The Species Barrier Mini-Cast: Lincoln's "Meet a Staffy Day"

The RSPCA Lincolnshire Mid & Lincoln Branch are holding a “Meet a Staffy Day” at Pets at Home on the Carlton Centre on June 22nd from 10am until 4pm.

At this event, they will be holding a stall and showcasing our beautiful staffy dogs that they have in care at the moment. This event is to show how beautiful and misunderstood these dogs are.

Amy told us more about this event and their rescue dog show in July...

Listen to The Species Barrier Staffy here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3 (Save as): Here

Green eyed... but not a monster

Show Notes:

http://thelincolnite.co.uk/events/rspca-meet-a-staffy-day-2/

The Species Barrier #21 Podcast & Show Notes

Coming up today... Joyce Johnson Producer of the documentary, Mother: Caring For Seven Billion.

We receive other perspectives on population issues from Les U. Knight founder of The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) and British population activist Terry Grigg.

Also Greenpeace's website finally acknowledges overpopulation, Rhinos make their last stand, as carbon levels reach 400ppm Prince Charles chastises climate change skeptics and with UK Wildlife coming off an apocalyptic year why are nature reserves being put at risk of development?

Earth Mother: Caring for 7.11 billion and counting...

Listen to The Species Barrier 21 Earth Mother here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3 (Save as): Here

Les says "Live Long and Die Out."

Show Notes for Episode #22 of The Species Barrier:

Lincoln Conservation Group: http://www.lincolnconservationgroup.org.uk/

Two Year Restriction on neonicotinoids: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/victory-for-bees-as-european-union-bans-neonicotinoid-pesticides-blamed-for-destroying-bee-population-8595408.html

Greenpeace and Ecology: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/population-and-ecology/blog/44620/

Mother: Caring for Seven Billion: http://www.motherthefilm.com/

Carbon passes the 400ppm mark: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22486153

Prince Charles chastises climate change skeptics: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/09/prince-charles-climate-change-sceptics

Second Coming beliefs related to climate change beliefs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/03/climate-change-study_n_3204054.html

Voluntary Human Extinction Movement: http://www.vhemt.org/

Developers can Build on Nature Reserves: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10008738/Developers-can-build-on-nature-reserves-if-they-offset-the-damage-elsewhere-says-Government-review.html

Apocalyptic 12 months for UK Wildlife: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/397845/Wildlife-has-suffered-an-apocalyptic-12-months

Rhinos last stand: http://kozmedia.com/western-black-rhino-officially-extinct/2214565/

Backpacking with a Bunion: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Backpacking-Bunion-Journey-Discovery-Adventure/dp/1425999190


Middle class to hit 5 billion by 2030: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1829866/report-global-middle-class-population-to-touch-5-billion-by-2030

Population of India rises by 17.7% in a decade: http://www.nationalturk.com/en/indias-population-is-1-21-billion-grew-by-17-7-in-decade-37205

The Species Barrier #20 Podcast & Show Notes

Episode 20 of The Species Barrier... Dale Vince OBE; owner of the Green electricity company Ecotricity, vegan and Football Chairman stops by.

Fiona Oakes joins us fresh from her record breaking marathon run in the North Pole.

Also... Kevin White tells us about the Coventry vegan food fair, Tim DeChristopher released from jail, future food scarcity, bird flu outbreaks, super-director James Cameron on what environmentalists should eat and what were Margaret Thatcher's environmental views?

Dale says try the Badger Pasty!

Listen to The Species Barrier 20 Pole Position here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3 (Save as): Here

Cool Runnings for Fiona

Show Notes for episode #20 of The Species Barrier:

Mother: Caring For Seven Billion: http://www.motherthefilm.com/

James Cameron on The Vegan Solution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9lU4wpyFVo

Coventry Free Vegan Food Fair: http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/coventry.html

Margaret Thatcher's 1990 Climate Change speech: http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108237

Fiona Oakes runs record women's time in The North Pole Marathon: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jasmijn-de-boo/vegan-veteran-wins-womens_b_3083135.html

Tower Hill Stables: http://www.towerhillstables.com/

Tim DeChristopher released from jail: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/22/earth_day_exclusive_tim_dechristopher_speaks

Bird Flu Outbreaks: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/24/new-bird-strain-is-one-most-lethal-flu-viruses-who-says/

Bernard Matthews Bird Flu Scare: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/clampdown-at-bernard-matthews-farm-in-bird-flu-scare-8577194.html

