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- Print length340 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherConari Press
- Publication dateJuly 11, 2001
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-101573247022
- ISBN-13978-1573247023
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"John Robbins has done it again! Another brilliant, mind-altering, paradigm-shifting, lifestyle-changing, heart-expanding book from the most powerfully sane man I know. The Food Revolution will change your life and the lives of those you love. Thoughtful, penetrating, impeccably researched, it will make you laugh, then cry, then pass it on to your loved ones." –Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love
"John Robbins is the leading voice in the world for restoring humanity to its proper relationship with food, the Earth, and health. Read The Food Revolution and get active." –Paul Hawken, author of Natural Capitalism
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"In what promises to be the publishing event of the decade, John Robbins provides both the information and the encouragement we need in order to reclaim the health of our bodies and our planet. Packed with political dynamite, this book will change your life. Forthright and fearless, thoroughly researched and engagingly presented, this is must reading for everyone who eats." –Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back to Life
"In The Food Revolution, John Robbins continues his groundbreaking research into the ill effects, both personal and collective, of the modern diet. Our food habits are the hardest addictions we face. Save your life. Save the World. Follow this book." –James Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecy
"A person who leads me to eat in a way that cultivates spiritual awareness is my kind of prophet. John Robbins gives me a light at the end of the tunnel as well as providing a moral compass. The truth has few allies these days. I have deep respect for John Robbins and join him in the belief that the way we eat has profound environmental impact on our planet. I think it's high time we had a food revolution." –Woody Harrelson, movie and TV star
"With his brilliant and sharp pen/sword, John Robbins punctures the myths and lie balloons that lay millions of Americans in their graves every year. The Food Revolution will tell you how to save and extend your own life, show you how we can all easily work to reduce suffering on Earth, and give you a vibrant and vital sensation of life and health. This is one of those rare and truly transformational books: Buy it, read it, and share it with everybody you know!" –Thom Hartmann, author of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
"John Robbins has done it again. The Food Revolution is a riveting sequel to Diet for a New America. I started reading it and I couldn't put it down. I was especially impressed with the chapters on genetic engineering. Robbins explains the situation better than anyone I've ever heard. For the hundreds of thousands of people like me, whose lives have been forever changed by Robbins' work, The Food Revolution is a MUST READ. The word revolution is normally reserved in our society for guerrillas and telemarketers. THIS revolution is ours. It's a simple choice in the foods we eat that will have a radical effect on the world around us." –Adam Werbach, Former President, Sierra Club
"Beautifully written, The Food Revolution is a remarkable book by a remarkable man. It opened both my eyes and my heart. This is indeed a book that can save our lives." –Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade and Tomorrow's Children
"The environmental health movement has become one of the most powerful grassroots movements of our time. With this book John Robbins continues his role as one of the movement's most outspoken and eloquent leaders." –Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life
"A vital and wonderful book, and easy to digest, this is a perfect read for anyone with a body, a mind, and a heart. The Food Revolution is the most positive book of the decade." –Ingrid Newkirk, President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
"The Food Revolution provides a cornucopia of arresting and revealing information. Robbins shows, in ways that both shock and fascinate, how the food we produce functions as a fateful link between our health as individuals and the health of the planet that gives us life. Particularly powerful is his well-documented account of the havoc wreaked by the "big cattle" industry on everything from our arteries to our aquifers." –Ed Ayres, Editorial Director, WorldWatch, author of God's Last Offer
"Once again, John Robbins enables us to find our way through the maze of information about food choices and the food industry. His impeccable research and visionary outlook are a gift to those of us who wish to make wise food choices. Personally, I found his reflections on many of the popular diets of our time to be extremely helpful." –Ann Mortifee, vocal artist and composer
"The Food Revolution will finish what Diet for a New America started. It is magnificent. Give a copy to everyone you care about!" –Howard Lyman, President, EarthSave, author of Mad Cowboy
"Revealing a host of astounding facts that the food industry would like to keep hidden, John Robbins shows how healthy eating is not only good for ourselves but also for the environment. Excellent and essential reading for all who want to live healthy lives and help make the world a better place." –Peter Russell, author of Waking Up in Time and From Science to God
