How Rich Roll went from obese alcoholic to ultra athlete

A vegan, plant diet turned Rich Roll from obese alcoholic into an ultra athlete who ran five ‘ironmen’ in a week, says Carl Dixon.

Rich Roll’s life has been a complex journey from early athletic potential through alcoholism, desperation, recovery, and self-forgiveness to, finally, health, ultra-athletics, and redemption.

An inspiring advocate for a whole-food, plant-based diet, via his hugely influential weekly podcast, Roll was listed by Men’s Fitness magazine as one of the 25 fittest people on the planet in 2009.