Episode 1371: Put That Rasher Down, The Best Least Known Irish Rugby Player, Frances Murphy’s TV Guide, Pete Plays, Eddie Wants Ireland
So… how many Second Captains World Service members are taking part in Veganuary this month? Vegetarianism and veganism are having a bit of a moment right now, and this week a report from the Lancet magazine caused waves when it suggested sweeping changes to our western diet.
Lentils with a side of rice? The daily meal plan that dozens of health and environment experts are urging the world to adopt in order to sustain a global population of 10 billion by 2050, according to a study published in the Lancet https://t.co/N97ORKd3EM pic.twitter.com/cKjmrHgOe3
— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 17, 2019
We speak to Sharon Madigan, Ireland’s leading sports nutritionist, about whether sports people actually need meat to fuel performance, or if they can get all they need from a meat-free diet.
How about shifting our thinking. Rather than treating the injury (which usually means reduced or adapted training load). How about we prevent it in the first place by fuelling the load? Many athletes still can’t get their eating habits to balance https://t.co/qnHeJ2eiSV
— Sharon Madigan (@madigan_sharon) March 30, 2018
An Irish out-half has scored over 2,300 points in professional rugby, he kicked the points that won his club the Premiership final and is a leader with the best run club in England… Gareth Steenson is the best least known Irish rugby player in the world. We speak to the him about the journey from the lower regions of English rugby to winning the title, to Exeter’s pivotal match against Munster this weekend.
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Plus we decide getting dietary advice from Leo Varadkar and Danny Healy Rae is a sub-optimal use of our time, we have Frances Murphy’s GAA-heavy TV guide to the weekend, Irish golador news, and Eddie Jones targets Ireland.
‘This is not a Six Nations squad. This is a squad to play against Ireland’ – Eddie Jones hatching plan to dethrone champions https://t.co/LScEgbQ99F pic.twitter.com/lawLAD0fKH
— Independent Sport (@IndoSport) January 17, 2019
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Relax – football men of England – he only does it to lower his anxiety, and it’s utterly useless anyway. Frank “Lamps” Lampard isn’t buying it though – he thinks it was a PR exercise…. https://t.co/u9EuLF6uzN pic.twitter.com/sKGVLeaNH2
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We’re joined by sunny @sidlowe to talk about the success-poisoning that has laid Madrid low. Who have they identified as the new stars of next season’s squad? And what manner of self-sabotaging morbidity could be tempting them to re-appoint Jose? ?????????https://t.co/fxS5SK1jyn pic.twitter.com/7EvnDTtyTN
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Go to PatreonWe talk to English journalist and author Chris Hewett about Leinster V dying Wasp, Ulster V old school Leicester and in the tie of the round, Munster at home to domestic Gods / Euro strugglers (Br)Exeter.https://t.co/u9EuLF6uzN pic.twitter.com/XimPH4tvHv
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) January 17, 2019