Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a Plant-based Diet Could Save Your Health and the Environment

Cover......Page 1
Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Health and the Environment......Page 4
Copyright\r......Page 5
The Web of Animal-Based Foods and Problems......Page 6
Health......Page 7
Animal Welfare......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Preface: Greener Diets for a Healthier World......Page 16
The Context......Page 24
The Fatted Steer......Page 26
The Arguments......Page 38
#1: Less Chronic Disease and Better Overall Health......Page 40
#2: Less Foodborne Illness......Page 82
#3: Better Soil......Page 96
#4: More and Cleaner Water......Page 110
#5: Cleaner Air......Page 126
#6: Less Animal Suffering......Page 136
Making Change......Page 164
Changing Your Own Diet......Page 166
Changing Government Policies......Page 174
Appendixes and Notes......Page 192
A: A Bestiary of Foodborne Pathogens......Page 194
B: Eating Green Internet Resources......Page 200
The Fatted Steer (pp. 3–13)......Page 204
Argument #1. Less Chronic Disease and Better Overall Health (pp. 17–57)......Page 207
Argument #2. Less Foodborne Illness (pp. 59–72)......Page 220
Argument #3. Better Soil (pp. 73–85)......Page 224
Argument #4. More and Cleaner Water (pp. 87–101)......Page 228
Argument #5. Cleaner Air (pp. 103–112)......Page 232
Argument #6. Less Animal Suffering (pp. 113–139)......Page 234
Changing Your Own Diet (pp. 143–150)......Page 240
Changing Government Policies (pp. 151–168)......Page 241
Appendix A. A Bestiary of Foodborne Pathogens (pp. 171–176)......Page 243
Photo Credits......Page 246
Index......Page 248
Back Cover\r......Page 258