This week on Alive and Kicking Clare McKenna chats to gastroenterologist Dr Alan Desmond about his first book 'The Plant Based Diet Revolution – 28 days to a Happier, Healthier You'. Clare is also joined by performance nutritionist Daniel Davey to discuss his findings of a recent case study involving a vegan footballer. Plus we hear a lot at the moment about a persistent cough and getting any symptoms checked out but did you know that The Marie Keating Foundation have an over the phone cough checker? Clare chats to James Heriot who faced a very unexpected lung cancer diagnosis at 38.