"The Food Revolution has arrived in the nick of time to lead us toward healthy diets and healthy farms. Readable, poignant, brilliant, and amazing–this is the book to consult for the health of your family." –Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth
"In The Food Revolution, John Robbins points out that the typical 'American diet' is not only associated with adverse effects on human health, but with the reprehensible treatment of animals and irreparable harm to our land and water. Packed with startling facts and provocative insights, The Food
Revolution is compelling reading for anyone interested in nutritional health, the treatment of animals, or even, simply, the fate of the planet!" –David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., Yale University School of Medicine
"John Robbins' The Food Revolution is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and sophisticated study on the political, ethical, and sane choices for a healthy diet. His candor and compassion guide the reader through advertising misconceptions to propaganda perpetuated by our food industry. If you wish to learn how to give your body optimal health, you had better tune in to the messages in The Food Revolution. " –Dave Scott, six-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion, first inductee into the Ironman Hall of Fame, and author of Dave Scott's Triathlon Training
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"The Food Revolution has arrived in the nick of time to lead us toward healthy diets and healthy farms. Readable, poignant, brilliant, and amazing this is the book to consult for the health of your family." Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth
"In The Food Revolution, John Robbins points out that the typical 'American diet' is not only associated with adverse effects on human health, but with the reprehensible treatment of animals and irreparable harm to our land and water. Packed with startling facts and provocative insights, The Food Revolution is compelling reading for anyone interested in nutritional health, the treatment of animals, or even, simply, the fate of the planet!" David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., Yale University School of Medicine
"John Robbins' The Food Revolution is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and sophisticated study on the political, ethical, and sane choices for a healthy diet. His candor and compassion guide the reader through advertising misconceptions to propaganda perpetuated by our food industry. If you wish to learn how to give your body optimal health, you had better tune in to the messages in The Food Revolution. " Dave Scott, six-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion, first inductee into the Ironman Hall of Fame, and author of Dave Scott's Triathlon Training
"John Robbins does it again! The Food Revolution is a powerful and provocative expose of the political, economic, and social realities of our current food system. It challenges and inspires individuals to accept responsibility for our choices and to take action for positive change." Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis, registered dietitians, co-authors of Becoming Vegetarian and Becoming Vegan
"The Food Revolution is the most comprehensive and persuasive argument ever assembled for a plant-based diet being proper human nutrition. Your life and the future of humankind may depend upon the spread of John Robbins' vital message." John McDougall, M.D., Medical Director of the McDougall Program at St. Helena Hospital, author of ten national bestselling books, and host of the nationally syndicated TV Show McDougall, MD
"In The Food Revolution, John Robbins once again opens our eyes and awakens our hearts. His vision of health-enhancing, Earth-friendly food choices offers hope and direction for a nourishing and sustainable tomorrow." Michael A. Klaper, M.D., Director, Institute of Nutrition Education and Research
"John Robbins is a wise man. In his engaging new book, The Food Revolution, John shares his wisdom in a way that touches our heart and mind. He makes us feel good about eating in a compassionate way that nurtures our body and soul. And his research into the dangers of genetically engineered foods is must reading for anyone concerned about health and the environment." Craig Winters, Executive Director, the Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
"Indispensable reading for the concerned consumer, John Robbins' book tells you how to vote, with your knife and fork, for a sustainable, healthy, and humane world." Ronnie Cummins, National Director Organic Consumers Association, and co-author of Genetically Engineered Food
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- Publisher : Conari Press; 1st edition (July 11, 2001)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 340 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1573247022
- ISBN-13 : 978-1573247023
- Item Weight : 1.63 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,988,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,984 in Vegetarian Diets (Books)
- #3,472 in Vegetarian Cooking
- #22,869 in Other Diet Books
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About the author
John Robbins is the bestselling author of Voices of the Food Revolution, No Happy Cows, Diet for a New America, and many other landmark works. He is founder of EarthSave International and the co-founder and co-host of the 100,000+ member Food Revolution Network, http://foodrevolution.org.
