The Little Book of Veganism

BUT DON’T I NEED DAIRY PRODUCTS FOR CALCIUM?

the body burns calories up to 16 per cent faster on a vegan diet than on a meat-based diet

vegan diet can increase a person’s metabolism. In the first three hours after a meal

Alternative names for those who followed an animal-free diet suggested by early members of The Vegan Society included allvega, neo-vegetarian, dairyban, vitan, benevore, sanivores and beaumangeur

All About Veganism
Several studies have shown that vegans have lower rates of cancer, obesity, diabetes and hypertension, and that after just a couple of months a vegan diet can cause cancer-preventing genes to turn on, and cancer-causing genes to turn off

WE CANNOT HAVE PEACE AMONG MEN WHOSE HEARTS FIND DELIGHT IN KILLING ANY LIVING CREATURE.
RACHEL CARSON

for example, vegetarians and vegans make up around 40 per cent of the population.

ANIMALS… WERE NOT MADE FOR HUMANS ANY MORE THAN BLACK PEOPLE WERE MADE FOR WHITE, OR WOMEN CREATED FOR MEN.
ALICE WALKER

Lions also kill other males’ young when they mate, so should humans do that, too? If your answer is ‘of course not’, then try to apply the same logic to meat-eating

many other atrocities could be considered reasonable, such as selling women into marriage, burning witches at the stake, bear-baiting or even slavery. Just because something has been done in the past, that does not mean we have to continue doing it in the future