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Vegan ultra-athlete Rich Roll appears in the documentary Food Choices (here is the trailer) which is now available on Netflix.

I recently found Roll on Youtube where he shares his journey from addiction to sobriety at 31, and then from toxic food to a plant-based diet at 40, and eventually to becoming an ultra-athlete ‘fittest man alive’ at 42.  His candor is generous and offers inspiration to others hoping to improve their health.  Roll is also a living refute to the common misconception that one has to eat animal protein to be strong and healthy.  Here is a direct video link to a 2013 discussion.

Rich Roll is an author, a podcaster (“Rich Roll Podcast” on iTunes), as well as founder and first person to complete the EPIC5 Challenge. The EPIC5 challenge involves completing 5 Full Iron Distance triathlons on 5 Hawaiian islands in under a week. You can read about Rich’s journey to Ultraman competitor in his book, “Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself”.

Global bonds have tumbled after Republican candidate Donald Trump’s triumph boosted the view that the U.S. government will ramp up spending and potentially widen the budget deficit, stoking inflation. The selloff has been particularly acute in Italy, amid concerns that the anti-establishment wave that propelled Trump into power could spill across to December’s constitutional referendum, where a defeat for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi could threaten political stability.  See Italy’s bonds tumble as Trump win boosts referendum concern.

Here is a direct video link.

Far from the change he promised:  team Trump is already full of Wall Street and K Street insiders.  With little personal depth, self-discipline or moral convictions of his own, Trump is a perfect blank canvas for status quo policies and actors to fill in self-serving details.  See Team Trump is already filled with Washington insiders:

Trump’s transition team is staffed with long-time Washington experts and lobbyists from K Street, think tanks and political offices.

It’s a far cry from Trump’s campaign, which ended only Tuesday night, and message that he would “drain the swamp” in Washington. He has advocated congressional term limits and proposed a “five-point plan for ethics reform” that included strengthening restrictions on lobbying, including five-year bans for members and staff of the executive branch and Congress from lobbying, and expanding the definition of lobbyist to prevent more revolving door activity.