Robbins' books also include THE NEW GOOD LIFE: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less, HEALTHY AT 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples, THE AWAKENED HEART: Meditations on Finding Harmony in a Changing World, and RECLAIMING OUR HEALTH: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the Source of True Healing.
Robbins' work has been the subject of cover stories and feature articles in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Life, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and many of the nation's other major newspapers and magazines. His life and work have also been featured in an hour long PBS special titled Diet For A New America.
The only son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, John Robbins was groomed to follow in his father's footsteps, but chose to walk away from Baskin-Robbins and the immense wealth it represented to "...pursue the deeper American Dream...the dream of a society at peace with its conscience because it respects and lives in harmony with all life forms. A dream of a society that is truly healthy, practicing a wise and compassionate stewardship of a balanced ecosystem."
Considered by many to be one of the most eloquent and powerful spokespersons in the world for a sane, ethical and sustainable future, John has been a featured and keynote speaker at major conferences sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Beyond War, Oxfam, the Sierra Club, the Humane Society of the United States, the United Nations Environmental Program, UNICEF, and many other organizations dedicated to creating a healthy, just, and sustainable way of life. He is the recipient of the Rachel Carson Award, the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award, the Peace Abbey's Courage of Conscience Award, and lifetime achievement awards from groups including Green America. The widespread media attention he has received has included numerous appearances on national shows including Oprah, Donahue and Geraldo. When John spoke at the United Nations, he received a standing ovation.
John serves on the Boards of many non-profit groups working toward a thriving, just, and sustainable way of life. He is the Founder and Board Chair Emeritus of EarthSave International (earthsave.org), an organization dedicated to healthy food choices, preservation of the environment, and a more compassionate world.
John's life is dedicated to creating an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on this planet. He lives with his wife Deo, their son Ocean and his wife Michele, and their grandsons River and Bodhi in the hills outside Santa Cruz, California. The Robbins' offices and home run on solar electricity.
For information about John, for access to his articles and posts, or to sign up to be notified of his future posts and events, visit http://www.johnrobbins.info, or join the Food Revolution Network at http://www.foodrevolution.org
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While it was not the only influence, it is accurate to say that I became a vegan over two decades ago after reading John Robbins' Diet for a New America in 1988. I have pointed to him and the book ever since as shining examples of organic, whole foods with the absence of animal or dairy products.
As most everybody knows, Mr. Robbins was the heir of the Baskin-Robins chain, set up for life at the top, where he was to become one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. The only problem was that Mr. Robbins looked into how the dairy and meat products in modern times are produced. He started researching studies, comparing scientific reality with the marketing malarkey of the meat and dairy industry. He next walked away from the family business, became a vegan, stepped down from taking over before the financial empire before the day even arrived.
There are not many people in this or any lifetime who give up fortune to pursue a life of enlightenment instead. In Diet for a New America, Mr. Robbins did not draw attention to what he gave up or the hardships that he and his wife encountered as a result. He merely pointed out how cruel and inhumane modern farming and livestock is, pointed out the fabrications of the meat and dairy industry, advocating a plant-based diet as an alternative. It was powerful, factual and moving. In response to Diet for a New America, thousands of us in the United States and around the world became vegans, many of us remaining so the decades since.
Mr. Robbins released Diet for a New America in 1987. He has continued to research, write and provide a voice for reason and humanity in our eating habits.
In The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Save Your life and Our World, Mr. Robbins continues to make a strong and convincing argument for a plant-based diet. He points out the mistruths and outright lies of the meat and dairy industry. He offers study after study demonstrating that modern factory farming is polluting the water and the air, and is the leading cause of methane.
He argues, again convincingly, that the best and quickest way to combat Climatic Change would be for everybody to become a vegan. He points out the harm done humans and the eco system as a result of animals kept in inhumane & disease inviting factory environments, fed a diet not fit for an animal and given mega antibiotics to keep them alive for the final slaughter. He points out the filthy conditions of the slaughter houses and the various foodborne deceases that invade our food system on a daily basis, some taking up to seven weeks after eaten for sever health issues to become noticeable, making it virtually impossible to track the source.
