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About this Book
“Nothing
will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on
earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”
—Albert Einstein
Please Don’t Eat the Animals: All the Reasons You
Need to Be a Vegetarian is an
exciting and provocative new book on the universal benefits of being a
vegetarian.
Authors Horsman and Flowers detail the many reasons for
the burgeoning movement
toward a plant-based diet in four
short, interesting,
easy-to-digest sections:
• Health
Nowhere is the appeal
of vegetarianism reflected more than
in health issues. Scientists and doctors have begun
drawing the connection between heavily meat-laden diets and the most
serious health problems.
• Environment
Livestock farming
accounts for over half of both fresh water
and ocean pollution. It significantly effects air
pollution,
deforestation – especially of rain forests – and the
decimation of wildlife populations.
• Animal Welfare
Animal welfare issues
have gained prominence in recent
years. Animal rights/ethics courses have emerged on
university campuses, even in law schools. Please Don’t Eat The Animals reveals
the plight of animals on factory farms, a sad and troubling picture indeed.
• Religious and
Spiritual
Fresh and original,
this section points to the fact that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have
strong injunctions against cruelty to animals. All Hindus are vegetarians.
Mohammed said, "Whoever is kind to the creatures of God is kind to himself." And, according to the Buddha, "The
eating of meat extinguishes the great seed of compassion."
Why Please Don’t Eat the Animals?
• Vegetarianism is
big
—Millions are strict
vegetarians. Many will welcome
Please Don’t Eat the
Animals to explain their choice.
—The United States
Restaurant Association reports
vegetarian entrees are now available in almost all
restaurants.
—Teens are embracing
meatless diets: 14 to 25 percent of
teenagers are vegetarian, depending on how you define it.
• Books on healthy
diets are big
— Witness Atkins, South Beach, et alia, and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, a current
best-seller.
— According to Edouard Cointreau, a cookbook
expert,
vegetarian cookbooks are the hottest trend in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
• Animal rights is
big
—Over two hundred
different animal rights organizations
are active in the U.S.
—Animal rights/ethics
courses have emerged on university
campuses, even in law schools.
About the Authors
Jennifer Horsman and Jaime Flowers are a mother-daughter
writing team and enthusiastic vegetarian advocates.
Jennifer Horsman is a well published writer who
has written a multitude of romance novels (Avon Books, Zebra Books),
several successful screenplays (Warner Bros., Julian Krainin
Productions), and weekly book reviews for Publishers Weekly. Jaime
Flowers is a senior at Chapman University,
majoring in film and screenwriting.
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