Diet for a New America

Posted on 09 August 2017 by John Robbins

From John Robbins, a new edition of the classic that awakened the conscience of a nation Since the 1987 publication of Diet for a New America, beef consumption in the United States has fallen a remarkable 19% While many forces are contributing to this dramatic shift in our habits, Diet for a New America is considered to be one of the most important Diet for a New America is a startling examination of the food we currently buy and eat in the United States, and the astounding moral, economic, and emotional price we pay for it.In Section I, John Robbins takes an extraordinary look at our dependence on animals for food and the inhumane conditions under which these animals are raised It becomes clear that the price we pay for our eating habits is measured in the suffering of animals, a suffering so extreme and needless that it disrupts our very place in the web of life.Section II challenges the belief that consuming meat is a requirement for health by pointing our the vastly increased rate of disease caused by pesticides, hormones, additives, and other chemicals now a routine part of our food production The author shows us that the high health risk is unnecessary, and that the production, preparation, and consumption of food can once again be a healthy process.In Section III, Robbins looks at the global implications of a meat based diet and concludes that the consumption of the resources necessary to produce meat is a major factor in our ecological crisis.Diet for a New America is the single most eloquent argument for a vegetarian lifestyle ever published Eloquently, evocatively, and entertainingly written, it is a cant put down book guaranteed to amaze, infuriate, but ultimately educate and empower the reader A pivotal book nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Non Fiction in 1987. Read Diet for a New America by John Robbins – kino-fada.fr The experience of transitioning into veganism was, for me, one of coming out Over the course of a week in March of 1993, I stopped wanting to eat dairy, eggs, sugar, chocolate, or anything artificial I didn t completely know why I was I doing this other than it was what my body needed The first books I read about veganism were cookbooks that focused on recipes and a smattering of nutrition I figured I d get around to learning about the moral, ethical and environmental merits of veganism la The experience of transitioning into veganism was, for me, one of coming out Over the course of a week in March of 1993, I stopped wanting to...I have been 95% vegan now for two years and finally got around to reading this classic expose of American factory farming, food industry propaganda and brainwashing, and environmental destruction, plus so muchWritten in 1987 by the heir to the Baskin Robbins empire, Robbins book was highly influential and shocking at the time These days, with Fast Food Nation, Michael Pollan s proselytizing on organic produce, and, really, the Internet s vast stores of information on feedlots and food p I have been 95% vegan now for two years and finally got around to reading this classic expose of American factory farming, food industry propaganda and brainwashing, and environmental destruction, plus so muchWritten in 1987 by the heir to the Baskin Robbins empire, Robbins book was highly influential and shocking at the time These days, with Fast Food Nation, Michael Pollan s proselytizing on organic produce, and, really, the Internet s vast stores of information on feedlots and food politics, none of the information here is that shocking or new Still, it s incredible to read and to understand WHY brainwashed ideas like the Protein Myth and the Calcium Myth exist how they were created by the food industries themselves and perpetuated advertising dollars On...This is the book that introduced me to veganism It makes compelling arguments for eliminating animal products, and happily living on all plant products for all you consume Talks about the ramifications of animal vs plant pr...I know I should love this book, or at least consider it life changing, but I just could not muscle my way through it The typos and poor grammar had me questioning everything if you can t bother to proof read, did you bother to fact check And the individual anecdotes, cute though they were about dogs tracking hundreds of miles to find their owners and hens who surrogate parented ducks did not have the intended effect of making me see animals aslike us In fact, the whole idea of cond I know I should love this book, or at least consider it life changing, but I just could not muscle my way th...Why couldn t I have read this when it was published in 1987, before I brainwashed two innocent children into the same screwed up fallacies about nutrition that I was raised on I remember reading the pregnancy and first year books and believing all of the nonsense they taught me Must have balanced protein Must drink milk Animal cholesterol required for growing brain Must take prenatal vitamins.And all this hogwash is based on 1 Western cultural history 2 studies on rats who were fed milk Why couldn t I have read this when it was published in 1987, before I brainwashed two innocent children into the same screwed up fallacies about nutrition that I was raised on I remember reading the pregnancy and first year books and believing all of the nonsense they taught me Must have balanced protein Must drink milk Animal cholesterol required for growing brain Must take prenatal vitamins.And all this hogwash is based on 1 Western cultural history 2 studies on rats who were fed milk protein 3 the wisdom of agriculture The idea that cows milk is good for human beings reminds me strongly of sympathetic magic walnuts look like little brains, therefore they must be good for the brain.If I d put the book together, I d have inverted the order first would have came the health section, second the one on big business, and last the ethical implications of eating the way we do Pull people in by convincing them that a non animal based diet is better for them freak them out ...Eye opening facts about the food system However, it only focuses on animal products and not the mass deforestation to promote corn, soy, and wheat fields to feed a vegetarian diet.This book was a very detailed depiction of where our food comes from here in America and how it affects our diet, our health, our community, and the effect it has on our planet The book starts with stories of human encounters with animals in which animals prove to understandthan what most people think It is clear that animals have the capacity to show love, gratitude, and friendship toward people, however, it is evenclear that they feel pain and they hurt just as humans do when the This book was a very detailed depiction of where our food comes from here in America and how it affects our diet, our health, our community, and the effect it has on our pla...What a wonderful book I have been a vegetarian for over 9 years and this book just convinced me to be a vegetarian until the day I die I read The China Study a few years ago and was amazed to see all the benefits of having an animal free diet For one, there is a drastic reduction in cancer rates among vegetarians, they have lower cholesterol, healthier hearts, bodies, and live longer and healthier lives th...When I first started reading this book, I felt it was overly sentimental I m not one to be moved into great emotion or change by stories of smart animals or their friendliness or human ness However, in the end, this book turned me vegan overnight.Though the book opens with the sentimental, it moves onto information on how food affects the body, the environment, and the social impacts it makes to the world at large The latter two were what affected me most.While I ve had lapses into lacto ovo When I first started reading this book, I felt it was overly sentimental I m not one to be moved into great emotion or change by stories of smart animals or their friendliness or human ness However, in the end, this book turned me vegan overnight.Though the book opens with the sentimental, it moves onto information on how food affects the body, the environment, and the social impacts it makes to the world at large The latter two were ...The honorable John Robbins it seems 9 out of 10 people I meet who follow a vegan and plant based diet credit John Robbins and this book with their initial inspiration EVERY bookshelf should have a copy

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09 August 2017

John Robbins