day. I've experimented with that and it gave me crazy dreams. I take 25mcg/day now. I still get bright yellow pee for most of the day, even at that amount!

[@Predazord007]

Cool, it’s reassuring as we eat pretty similarly 👍🏻

[@paulsparkes5741]

Hi Ben have you looked at HSN website for protein and supplements, good vegan options. Your food looks good 😋

[@BenParkes]

Off to have a look now, thanks for the tip Paul!

[@welcometochina9406]

Hi Ben could you give me some tips on a good home workout? This Coronavirus makes it too dangerous to run outside, I’m in the same province as Wuhan with my luck 😂

[@Invictus4318]

I always thought that bowl was a basket type thing with holes all around the top, only now after seeing it up close in this video have I realised it’s actually just blue paint 🤯😂

[@CurvedXice67]

Tea is bloody amazing

[@josephbrady6733]

Good gym, what a nice idea.

[@CurvedXice67]

Marmite=Love. Don’t see how people hate it

[@georgehocking9196]

Hi ben

[@BenParkes]

Hi George!

[@Stewartuk73]

Really enjoyed the video, thanks. My first half marathon in two weeks, running at just over two hour pace, any tips or suggestions ?

[@malsid1]

You must try masala tea from India. It will change that habit for sure :) Keep going Ben!!!

[@BenParkes]

Maybe when I come and visit India! 🇮🇳 🙌

[@malsid1]

@@BenParkes you must :) Will be more than happy to take you around! Cheers.

[@HInc7647]

The MyVegan plain pea protein is good - doesn’t taste of anything so good to bulk the smoothie out!

[@jamesshelley6478]

Hi Ben, where did you buy your gloves from?

[@BenParkes]

Got the last batch from pro direct running

[@its_just_Lola]

Ive struggled with diet for years, started running 3 years ago, lost 8stone (50kg) pretty quickly but am now 15st and struggling to keep weight off, body just saying no! I run every day and about 80k a week. You think vegan route would help or just run more?

[@connorplagens8670]

Michael I don’t know how you’re eating, but there is a great saying that I need to hear too “you can’t out-train poor nutrition.” If you are not eating as well as you could, training more will have limited effects

[@its_just_Lola]

@@connorplagens8670 I track everything, no more than 2200kcal a day, pretty much oats breakfast, egg salad lunch and meat and rice dinner, protein shake post run and 2 apples as snacks, maybe a jelly too. I had adrenal fatigue from overtraining so not sure if my body is as efficient as it should be tbh

[@piotrpoliwka1148]

@@its_just_Lola Get your insulin and glucose checked - if you are insulin resistant what you need to do is cut carbs - pretty simple

[@AugherAndy]

Looks fab

[@patrick7228]

Didn't know about the vegan dressing!! Cant' wait to try it.

[@AznSensAsians]

ben how much $$ do you make annually?

[@2spoons]

Tastes like cack but is it good fuel?? the SIS whey powder - I'm using the Mo Farrah Whey and love the chocolate flavour!!

[@BenParkes]

The one I had is a plant based version they make.. I think the regular ones are absolutely fine and really nice!

[@jamesotto7884]

Hi Ben, great video - a nice insight! I was wondering whether you use maurten gels with caffeine at all?

[@BenParkes]

I haven't tried them James.. Just the standard ones!

[@jamesotto7884]

@@BenParkes cheers! Do you use any caffeine for marathon/ultra race days during the race (appreciating you dont drink tea or coffee) thanks again!

[@BenParkes]

James Otto I haven’t used any before

[@freddytrejo3613]

Awww love ke ke

[@hajishaker9788]

how much do you spend on your food per week?

[@Evendegard]

Cute cat :) Is it a neva masquerade?

[@BenParkes]

She's a Birman.. very similar to a neva masquerade!

[@Ljungcrantz]

*sips coffee*

[@robinlane8315]

If you're deficient in a certain nutrient, it might not necessarily show up on bloods tests. Calcium blood concentration, for example, is tightly regulated by the body. If the concentration falls, calcium will be taken from the bones. Science isn't as advanced as some people think. I recommend you experiment and trust how you feel and perform, rather than relying on the results from your blood tests...

[@PradeepGRawat]

Yummmmm!!

[@jamiebuckley6425]

Get yourself some Barry's tea bags from Ireland and you won't be disappointed

[@Ian-H76]

Brilliant video, really great food (I’m vegan too) So basically what I’m getting from this is you don’t really snack? Is that right? I snack wayyy too much it seems 😳

[@BenParkes]

Not really. I don’t purposely not snack, but tend to just eat at meal times!

[@Ian-H76]

thanks Ben, fantastic content as ever. 👍🙌

[@neilsyard]

Great video. Simple but so good. Running has changed my whole approach to food but also my lifestyle and only for the better...more vegetarian food, no more caffeine or refined carbs, very little alcohol, less sugar and for me it's all having a positive impact. Not sure if you're interested but you mentioned being more sustainable re the electric car...check out mamarevolution on instagram (a low toxic educator)...it's amazing what you can learn about reducing use of plastic, etc. And thinking of your watt bike exercise video...if you haven't already, get a spider plant or two for the flat...the benefits are fantastic. Keep up the great work.

