In 2005, the author's The China Study showed that a diet based on whole, plant-based foods dramatically reduces the risk of a broad spectrum of diseases, including heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and cancer. It revealed what we should eat and provided the powerful empirical support for this answer. This new book picks up where the previous one left off. It answers the question of why. Why does a whole-food, plant-based diet provide optimal nutrition?...

Provides a special diet and other techniques to reverse or prevent heart disease, manage stress, and take care of yourself.

In a world of industrialized farming and feed lots, is eating meat ever a morally responsible choice? Is eating organic or free range sufficient to change the moral equation? Is there a moral cost in not eating meat? As billions of animals continue to be raised and killed by human beings for human consumption, affecting the significance and urgency in answering these questions grow. This volume collects twelve new essays by leading moral philosophers...

Former title: Vegetarian journal.

Vegetarian Times Vegetarian Beginner's Guide is the only book written for begineer vegetarians or anyone just thinking about becoming one. It's packed with information written by the editors of Vegetarian Times, the leading authorities on the subject.

"The Dietitian's Guide to Vegetarian Diets: Issues and Applications, Fourth Edition provides the most up-to-date information on vegetarian diets. Written for dietitians and other health care professionals, the Fourth Edition can be used as an aid for counseling vegetarian clients and those interested in becoming vegetarians, or serve as a textbook for students who have completed introductory coursework in nutrition"--

Saxena has written a persuasive argument why vegetarianism is not only healthier, it is better for society as a whole. A biophysicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory for three decades until his retirement, Saxena brings a scientist's perspective to the book, describing in precise detail the impact of an ever larger population (in both senses of the word) consuming meat, fish, and dairy products on resources, the environment and health.