Millions of Humans Face Starvation as the World Warms: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/apr/13/climate-change-millions-starvation-scientists

Highland Scotland second fastest rate of population growth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20754751

Sea Level Rise legislation in North Carolina: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/03/28/more-unwanted-national-attention-for-north-carolina-on-sea-level-rise/

Ecotricity: http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/

Forest Green Rovers: http://www.forestgreenroversfc.com/

Sustainability In Sport: http://www.sustainabilityinsport.com/

80 billion Disposable Chopsticks a Year In China: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/chopstick-china-forests_n_2853033.html

The Species Barrier #19 Podcast & Show Notes

Episode 19 of The Species Barrier... this time Ruth plays Fangirl as we are joined by compassionate cookbook author, podcaster and all round icon... Colleen Patrick Goudreau. Ahead of the Lincolnshire premiere of Chasing Ice we speak with the film's director Jeff Orlowski.

Also James Hansen quits as NASA climate scientist, Europe urges the ethics behind veganism to be given legal protection, Ecuador auctions off rainforest to Chinese oil companies, somber parting words from The Independent's environment editor and are electric cars really better for the environment?

Colleen says "Pigs not Pork"

Listen to The Species Barrier 19 Fangirl here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3 (Save as): Here




Ready To Chase Ice

Show Notes for episode #19 of The Species Barrier:

Coventry Free Vegan Food Fair: http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=45

Equality rights: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9977214/Vegans-and-druids-to-gain-workplace-rights-under-new-equality-rules.html

"Mother: Caring For Seven Billion" Free to stream online: http://www.motherthefilm.com/

Departing environment editor of 15 years: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/man-is-fallen-and-will-destroy-the-earth--but-at-least-we-greens-made-him-wait-8554548.html

James Hansen leaves NASA: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/climate-scientist-james-hansen-l.html

Ecuador welcome Chinese oil company bids for rainforest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/26/ecuador-chinese-oil-bids-amazon

Electric cars needn't be green: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22001356

1600 years of ice melted in 25 years: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-could-1600-years-of-ice-melt-in-just-25-years.html#ixzz2QLyjvhzw

Chasing Ice: http://www.chasingice.com/

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: http://www.compassionatecook.com/

Fact Of The Day: http://www.vetsonline.com/actualites/detail/57389/75-of-exotic-pets-survive-less-than-a-year-claims-study.html

The Species Barrier #18 Podcast & Show Notes

Episode 18... Marcus gets the chance to play fanboy as we're joined by one of his favourite musical artists, Sticman; half of hip-hop supergroup Dead Prez, producer, fitness and plant-based eating activist. Also after attracting plenty of media interest by being publically branded with a hot iron, Aran, an animal rights activist from the global 269 campaign tells us why.

Also... we look back on the busiest bring and share yet, attending a horse meat debate, Britain blocks bid to save bee populations, climate change cut from school curriculum, violence in slaughterhouse workers and why has Lily Allen offering to kill a pig for Comic Relief caused such an outcry?

Swole Like Tookie Wit' It

Listen to The Species Barrier 18 Fanboy here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3 (Save as): Here



Brand recognition.

Show Notes for episode #18 of The Species Barrier:

Lily Allen offers to kill pig for charity: http://uk.eonline.com/news/396741/lily-allen-defends-against-hippies-and-vegan-loonies-after-pig-slaughtering-crack

Slaughterhouse workers more likely to be violent: http://www.news.com.au/national-news/slaughterhouse-workers-are-more-likely-to-be-violent-study-shows/story-fncynjr2-1226560029984#ixzz2Ofa8qbfD

Owen Patterson on bee petition "Cyber attack": http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/13/owen-paterson-ban-pesticides-bees

Climate change warning as freezing conditions continue: http://www.channel4.com/news/climate-change-snow-warning-john-beddington

Second greatest Co2 emissions rise in 2012: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/08/hawaii-climate-change-second-greatest-annual-rise-emissions

Climate change lower on people's concerns: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2285812/Most-people-longer-consider-global-warming-issue-financial-crisis-changes-priorities.html

EDF drops £5m lawsuit against environmental activists: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/13/edf-drops-5m-law-suit-against-no-dash-for-gas-activists_n_2866445.html

Petition to keep climate change education in schools: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/21/school-climate-change-petition

Elephants imperilled species: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/killing-spree-slaughters-86-elephants-190129354.html

