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Hard-hitting and factually based, this book outlines the health, ethical, and ecological reasons for adopting a vegan lifestyle. The author outlines many practical reasons for making this conscious choice- among them is that 70% of all Americans are dying from illnesses related to diet. As heart disease is one of the leading killers, the author suggests a link between animal protein consumption and heart disease. He also gives extensive documentation of cruelty to the animal population by visiting several slaughterhouses and animal farms. The author's writing style appeals to the reader's compassion. It seems at times to be almost political in its agenda. Change your eating habits and become a better person is the final message I am left holding onto at the end of the book. Whether you consider the author's suggestions to be radical or rational, he speaks from personal experience. As noted in the foreword of the book by Howard Lyman, he felt an awakening to the concept of eating vegan when he was lying in a hospital bed. He felt that he could no longer ignore the killing on his family's farm and had to make a lifestyle change. He has the support of many in the medical fields, including Dr. Dean Ornish, care-giver to many celebrities and high-profile public figures and leading author of NY Times Bestselling books, Eat More, Weigh Less and Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease. Ornish suggests that healing qualities exist with a combination of vegetarianism and meditation, and was the first in his field to present findings suggesting that heart disease can be reversed through diet and lifestyle changes, free of surgery and drugs. Four new food groups are introduced, excluding the meat group. He suggests that protein, calcium, as well as other nutritionally essential elements in a person's diet can be met without the addition of animal food products. While this book is educational, it lacks recipes to show how tantalizing food can be without the addition of meat. However, the lengthy resource list at the end of the book suggests much research and achieves the objective of retraining the reader to think before eating.


Howard Lyman, Director, Eating with a Conscience Campaign, Humane Society of the United States
"Reading Erik Marcus' Vegan is a critical first step for anyone wanting to extend both the quality and length of their life...


Kevin Nealon, actor, comedian
"A must-read. ...debunks the myth that animal products are a necessary part of the human diet...


Neal Barnard, MD, President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
"Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating is a cogent and vitally important guide to the many reasons for adopting a vegan diet..."


Natural Health Magazine
"This book is a treasure. . . . By focusing on facts rather than ethics, Marcus makes his case even more convincing . . ."


Book Description
With a straightforawrd, clear approach, Erik Marcus details the health advances, the social advantages, and the ethical progress, with regards to the animals who share our planet, to be achieved from adopting a diet entirely based on plants.


About the Author
Erik Marcus, has spoken in over one-hundred cities nationwide on his three national tours. In addition to his writing having been featured in Salon Magazine and Vegetarian Times, Mr. Marcus is also the founder and publisher of Vegan.com, one of the most popular vegetarian resource sites on the web.

ANNOTATION

"...a compelling book that explains why the vegan diet is healthier, more humane, & safer for people & the planet... debunks the myth that animal products are a necessary part of the human diet...."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In this book, you will find the latest information about how what you eat affects your health, the environment, and the existence of the animals who share this planet. Vegan explains clearly how simple but significant the switch to an all-plant diet can be. Adding weight to Marcus's own arguments are in-depth discussions of ground-breaking work by these internationally respected experts:

Heart specialist--Dean Ornish, M.D.
Nutrition scientist--T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.
Weight loss expert--Terry Shintani, M.D.
Vegetarian nutritionist--Suzanne Havala, R.D.
Farm Sanctuary founders--Gene and Lorri Bauston
Population analyst--David Pimentel, Ph.D.
Mad Cow expert--Stephen Dealler, M.D.
Rangeland activist--Lynn Jacobs

SYNOPSIS

Hard-hitting and factually based, this book outlines the health, ethical, and ecological reasons for adopting a vegan lifestyle. The author outlines many practical reasons for making this conscious choice- among them is that 70% of all Americans are dying from illnesses related to diet. As heart disease is one of the leading killers, the author suggests a link between animal protein consumption and heart disease. He also gives extensive documentation of cruelty to the animal population by visiting several slaughterhouses and animal farms. The author's writing style appeals to the reader's compassion. It seems at times to be almost political in its agenda. Change your eating habits and become a better person is the final message I am left holding onto at the end of the book. Whether you consider the author's suggestions to be radical or rational, he speaks from personal experience.

As noted in the foreword of the book by Howard Lyman, he felt an awakening to the concept of eating vegan when he was lying in a hospital bed. He felt that he could no longer ignore the killing on his family's farm and had to make a lifestyle change. He has the support of many in the medical fields, including Dr. Dean Ornish, care-giver to many celebrities and high-profile public figures and leading author of NY Times Bestselling books, Eat More, Weigh Less and Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease. Ornish suggests that healing qualities exist with a combination of vegetarianism and meditation, and was the first in his field to present findings suggesting that heart disease can be reversed through diet and lifestyle changes, free of surgery and drugs. Four new food groups are introduced, excluding the meat group. He suggests that protein, calcium, as well as other nutritionally essential elements in a person's diet can be met without the addition of animal food products.