Mr. Robbins makes point after point about what is wrong with factory farming, using the medical profession and scientists to make his case, leaning on study after study that proves his various hypothesizes concerning the cruelty of livestock, the health hazards it produces, the inevitable health risks to eating the unhealthy meat and dairy, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension and a host of heart related diseases, including cardiac arrest and death.
The book offers strong evidence that the meat, dairy, white flour, corn syrup and processed sugar habits of modern humans is the root of many of the worst modern health problems.
Mr. Robbins also takes on the modern farming practices of vegetables, especially pointing out the dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Who should read this book? Every human being in the world who can read, and anybody who cannot read should have somebody read it to them who can read.
If you want to eat healthier, understand the dangers of our food system and do something about Climatic Change, read this book. It should be on the immediate reading list of anybody who has not already read it.
John Robbins is one of the heroes of today's world. He will never call himself that, and seems too humble a person to ever view himself in that light, but it truly is people such as him who are making the world better, not the athletes, entertainers and celebrities that are generally viewed as the heroes of our society. He is likely the closest we have in our generation to a Buddha, somebody on the verge of becoming king, to walk away from it, to go into the woods, to think, to think some more, to accept the world around him in the most pure and natural form possible.
This is a great book that every vegan, progressive, environmentalist, humanist, animal rights activist, health advocate, intelligent, decent, informed and positive person can learn something and embrace. Thank you, John Robbins, for helping so many of us to see the light, or to see it better.
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As a none U.S. citizen I can't understand how the Government there has became so influenced by big business. I know it happens in all countries but you guys are the kings. How a compny like Monsanto can push through it's ideas of what it classes as safe food is beyond belief. The history of Monsanto is filled with pollution, death, cancer, birth defects, chemicals, war and now they're running the farms in the USA and around the world.
They have tried to push there brand of GM foods into Europe but under strict European law have found it difficult.
This book explains all the above and a whole lot more.
The first half talks about the benefits of a vegetarian diet, which might not suit everyone but nevertheless the info is first rate. The author guides you through the world of the vegetarian and informs us where you can obtain certain vitamins from certain beans, fruit, veg and nuts etc.
The first half also looks at farming techniques today, and if your a meat eater you need to read this, it's horrific. What I found interesting was the contrast in European farming compared to the USA. Some farming practices in the USA are classed as illegal in Europe. It really makes you think that without Europe (not often enough may I add) standing up to the USA and highlighting some issues, in this case GM crops and animals, the whole world would be flooded with them.
The second part of the book, amongst other things, throws some light of why the U.S. Government is so easily led with GM foods. There is basically a revolving door between government agencies and the biotech industry all the way back to Rayguns era right up to the Bush one.
This book made me think more about food and since reading I've researched more about a veg diet, there are hundreds of recipe books, buy one and have a go. I`m not saying stop eating meat that's your choice but at least try some veg meals. There is a whole big world of tasty veg food out there.
One recipe I tried was sliced potatoes, cherry tomatoes, some onion, grated goats chees,herbs and some spices, in a baking try topped with olive oil, in the oven for 30/40 mins and bang, amazing!!!
Can't belive I stuck a recipe on here.
THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK AND EAT FOOD FOREVER.
In every chapter there was at least one thing that absolutely stunned me and made my jaw hit the ground. It was a fascinating read, and I finished it in only a few days.
The biggest thing I appreciated about the book is how comprehensive it is. I like that he discussed nutritional aspects, compassion for animals, benefits for the environment, etc. I initially became interested in vegetarianism out of compassion for animals, and wound up learning all of the other great reasons to go veg too. I kept raving about the book so much that my meat-eating husband has been reading it too, and actually said the other day, "You know....I could totally see myself becoming a vegetarian." Enough said!!
Update (10/10/08): Both my husband and I have been vegetarian now for 18 months and have never looked back!
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Un MUST HAVE !!!
It speaks out its own why we are having more illness these days which can be reduced drastically by changing the food we eat.I highly recommend this book because it again and again reminds why we should avoid American diet and just stick to the diet which our ancestors used to tell us[Vegan Diet]