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Author Robbins, John.

Title The food revolution : how your diet can help save your life and our world / John Robbins.

Publication Info. San Francisco, CA : Conari ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  613.262 ROBBINS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  613.262 ROB    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  613.262 ROBBINS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  613.262 ROBBINS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  613.262 ROBBINS    Check Shelf
Edition Tenth anniversary edition.
Description xxxi, 453 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Previous ed.: 2001.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Contents Introduction to the 10th anniversary edition -- Introduction: 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 ; Conclusion: Our food, our future.
Subject Food of animal origin.
Food habits.
ISBN 9781573244879 paperback
1573244872 paperback
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