269 website: http://www.269life.com/about.html

RBG Fit Club: http://www.rbgfitclub.com/

Dead Prez: http://deadprezblog.wordpress.com/

A Vegan Soulfood Guide To The Galaxy: http://www.nattral.com/shop/a-vegan-soulfood-guide-to-the-galaxy/

Green For All: http://greenforall.org/

Earth Amplified: http://www.earthamplified.com/

Food Fight (Video): http://www.earthamplified.com/archives/966

Global Warning (Video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV3C-e2ukWw

The Species Barrier #17 Podcast & Show Notes

Episode 17 of The Species Barrier... in the wake of our last episode which questioned the perceived wisdom surrounding "growth" we learn about ecological footprints and population. Professor William Rees, co-creator of the term "ecological footprint" and chairman of Population Matters, Roger Martin, stop by to share their expertise on these matters.

Also... Roger Yates reports from Ireland on the horse meat issue, we look back on Go Green Week and the GrowthBusters screening, Chris Packham skeptical regarding fox attacks, animal products filed with cigarettes on world cancer day, gambling on fish extinction, MRSA in milk, Nepalese wildlife under threat and is chicken flesh the next big meat scandal?

 

William Rees offers a hand on footprints

Listen to The Species Barrier 17 Footprints here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3 (Save as): Here

Roger Martin of Population Matters

Show Notes for episode #17 of The Species Barrier:

GrowthBusters: http://www.growthbusters.org/

William Rees: http://www.postcarbon.org/person/36225-william-rees

Population Matters: http://www.populationmatters.org/

Population Offsets: http://www.popoffsets.com/

Vegan Ireland: http://veganireland.vegaplanet.org/

Chris Packham skeptical on fox attacks: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134197/The-fox-attack-myth-BBC-man-Chris-Packham-says-doesnt-believe-people-attacked-animal.html

China refuses UK recycling: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/9671236/China-cracks-down-on-low-quality-plastic-from-the-UK.html

World Cancer Day: Animal products equivalent to cigarettes: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/world-cancer-day-how-meat-can-be-murder-8478738.html

Gambling on Fish Extinction: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/feb/01/ladbrokes-gambling-fish-extinction

MRSA in milk: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/new-mrsa-superbug-strain-found-in-uk-milk-supply-8431187.html

Chicken Flesh the next big meat scandal? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/9821451/FSA-warns-that-chicken-bacteria-could-be-next-meat-scandal.html

Endangered Nepalese Wildlife to be limited: http://www.care2.com/causes/nepal-to-limit-growth-elephants-endangered-species.html

Footprint statistics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_footprint

The Species Barrier #16 Podcast & Show Notes

Coming up in this episode... just how sustainable is infinite growth on a finite planet? We're joined by experts in the field. Professor Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Dave Gardner the director of the documentary Growthbusters.

We look back on the screening of Vegucated, look forward to Go Green Week, Lord Stern admits his climate change review underestimated the situation, the UK's "baby boom" leads to a midwife shortage, African wildlife in decline, David Attenborough calls humans "a plague on earth" and quinoa corrections.

Captain Paul Ehrlich of The Population Bomb

Listen to The Species Barrier 16 Population here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3 (Save as): Here

Who you gonna call? Dave Gardner!

Show Notes for episode #16 of The Species Barrier:

Go Green Week: http://environment.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/go-green/

GrowthBusters: http://www.growthbusters.org/

Baby boom/Midwife crisis: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/baby-boom-brings-midwife-crisis-8459215.html

Elephants in crisis: http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2013/s3683920.htm

West African Lions on the brink: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/08/west-african-lions-extinction-report

Mackerel fishes no longer "sustainable": http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/22/mackerel-off-conservationists-eat-list

New Garbage patch in the sea discovered: http://5gyres.org/posts/2013/01/17/a_new_garbage_patch_discovered_the_south_pacific_gyre

David Attenborough calls humans "A plague on earth": http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/humans-are-a-plague-on-earth-sir-david-attenborough-warns-that-negative-effects-of-population-growth-will-come-home-to-roost-8461570.html

Bindi Irwin censored on Population: http://www.news.com.au/world/hillary-clinton-tries-to-silence-brave-bindi/story-fndir2ev-1226560803039

Stern: Climate change much worse than first thought: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/27/nicholas-stern-climate-change-davos

China's economic growth and pollution: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9815006/Chinese-leaders-have-failed-to-shield-environment-from-economic-growth.html

Quinoa correction: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/22/quinoa-bolivian-farmers-meat-eaters-hunger

