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Becoming VegetarianRecommended books

Becoming Vegetarian and Becoming Vegan both by Vesanto Melina RD and Brenda Davis RD, Breaking the Food Seduction
by Neil Barnard, The Food Revolution by John Robbins, Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, Raising Vegetarian Children, and many more.
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Dietary double standard?

When a non-vegetarian gets sick, people assume it's because of stress, overwork, germs, lack of sleep or just chance; but if a vegetarian comes down with the same illness, often it gets wrongly blamed on their diet.

VegE-News - May 2007
Wednesday, 30 May 2007

 VegE-News is a monthly news and events email service. It is free to subscribe. Their May issue's stories include:

Health    Wolfgang Puck: Changing tastes   Millions of chickens fed tainted pet food   Dairy linked with Parkinson's in men   Scientists point to link between dairy foods and dementia   Don't blame veganism for child neglect

Environment    How eager are we to fight global warming?   Bishop Desmond Tutu: This fatal complacency

Lifestyles and Trends     Veggie experiences: A vegan army vet - and cute to boot
  We like it raw    Vegetarian dinners made easy    Beware hidden animal ingredients    Vegetarian fare - at Fatburger?!    Dissention in the ranks? Vegetarian vs. vegan

Animal Issues and Advocacy    California to allow roo sales    English horses being sent to France to be eaten    Animal sentience: Activists want chimp declared a 'person'    Industry viewpoint: HSUS attack mere sideshow to real animal welfare reform    Turkey producer accused of animal cruelty

Books and Perspectives    The Thrive Diet: A vegan diet for a stress-free life