Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, Revised Edition

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Summary: I stayed up all night reading this book!
Review: This is an excellent book. If you feel the need for motivation to start on a vegan diet, this book is it. It is definitely disturbing but hard to ignore. More people need to read this book!

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Summary: Convincing Poignant Argument For Veganism
Review: Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating is a very convincing and poignant concise argument sure to convince any meat eater or vegetarian to dedicate and change their lives to veganism. I have read many books on the subject, this is the first one I feel comfortable giving to my in-laws. The Farm Sanctuary stories are my favorites!

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Summary: If this book was pocket-size, I'd bring it everywhere
Review: Vegetarians and Vegans should save money on shipping by trusting me and just buying 5 copies to start. Give your family and friends this book for Christmas, birthday, etc. and they will thank you for saving their lives from heart disease. The book also goes into probably all the other reasons i can think off why to go vegan. Did you know that the Sahara desert used to be forests, but grew and is spreading because of cattle ranching? Also, only 3% of beef in Brazil is from the Amazon, but after 3 or 4 years...LITERALLY THE BLINK OF AN EYE IN HISTORY...rich rainforests turn to deserts. The U.S. and Canada import most of this beef for fast-food restaurant hamburgers. "So, your saying because I grew up eating meat and it tastes good (even though I've never tried any vegetarian or vegan meals or soy or tofu in my life), because of this ignorance the human race will not last as long on this earth without widespread hunger and permanent ecological ruin?" YES STUPID! If the world were vegan, there would be no poor. We would respect animals so much, we would love fellow humans to death...and cattle ranchers are the biggest owners of private property and the cause of poverty in some places of the world. ESPECIALLY AFRICA. Poor Africans are not allowed to cut down trees, but rich white farmers practicly own all the rainforest. HALF THE LAND ON EARTH IS USED FOR CATTLE RANCHING! GO VEGAN! Read the book to find out in more detail. You don't have to have visited a slaughterhouse to know what goes on inside...the workers only work their for the same reason sweatshop workers work in sweatshops-its either me or them. Of course I'd rather kill an animals to save my life...but we don't have to...its just the opposite...ANIMAL-BASED DIETS CAUSE THE DEATH OF HUMANS AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A WHOLE. Sooner or later you'll have to turn vegetarian and even vegan because in the next century, resources will run out because of factory farms using so much, grains will cost more money, and meat will only be affordable to the millionaires. "So why not wait?" Because it will save your lives, animals lives, peoples lives. Today, more than ever there are more alternatives to meat and milk and eggs than ever before. I'd put a stock in these companies as they will be even more widespread and cheaper in the future. These estimates could be off significantly, but you should get the point that a vegan country and world is possible: Now, the biggest meat consuming country in the world, the U.S. has 3% of its population vegetarians and 1% vegan and 7% not eating "red" meat. Usually (by the help of this book) vegans like to spread their message, and every few years, someone they know becomes vegetarian or vegan or whatever. If this trend continues, by 2030 or 2050 or 2070 (its tough to estimate), the entire U.S. will be vegetarian, except of course the greedy 1%-10% of the population that has lost their sence of compassion, and laws can be made to ban slaughterhouses and factory farms. Plus, once around 10% of the population turns vegetarian, prices for soy will drop, animal abuse will be covered more by the media, alternatives will be widespread, and people will turn vegan/veg more eaiser. Let's spread the message and turn everyone vegetarian before all the rainforests are gone (estimated 50 years) If we survive that long lol

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Summary: Buy extra copies for your family and friends!
Review: Wow! I read this book in one sitting, staying up until 2:00 AM to finish it. I am not an animal activist by any means. And although there is plenty of info in this book to satifsfy the activists out there, even more compelling are the first few chapters concerning cholesterol, heart disease, cancer, and weight-loss. The chapter on so-called "mad cow" disease alone should be enough to turn anyone into an instant vegan. And did you know that gelatin (the key ingredient in confections such as marshmallows and jello) are made up of the ground-up bones of slaughtered cattle? All I can say is: YUCK! No more gummy bears for me!