The food revolution : how your diet can help save your life and our world / John Robbins ; foreword by Dean Ornish.

Robbins, John, (author.). Ornish, Dean, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

In this updated edition of the 2001 classic, Robbins details how much has changed over the past decade, with more of us turning toward plant-based diets. But abuses and hazards remain, and he issues a new call to arms, urging us toward a more sustainable, compassionate world.

Record details

ISBN: 9781642503043
ISBN: 1642503045
Physical Description: xxxi, 452 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: [New edition]
Publisher: San Francisco : Conari Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-442) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

What is the food revolution? -- Food and healing. Healthy heart, healthy life ; Preventing cancer ; The great American diet roller coaster ; A healthy plant-based diet ; Got BS? ; Unsafe on any plate ; Policing the pathogens - - Our food, our fellow creatures. The pig farmer ; Old McDonald had a factory ; Misery on the menu ; Eating with conscience -- Our food, our world. Choices for a healthy environment ; Once upon a planet ; Reversing the spread of hunger -- Genetic engineering. Pandora's pantry ; Farmageddon ; The emperor's new foods ; The turning of the tide ; Our food, our future.