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

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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/