Robbins argues for adopting a vegetarian diet for personal wellbeing as well as for the wellbeing of the planet. Photos, charts & tables.

    More and more, we find our everyday foods containing peculiar -ingredients—many of which are animal derived. As well as a comprehensive listing of animal ingredients, this easy-to-navigate guide contains supplemental information on vegan nutrition, food alternatives, and contact information for animal advocacy groups. Carol Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat and Bruce Friedrich, director of Vegan Outreach at PETA, offer introductions to this newly expanded edition. Finally, consumers can brave the labels at their local market with confidence."Every vegan should own a copy of Animal Ingredients A to Z."—Erik Marcus, author off Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating.

    One of today's most celebrated and respected advocates of healthful eating, Dr. Barnard reveals how to use food to literally activate your thin genes and suppress your fat genes.

    Gene and Lorri Bauston, who founded Farm Sanctuary, have gathered together some of the personal reflections of those who have visited the Sanctuary -- stories that talk of the joy, relief, anger, grief, and political and personal awakening people have experienced when they come face to face with the individual goats, cows, ducks, chickens, geese, pigs, sheep, and other animals who live at Farm Sanctuary.