MAHB: http://mahb.stanford.edu/

Paul Ehrlich's new paper "too optimistic": http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/22/population-bomb-scientist-nobody-has-the-right-to-as-many-children-as-they-want/

Mother: http://www.motherthefilm.com/

Transition Lincoln: http://transitionlincoln.org.uk/

The Species Barrier #15 Podcast & Show Notes

Coming up today on the second part of our health and fitness special, with mixed martial arts getting ever more popular in the UK we speak to Leicester born Ultimate Fighter Winner and vegan James 'Lightning' Wilks and local vegan MMA trainer Simon. We hear again from Fiona from Tower Hill Sanctuary about her extraordinary long distance running. We also speak to professional footballer Dean Howell about how a plant based diet has helped him maintain high levels of fitness.

Also we look back on a week of raw food, Australia needs a new colour to describe itâs heatwave, why is horse burger worse than cow burger, Chicago's mayor advocates plant based eating, veganism in the guardian and on The Wright Show, Paul Ehrlich's new paper and Lincs 2 Nepal gets a notable recommendation from The Guardian...

Plant Athlete James Wilks

Listen to The Species Barrier 15 Fitness here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3 (Save as): Here



Fiona Oakes Vegan Extreme 

Show Notes for episode #15 of The Species Barrier:

Lincs2Nepal ranked top ten in Guardian review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2013/jan/16/top-10-budget-restaurants-lincoln

Pulsin: http://pulsin.co.uk/

Raw Chocolate Company: http://www.therawchocolatecompany.com/

Ombars: http://www.ombar.co.uk/

Quinoa: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/25/quinoa-good-evil-complicated

Half of food wasted: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/10/half-world-food-waste

Chicago's mayor recommends plant based diet: http://www.ecorazzi.com/2013/01/11/watch-mayor-rahm-emanuel-endorses-rip-esselstyns-vegan-plan/

Kidney Fried Chickens: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/kfc-kidney_n_2533481.html

Horse flesh in cow flesh: http://veganismisnonviolence.com/2013/01/17/so-you-have-horse-meat-in-your-tesco-cow-burger/

Can a Collapse of Global Civilization Be Avoided? http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1754/20122845.full?sid=a6464a46-5210-4848-a932-c49be511b9a5

Dean Howell "Vegan diet for a footballer": http://www.veganbodybuilding.org/dean.htm

Revolution Foods: http://revolution-foods.com/home.php

Fiona Oakes needs donations for The North Pole Marathon: http://www.fionaoakes.com/northpolemarathon.html

S2C8 Academy: http://www.s2c8.co.uk/

James Wilks: http://www.lightningmma.com/

Fact Of The Day: http://www.plantathlete.com/

The Species Barrier #14 Podcast & Show Notes

On this and the next show we will speak to people in vegan health and fitness to inspire you in your new year resolutions and health and fitness goals. Former World Snooker Champion Peter Ebdon stops by for a chat on how a vegan diet has helped his game, ahead of our local film screening producer of Vegucated Demetrius, vegan nutrition author Stephen Walsh offers up his findings and as we're planning a raw food week we chat with raw expert Rebecca Kane from Shine On Raw...

Also we discuss the use of other animals in The Hobbit film, the messages within The Snowman and The Snowdog, the leaked IPCC report, a single Blue Fin Tuna selling for $1.7m, elephants being under the threat of extinction and more...

Peter "Vegan Power" Ebdon

Listen to The Species Barrier 14 Health here: Here

Or download/listen to the MP3: Here

Demetrius laying down the Vegucated Challenge

Show Notes for episode #14 of The Species Barrier:

For Lincoln Green Pages Newsletter info: lincolngreenpages@gmail.com

Live Animal Charities spread Suffering not Cheer: http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/12/live-animal-charity-spread-suffering-not-cheerftsbb/

The Hobbit Movie No Fantasy for Animals: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-hobbit-movie-is-no-fantasy-for-animals-8411487.html

Landmark Climate Change Report Leaked: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/14/ipcc-climate-change-report-leaked-online

Javan Rhino now extinct in Vietnam: http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/3944-vietnam-rhino-extinct.html

Jane Goodall appeals against Elephant Extinction: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/16/jane-goodall-ivory-poaching-elephant

A Blue Fin Tuna sells for $1.7m: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20919306

Bring and Share Event Jan 18th: https://www.facebook.com/events/537601599591056/

Vegucated Screening and Discussion: https://www.facebook.com/VeganOutreachEastMidlands/events/393504454065122/

