What can we do to allay global warming, contend with world hunger, avoid genetically modified foods, be healthier, and live longer? In "The Compassionate Diet", Arran Stephens, who has been at the leading edge of the organic food movement for decades and a vegetarian his entire adult life, answers these complex questions in the simplest terms: Eat vegetarian. A balanced and natural vegetarian diet is neither a fad nor a passing trend. It has been part of many cultures over untold millennia. "The Compassionate Diet" distills the history, philosophy, and core benefits of eschewing meat in a completely approachable and nonjudgmental fashion. Replete with 40 elegant and beautiful colour illustrations, the book makes a wonderful gift for foodies, vegetarians, or anyone who has flirted with the idea of switching to a plant-based diet.
Arran Stephens and his wife are the founders of Nature's Path Organic Foods, North America's largest organic breakfast foods company. He has received Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year and the Canadian Health Food Association's Hall of Fame awards and has been named among Canada's Best 100 Employers. He lives with his family in Vancouver.
Eliot Jay Rosen is a clinical psychotherapist and health writer based in Hawaii. He is the author of the Los Angeles Times bestselling book Experiencing the Soul.