Arsen Markaryan: biography and photos

Vegetarianism has come to Russia from the West for a long time. Many people stick to this type of diet to maintain health. Someone tries to lose weight by giving up meat, others can not eat it because of ethical considerations, complaining about immeasurable love and compassion for animals, and for some it is a kind of tribute to the fashion of recent years. Yes, over the past decade, vegetarianism and raw food have become a kind of trend, to which they are equal. Many famous actors, musicians, singers and athletes began to promote a healthy lifestyle, and with it, and vegetarianism. The calendar has a special day, which is considered a holiday for all those who refused meat. This date is October 1. Among the ardent admirers of a healthy lifestyle and those who strenuously promote the idea of proper nutrition without animal proteins and fats, the athlete and video blogger Arsen Markaryan.

Eternal confrontation between meat-eaters and vegetarians

In fact, there is an unofficial confrontation between the two coalitions of people divided by the principle of nutrition: vegetarians and meat eaters. Each of them argues in favor of his culture of eating or not using certain foods for food. Doctors are more likely to be on the side of those who could not refuse meat, believing that without animal fats and proteins it is easy to earn health problems. Supported by medical professionals only those situations of acceptance of vegetarianism, in which they are shown to a person: ischemic disease, atherosclerosis and others. In medicine, even a term appeared, dealing with human deviations in eating behavior - it is orthorhysis. It is here that doctors include those who switched to vegetarianism by abandoning meat products.

How to replace meat without health effects?

Arsen Markaryan believes that meat can easily be replaced by mixing in equal proportions germinated wheat and beans. With this ratio of products, according to the athlete and video blogger, a person will not feel any negative influence of rejection of the desired product. In his interviews, he notes that there are three types of vegetarianism:

1. Refusal of meat and the transition to a vegetarian menu for weight loss, that is, as a diet.
2. The abuse of meat is due to religious considerations.
3. Vegetarianism as a refusal to kill.

He himself switched to this type of food, because he wanted to improve sports performance, and this was an experimental solution in the new diet. According to statistics, those who do not consume meat in their arguments, every vegetarian in a year saves from the inevitable death of just over 750 chickens, fifty turkeys, 30 sheep, 5 pigs and about five hundred kilograms of fish.

Who is Arsen Markaryan?

A man who has a huge number of sports regalia, a multiple prize-winner of competitions of the all-Russian and international levels in martial arts, the vice-champion of the world in Muay Thai in 2011 among the light-weight to 86 kilograms. A sportsman performing in several types of wrestling, namely: hand-to-hand combat, wushu, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, contact karate, kudo, army hand-to-hand combat and others. Successful videobloger, who managed to acquire a significant army of fans. Arsen Markaryan is a raw and vegetarian who successfully conducts webinars on sports and nutrition, arranges live conferences and meetings with fans, who share their thoughts, arguments, knowledge about life, food, where there is no place for meat , Sex, consults on the topic of sports and just jokes, cheering up.

An athlete about himself, his childhood and his family

Despite the fact that the Internet has a lot of information about a vegetarian athlete, he carefully hides his personal life, trying not to allow strangers into it. Arsen Markaryan, whose biography is shrouded in mystery, mentions only casually about his childhood. According to him, he grew up in a rather modest and cultured Armenian family, where they always honored traditions. He was a little withdrawn child, who found it difficult to get to know people. Reliably known facts are the date of birth (March 21, 1995), he is only 22. As a child, Arsene often suffered from sinusitis and tonsillitis. These diseases became chronic for him, but in adulthood, switching to vegetarianism and raw food, he was able to overcome these ailments, completely getting rid of them. In one of the interviews, Markaryan told about the sacrifice of lamb - the ritual "mats", which he attended as a six-year-old boy. So, the rite so shocked him that terrible dreams about it haunted him for several days. He remarks that he always loved animals and felt compassion for them. Early became independent and moved from parents to a separate apartment. However, they constantly visit and communicate with the family. In many sources one can meet the athlete's double surname, namely: Arsen Jagaspane-Markaryan. With this version of the surname, the story of his achievements began, and then it was simply cut or started to be entered alternately. Whichever variant is found on the Internet, it is worthwhile to know that this is the same person. Many fans with great interest follow the life of a popular athlete. They want to know if he has a girlfriend. Arsen Markaryan carefully conceals personal information, leaving every fan a chance to win his heart.