Vegucated website: http://www.getvegucated.com/

Veg-1 Tablets and vitamin info: http://www.vegansociety.com/lifestyle/nutrition/multivitamins-and-minerals-lists.aspx

16 page Plant Based Nutrition booklet: http://www.vegansociety.com/downloads/PBN.pdf

Shine On Raw: http://www.shineonraw.com/home/

Peter Ebdon's battle over Gerson Therapy logo: http://sport.uk.msn.com/ebdon-forced-to-remove-logo

Fact of The Day: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090924093349.htm & http://ezinearticles.com/?Diet-for-Cancer-Prevention-and-Recovery&id=652914

Ruth's Final Raw Day

So it's my final day raw and I have really enjoyed it. I will be continuing to eat a 80% raw diet with some cooked dinners and odd treats here and there. I have made some new favorite dishes like raw pesto and courgette pasta and decided I like raw soup when warmed to baby bottle warm. I will be having green shakes every other day now. I have to admit it's been a busy week so I haven't cooked as many new dishes as I would have liked to so will keep posting raw recipe ideas on here for a while and likely bring a raw dessert to the Vegan Outreach Bring and Share on Friday 18th 6:30pm at Lincs2nepal.  I'm making a raw cheesecake now to give it a go and am excited, if there's any left i'll bring it into Lincs2Nepal tomorrow for people to try.

Why wont I be staying completely raw? Well I have to say it takes more planning than a vegan diet, I also do miss crisps (and I dont eat many, maybe a bag a fortnight), I miss my lentil soup especially now it's so cold. I have loved trying the raw goodies but I couldn't afford to buy them often, a raw bar costs £3 whereas my chocolate from lidl costs 99p! 

I have had plenty of energy on a raw diet, something I thought I wouldn't have and haven't felt particularly hungry. 

I think we could all do with adding a lot more raw food to our diet and a 75-90% raw diet would be ideal. It's so easy to have a green smoothie for breakfast or carry one around as a snack, pick up a piece of fruit, get a naked bar from the supermarket or replace pasta with courgettes peeled. Why not try and have a big salad for lunch, salads can be so diverse and leave you feeling energized.  Raw broccoli and avocado soup is so creamy and why says soup needs to be steaming hot?

I would recommend Live Raw by Mimi Kirk it has some easy recipes and doesn't need a dehydrator for many recipes. I would also recommend www.shineonraw.com  , Rebecca is lovely and is featured on the latest Species Barrier that will be out soon, she has some great advice and recipes. 

Do let us know if you want to give a raw week a try, we'd love to help and hear your stories.

Ruth's Raw Diary- Day 6

Wow, we're up to day 6 already. I'll be honest and admit I craved sugar a lot yesterday as I was icing a banoffee cake (not raw!), I may have tried a bit of the icing just to make sure it was perfect. I am also starting to crave hot soup as the temperature drops, maybe tomorrow i'll make a mix veg raw soup for lunch.

Had my usual shake today then a carrot salad with mixed veg and sprouted quinoa, yummy! Had another Pulsin bar. I'm knackered today after a long night so had courgette with pesto only this time I added tomatoes,mushrooms and olives to the pasta and some sprouted lentils.

For dessert I had carob powder and coffee with almond milk and stevia so like a hot mocha then a gojiberry and orange bar from www.therawchocolatecompany.com  I didnt like it as much a the vanoffee bars we had yesterday as it had a slight after taste, could be because I'm not keen on gojiberries. The vanoffee bars I had yesterday evening were out of this world, creamy and soo morish they were gone in 3 seconds and missed for a long time.

Raw Day 4 and 5

Sorry for the delay posting this Wednesday was a blurr. I stayed up all night Tuesday night editing the species barrier radio show. So I ate a lot in the night I do when I do an all nighter. The pulsin bars came in very handy and so did Kale with salt and yeast flakes. I also ate a few pieces of fruit. I have to say it's the healthiest all nighter I've even pulled. I tried the raw chocolate bar from pulsin and if possible it was even nicer than their berry bar! Not to nutty and very chocolaty, it also doesnt give you a sugar rush. I forgot to mention last time that pulsin donate 1% of profits to www.beeguardianfoundation.org, how awesome are they? You can find them at www.pulsin.co.uk

Back to my evening usually I reach for crisps (and yes I was craving them) and sugar but with the healthy raw options I avoided this.