[@victory4life00]

What Houmous?

[@SneakySteevy]

If fruits and vegetable are frozen right right after the harvest, they are better than whole fruits and vegetables.

[@federicocamprincoli3697]

Hi Ben, what's your average KCals per day?

[@BenParkes]

It's not something I count Federico!

[@jaimedelarosa5532]

+1 on the vegemite 👍🏼🇦🇺

[@georgepagotelis]

He said marmite in video though!!

[@creative7530]

First 👟👟

[@IsMiseAnthony]

Usually I make a smoothie with everything but the kitchen sink in it. 😂

[@ibrazier]

“Cooking in the buff” could catch on?

[@thedanishking1524]

Hoka Carbon X review coming soon? :)

[@darrengofton7564]

Great stuff! Literally took this advice onboard the last 2 nights. Healthy eating doesn’t have to be time consuming! Sent you a message on Insta Ben 👍🏼

[@BenParkes]

I'll try and find it.. on Instagram it's impossible to keep up with the messages, but I do see stuff on here.

[@darrengofton7564]

Ben Parkes no worries mate! You were super supportive when I started running so I interact when I can to return the favour. I’m just pleased to see you doing so well 👍🏼

[@BenParkes]

Darren Gofton cheers Darren! Hope everything is going well on your journey too!

[@pete9754]

Great vid. Vegan all the way!!! and the negative effects of caffeine on your adrenal system are a good enough reason to not drink it. Everyone should go vegan and quit the caffeine

[@19Kamau79]

I'm vegetarian as possible but Kenyans drink milky black tea and eating beef aside of plants. I'm not too worried about caffeine or small amount of animal protein :-)

[@pete9754]

@@19Kamau79 it can be easier to achieve higher levels of protein from animal flesh but a planned vegan diet and the bioavailability it provides will always be superior. The Kenyans and other elite level long distant runners eat meat and diary to achieve the calorie intake required to do what they do surely?. Ben smashes it though and he's vegan. The effects of caffeine in the latter end of a marathon or ultra will always be welcomed with open arms

[@TirnanHealy]

REC it Pete I love the stuff too much, if Jim Walmsley has a cup every morning then that’s all the evidence I need 😂

[@19Kamau79]

@@pete9754 It's disrespectful to visit deeply in Great Rift of Kenya without finishing plate they offer me, I just have to eat it no matter is it vegetarian or not, personally I like vegetarian food but can't be religious with it. I don't use coffee or tea before race, quality session or long run because caffeine takes me short call too often, if I feel drinking cup of coffee hours before easy run or hours after race I just do it :-)

[@oblicsorders25]

What is your height and weight?

[@LumpyPotatos]

Recovery Cake or Recovery Shake? I guess depending on how the run goes you can have one or the other! 😅

[@BenParkes]

Ha! Or both!!! 🍰 😋

[@Wargwarn]

Ben, what's it like having a cat in a flat?

[@BenParkes]

Very nice. Couldn't imagine life without her!

[@jaydenslife5424]

Idk if you washed ur rice

[@dogin26]

Nice Ben. Love the plant based diet. I am shocked at the amount of ultra runners whom still eat meat and smash dairy.

[@PeterMRiley]

Awesome supplements do really tasty vegan protein. Nothing has come close for me.

[@123Lucuzz]

NEVER HAD COFFEE?? You poor soul how do you function

[@bikeinmotion]

He would break 2.15 with coffee ;)

[@Juan_More_Mile]

its all mental, coffee is pointless

[@Juan_More_Mile]

Gary Hooks never trust anyone that needs coffee to function like a normal human

[@Juan_More_Mile]

Gary Hooks good one....NOT

[@Juan_More_Mile]

Gary Hooks oh wow, you’re still going. Living rent free on your head ✌️

[@chef51280]

hows your iodine levels as a vegan??? its much more important than most people think

[@noahdemers6228]

Great video ben! is there any reason you are vegan, i’m vegetarian for the environment, wondering your why!

[@dol1030]

Not a paid promotion with Science in Sport... 😆

[@BenParkes]

Ha.. got to say how it is!

[@chrishamilton1100]

Do the kipchoge challenge when you get to 50k subs

[@futebol2434]

Show🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@craighammond5918]

No cup of tea ever Ben!! Are you even British :)

[@BenParkes]

Haha! No, not a sip.. no even those green teas and all that flavoured stuff. Just never appealed! Odd I know!

[@matthewsenior4208]

My wife says that you serve up good food but are the messiest chef, I hope you clean up afterwards! 🤣

[@renegadecamera6892]

You should avoid juice. It's just sugar in the end

[@BenParkes]

Well.. it's just natural sugar in orange juice. 1/2 a pint now and then isn't exactly going to do any damage. Everything in moderation of course.. but you're doing something right if that's the worse thing you're consuming!

[@byhultgren]

You look a little tired there Ben ;-)

[@dcawkwell]

The water in London is the pits. I wouldn't feed it to my dog. I drink bottle water in London.

[@ljundberg]

Raw spinach???? 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️