Introduction. …………………..xi
Part One: Caring for All Creatures
1 The Metamorphosis of a Pig Farmer. . . . . . . . . 3
2 Eggs and the Chickens Who Lay Them . . . . . . . 17
3 No Such Thing as Happy Cows . . . . . . . . . . .21
Part Two: What Are We Putting into Our Bodies?
4 Health Food or Harm Food? The Truth about Soy . 31
5 Does Soy Cause Alzheimer’s?. . . . . . . . . . . . .60
6 It’s Not about Size, It’s about Health: obesity and Food Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
7 The Skinny on Grass-fed Beef . . . . . . . . . . . .74
8 Are Factory Farms Becoming Biological Weapons Factories? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
9 Greed and Salmonella: A Deadly Duo . . . . . . . .95
10 Infants Growing Breasts: The Trouble with Hormones in our Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
11 Is Your Favorite Ice Cream Made with Monsanto’s Artificial Hormones? . . . . . . . 104
12 The Startling Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate. . 109
Part Three: Industrial Food Production—and Other Dirty Dealings
13 No Sweetness Here: Chocolate and 21st-Century Slavery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
14 Bitter Beans: Why Fair Trade Coffee Matters So Much. . . ……………128
15 Pink KFC Buckets?. . . . . . . . . ……..132
16 Super Size Me. . . . . . . . . . . . ……..138
17 The Battle for our Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
18 The Vitaminwater Deception . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Part Four: Being Human in This Troubled World
19 Remembering How Much Relationships Matter . 153
20 Do Friends Let Friends Eat Junk Food? . . . . . . 158
21 Mike. . . . . . . . . . ……………162
22 on Suffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
23 Stronger at the Broken Places . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Further Reading and Other Resources . . . . . . . . . . 175
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
John Robbins’ Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185