Discusses the different motivations and special nutritional needs of vegetarians, the different kinds of vegetarianism, and ways to change to a vegetarian diet.

A follow-up to "The Engine 2 Diet" outlines a seven-day vegetarian program designed for rapid weight loss and lower cholesterol, triglyceride, and blood-pressure counts.

An analysis of cutting-edge thinking on nutrition answers why a whole-food, plant-based diet provides optimal nutrition and demonstrates how far the scientific reductionism of the nutrition orthodoxy has gotten off track.

Provides two hundred meat-free recipes, including starters and sides; soups, salads and sandwiches; breads and baked goods; grain, pasta and noodle dishes; and main dishes featuring beans, eggs, and meat substitutes.

"In the 1980s, T. Colin Campbell, PhD, co-directed a study of more than 4 dozen diseases and 367 items of socio-economic, lifestyle, nutrition, and genetic information across a population of 6,500 adults in rural china, generating more that 8,000 statistically significant associations. Those groundbreaking results, along with many other research projects described in the bestselling book, The China Study, support the theory that a whole-food, plant-based...

A senior food policy director for the Humane Society presents a guide to supporting key agendas in ecological responsibility and sustainability that includes environmentally friendly, healthy, plant-based recipes. "The food we eat can harm or heal the world. From deforestation to climate change, many of our biggest environmental challenges can be traced back to our plates. In [this book], leading social and food policy advocate Matthew Prescott takes...