  I had my usual shake Wednesday at 9am then popped to the studio to hand it in. I finally slept at 1pm so didnt eat lunch. Dinner was a chilli made with carrots, tomatoes and  hot peppers blended with sweet potato, celery and and mushrooms  to give crunch. It was tasty and heated to baby bottle warm, in fact I quite like food like that now.

Today I had my usual shake then an apple, a plum. Then for lunch I had a lovely raw bolognase from Rebecca's latest email, you must sign up if you havent already she sends great tips and recipes. Marcus commented how much longer it takes to eat raw food which in my opinion is good as you're not just woolfing it down. I'm planning on having grated beetroot and carrots with a little kale for dinner. Then after dinner I have a selection of amazing looking raw chocolate bars from the raw chocolate company. I've already tried their raw chocolate and mulberries today, I quite liked them but Marcus adored them so i'll swap him the rest of my half for his half of one of the vanoffee bars! hehe
You can find them at  http://www.therawchocolatecompany.com/

If I have time i'll make a raw cheesecake. I've got fresh strawberries in to go on top.

Raw Day 2 Evening and Day 3

It turned out my avocado was too hard to blend last night so I had broccoli soup warmed to baby bottle warm. The recipe is from Live Raw. It was quite nice although I added extra salt and herbs but I guess I have strong tastes.

After my workout I had a smoothie with raw hemp protein from myprotein.com, not cheap but not expensive for a raw protein. I was researching protein in a raw diet yesterday and was pleasantly surprised at how much protein fruits and veg have in them and if you're sprouting as I am there's even more protein. However after a weights session I dont feel like eating a load of spinach so I have a protein shake.

Tried some different raw goodies yesterday and today. To start with I tried two types of chocolate from Mr Popple a strong 69% and a orange chocolate. The 69% one was a little dark despite me normally eating 75% "normal" chocolate. The orange one was divine. Next time i'll try their mint one and their super fruits one and their flower power one....who am I kidding I want to try them all! Here's where you can find them http://www.mrpoppleschocolate.co.uk/shop.htm

Next up is an amazing bar I picked up in HK but you can undoubtedly get in the UK. It's a chocolate raspberry truffle bar by raw revolution.  It's my favorite bar so far as it doesnt taste to nutty or maybe I mean it doesnt have nutty pieces in it. I'm not a huge fan of nuts but like nut butters and this had a nice amount of raspberry and chocolate in it too.

Finally today is chocolate coconut butter, perfect as a pick me up! You can see i'm not starving on a raw diet but long term I'd have to learn to make my own bars as these are expensive and raw chocolate can be 3 quid a bar! I guess they're luxuries though.

Last night I made raw carrot cake cupcakes, all I can say is they were a disaster and a friends pigs will be having them. I'll keep trying with raw deserts and plan to make cheesecake next. 

Breakfast and lunch were the same as the last 2 days with the addition of quinoa sprouts in my salad. Tomorrow I must try something new for lunch the problem is I adore kale salads and they're lovely and filling.  Dinner was mushroom soup from the Live Raw cookbook, it was creamy and very quick and easy to make. 

Raw Day 2

After a successful and tasty first day i'm onto day 2. I prepared my shake last night with a few more spinach leaves ( it's amazing you cant taste them) and made more almond milk. I now prefer coffee with fresh almond milk to soya milk, it's amazing and so creamy.

Lunch was the same as yesterday as I have a radio show to edit so no time to mess around un-cooking.

I went for an hour 20 minute walk with the dogs and had plenty of energy, had a few dates and an almonds when I came home and that sustained me until lunch.

After lunch we received a parcel with samples of raw goodies from the wonderful people at pulsin. These are the two varieties they sent us. I've just had most of a berry bar (trying to save some for later!) and it's sooo moreish. Cant wait to try the chocolate one!!

Dinner tonight will be a recipe from Rebecca's blog a avocado soup http://www.shineonraw.com/tasty/day-16-turn-your-shine-on/. Will let you know how it goes.

Raw Day 1 - Afternoon and Evening

I've just had dinner, which incidentally was absolutely amazing, and thought I would upload a few more pictures from today.

I had a huge kale salad for lunch massages with lemon juice,salt and avocado with loads of veg in it.

For dinner I had courgette pasta with pesto. The pesto was made with pine nuts, sundried tomatoes, yeast flakes (not strictly raw but give me a break i'm trying), water, basil and a little olive oil. It was very creamy and exceptionally filling.

After dinner I had a raw bar of chocolate from Ombar, it was tasty and I could easily go into tomorrows rations.