Ep154. Improving health and fitness with a plant-based diet, with Tom Pickering

06/01/23 • 50 min

The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly and Molly.

On today's show, we’re focusing on the power of plants to help improve athletic performance and overall wellness.

We discuss the ups and downs of our fitness routines, accountability, running (and not running), cycling and recovery. We're then joined by film maker and Vegan Runner Tom Pickering who has launched a new campaign, Running on Plants.

Tom shares his running tips, nutrition advice and sets us straight on protein. He also shares the story of campaign ambassador Paul Youd, an 85 year old vegan ultra-athlete.

Join the challenge at www.runningonplants.org

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The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly and Molly.

On today's show, we’re focusing on the power of plants to help improve athletic performance and overall wellness.

Tom shares his running tips, nutrition advice and sets us straight on protein. He also shares the story of campaign ambassador Paul Youd, an 85 year old vegan ultra-athlete.

Join the challenge at www.runningonplants.org

Get bonus content on Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep153. Healthy meals in under 20 minutes, with Calum Harris

On today’s top 10 vegan and plant-based podcast, we’re focusing on 20 minute meals. Can we create healthy and delicious dishes in such a short time? Hell yeah! Discover how to use walnuts to make bolognese, air fryer hacks, tips for making quick and easy marinades and more.

And in part 2 of The Simply Vegan Podcast, we chat to The Great Cookbook Challenge star Calum Harris, who joins us to share his own speedy cooking tips along with his experiences filming with Jamie Oliver.

Links for episode 153 of the Simply Vegan Podcast

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Ep155. Why I'm sending body parts to King Charles, with PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk

The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly and Molly.

On today's show, we’re chatting to PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk following the announcement that she's updated her will to send parts of her body to King Charles, the French president, Crufts and Aintree Racecourse so that her activism can continue after her death. Ingrid tells us what PETA have achieved over the past 40 years following their campaigns against animal testing, fur and animal use in circuses and shares their plans to disrupt the leather industry next.

We discuss activism as a whole and parallels to the Suffragettes and Ingrid fills us in on why she's leaving parts of her body to well-known figures and organisations. Gruesome, or a necessary way to raise awareness? We'll let you decide.

But as always we cover the lighter side of veganism by sharing some plant-based cooking inspiration – including the salsa verde that Holly's putting on EVERYTHING and Molly's to-die-for panko aubergine sandwich with olive tapenade. YUM!

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