About his daily routine and diet

According to Markaryan, food is a tool with which you can adjust the body. Becoming a vegetarian, he completely revised his food system and came to the most proper daily routine in which he always gets up and goes to bed at the same time. Its day begins at 6 o'clock in the morning and proceeds according to two variants of development. The first is when the athlete is starving before noon, nothing to eat or drink. The second option involves taking a glass of juice from three lemons. How the day will begin depends only on the mood of the raw sportsman. The further way, or rather the acceptance of food, always follows the established scheme. Every two hours Arsen Markaryan takes food. At 14:00 he eats some sour fruit. It can be a kiwi, an orange or an apple. Then at 16:00 he eats porridge from a banana or pear. After another two hours he prepares a salad: rucola with cucumber or tomato, and before eating again eats some fruit.

Result of power adjustment

According to the champion, he feels excellent, focused and collected. He adheres to a menu in which he does not mix more than three components of food at a time. Practices starvation and refused to eat for up to 16 days. Supporter of an aquatic diet. He believes that if chewing food is about 150-300 times, then it will be absorbed, remaining in the oral cavity. Another method allows you to eat much less food. In his interviews, Arsen Markaryan, notes that he began to feel like a superhero. He is proud that even after two days without food, water and sleep will feel himself in perfect physical shape. By the way, the athlete's photo is confirmed by all the words he said.

How did you come to this decision?

Consistency of meat did not please Arsen from the very childhood, he did not eat salt for the last ten years, and then decided to improve his sports results by trying to give up meat for a while. After the beginning of the experiment, he realized that he began to feel much better, and began to pay attention to the literature available at that time on the web. Among the books that Markaryan read on the subject of vegetarianism were the works of Butenko, Herbert Shelton, Arnold Eret. Now he considers these books not relevant, saying that everything is changing, going into oblivion and opening the way for new research and achievements, to which, by the way, he lists personal results. Markaryan is very proud of being able to introduce to vegetarianism about 30 personal acquaintances and more than a thousand virtual friends. Thanks to a personal blog, the sportsman found a huge number of followers and supporters. His frankness attracts people who share their successes, leaving only positive feedback on the Internet. Arsen Markaryan was able to grow out of a shy boy into a liberated man, to whom they are equal.

About testosterone and abstinence

It is absolutely obvious that a person who has devoted himself to sports and achieved good results on this difficult path will listen to famous athletes and try to match the stars of world values. Muhammad Ali, George St. Pierre and Michael Jordan before important competitions and tournaments tried to observe some restrictions concerning intimate contacts. Sexual abstinence Arsen Markaryan considers the best preparation for a fight or another sporting match. He devoted a whole course of testosterone to the testosterone, where he told that he considers this hormone a component that encourages a man to act. The minimum period of abstinence, according to him, should last a month, and a maximum is a whole quarter.

Relations with the beautiful sex

Talking about himself, Markaryan mentioned shyness and inability to communicate with people. Now he does not have such a problem: he easily goes to contact and gets acquainted. He also notes that popularity has done its job, and many are willing to approach him. Arsen Markaryan does not speak much about women, but even from the few information that he gives out, we can conclude that his worldview was greatly influenced by his growing and growing environment. Armenian traditions are traced in his words about the place of women in the family and relationships. According to his convictions, the family is held by the woman, she regulates the inner mood in the relationship, making them harmonious. The man only adjusts the contact of the social unit with the world around him.