I'm really excited about Underground Wellness radio tonight. The guest is Lierre Keith, a former vegan whose critique of veganism The Vegetarian Myth relies on, among other things, an over-emphasis on grains particularly rice corn and wheat. So a good portion of what she's saying does not apply to raw veganism making it the perfect place to push back from. As much as I appreciate her point of view on grains the world needs vegge people more now than ever (a point I'm sure she'll dispute.)
You can check out Dr. Michael R. Eades review of the book on his blog. He comes at it from the other (meat eating climate change denier) side and obviously loves what she says about vegetarianism and its justifications.
For me veganism needs no justification. Your body can do a great job of communicating what it needs if you let it and my body has no need for diseased animal corpses or milk intended for a baby cow. Now honey on the other hand I do have need for...
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