Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter is vegetarian

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" When you surround yourself with nature, it's really powerful. Everything makes

a difference. "

She doesn't just surround herself with it, Teter reveals she's a vegetarian and

puts the best stuff in her bod.

" I started that last year and feel stronger mentally and physically, and

springier, " she says, noting too that more people would become vegetarians if

they knew how animals were slaughtered. Teeter starts each day with a power

smoothie, and for dinner loves cooking stir-fry vegetarian dishes with a side of

Quinoa, a high-protein grain similar to brown rice.

" I don't overcook, because you lose what's good in the food, " she says.

In addition to eating healthy, Teter wants to live greener overall, too. " I'm

moving into a yurt in the woods near my parents' home in Vermont, " she says

about inhabiting a portable tent-like dwelling. Her father produces maple syrup

on the property that Hannah sells for her charity Hannah's Gold. The money goes

to the needy in Kenya and Haiti, and her sponsor Samsung granted $30,000 to the

charity on Saturday in recognition of Hannah's silver medal.

" I will live in the yurt part time, " Teter says. " Mom has huge garden and fruit

trees, and I love it there. I helped my parents get solar power this past year,

and I'll be running on solar and hopefully wind power with my yurt so I can be

completely off the grid. "