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

by Jacobson, Michael F.; Center for Science in the Public Interes

• ISBN13: 9780893290498
• ISBN10: 0893290491
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-30
• Publisher: Center for Science in the

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	iii
Abbreviations	v
Preface: Greener Diets for a Healthier World	vii
The Context
The Fatted Steer	3	(14)
The Argumemts
#1. Less Chronic Disease and Better Overall Health	17	(42)
#2. Less Foodborne Illness	59	(14)
#3. Better Soil	73	(14)
#4. More and Cleaner Water	87	(16)
#5. Cleaner Air	103	(10)
#6. Less Animal Suffering	113	(30)
Making Change
Changing Your Own Diet	143	(8)
Changing Government Policies	151	(20)
Appendixes and Notes
Appendix A. A Bestiary of Foodborne Pathogens	171	(6)
Appendix B. Eating Green Internet Resources	177	(4)
Notes	181	(42)
Photo Credits	223	(2)
Index	225