"This book is clear, focused, and direct.
Rex Bowlby has taken a subject that can be full of complexities
and confusions, and made it simple and totally user friendly.
Plant Roots is engaging and accessible. It will save lives."
--John Robbins, author
The Food Revolution
and Diet for a New America. Founder - EarthSave International.
"Just give me the facts
— and Rex Bowlby does, with this thorough, well-organized,
fully-referenced explanation of the miraculous benefits
of a plant-food based diet for you and for the whole human
race. After reading Plant Roots only the most bullheaded
will fail to be changed to healthier food choices. This
book will have a permanent place on my library shelf."
--John McDougall,
M.D., Author and Medical Director - McDougall
Residential Program.
"Plant Roots is the best single source of plant based facts
I have ever seen. Rex Bowlby has written a great book that
is easy to read. When you have finished reading it you are
better armed to survive our crazy world. Reading Plant Roots
is the best insurance you can invest in for yourself and
the planet."
--Howard F. Lyman
LL.D., author Mad Cowboy
President, Voice for a Viable Future
"Rex Bowlby makes a clear and compelling case for a vegetarian
diet in his brilliant book, Plant Roots. A must-read for
everyone who wants to better understand how a poor diet
affects us and the world around us."
--Ed Begley, Jr.,
Actor
"Plant Roots is packed with important and accurate information
about how to stay healthy — or to regain health when
it has been lost. It is engagingly written and a joy to
read."
--Neal Barnard, M.D., author Food
for Life and Eat Right, Live Longer.
President - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
(PCRM).
"Rex Bowlby's Plant Roots, written with wit and style, provides
a readable, detailed, and thoroughly referenced list of
the health, ethical, and environmental reasons behind the
vegan diet."
--William Harris,
M.D., author The Scientific Basis of Vegetarianism.
Director - Kaiser Permanente Vegetarian Lifestyle Clinic.
"I was continually wowed by Plant Roots. Rex Bowlby has
taken the available information from scientific studies
and put it in a form that any reader cannot ignore. It is
my hope this book will get into everyone's hands because
we all bear responsibility for what happens to our bodies
and to this planet!"
--Dr. Ruth Heidrich,
author A Race for Life.
Six-time ironman triathlon finisher.
"As the author of five books on vegetarianism,
I can highly recommend Plant Roots. It's an encyclopedia
reference work on vegetarianism that I would most want to
have at my fingertips, while working on my next book."
--Rynn Berry, author
Food for the Gods: Vegetarianism and the World's Religions.
"Plant Roots simplifies the mysteries surrounding a vegetarian
diet in a fun and engaging manner. In this well-referenced
book, Rex Bowlby accurately portrays animals as interesting
creatures that deserve our respect and compassion."
--Karen Graham, Program
Associate - Campaigner,
The Humane Society of the United States.
"In Plant Roots, Rex Bowlby makes a clear and compelling
case that humans should be eating plants, not other animals.
He shows that being vegan connects us to our roots and to
our humanity."
--Gene Bauston, President,
Farm Sanctuary
"Plant Roots is an energetic and entertaining presentation
of why plant-based diets make sense — for individuals
and for our planet. I highly recommend it."
--Michael Klaper,
M.D., author, Vegan Nutrition: Pure & Simple.
Director - Institute of Nutrition Education and Research
"Keep up the good work!"
--Ann Gentry, Founder,
Real Food Daily Restaurants – Los Angeles, Ca.
"One of the most important contributions to vegan literature
in some time."
--VegSource.com &
EarthSave News Reviews
(Dan Balogh)
"I couldn't put it down because I just never knew what was
coming next! Very creative and well-researched. I was very
impressed with how you took a subject that has already been
written on at length and found a way to make it new and
engaging; I think Plant Roots will reach out to readers
who always wanted to learn more about veganism but thought
that books on the topic were dry and boring. I especially
appreciated your thoughtful discussion of veganism and faith
in the 'Religion' chapter."
--Bruce Friedrich,
Director of Vegan Outreach
(PETA), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
"Plant Roots is very likely to become a vegan bible."
--Janice Blue, Host,
Go Vegan Radio - Texas
"Plant Roots is a welcome and seminal addition to personal
and professional Vegetarian Studies reading lists, as well
as community and academic Health & Nutrition Studies library
reference collections."
--Midwest Book Review
(James A. Cox)
"Plant Roots is a major contribution to the vegan cause."
--Bob Linden, Host,
Go Vegan Radio Ð L.A.
"Rex Bowlby has assembled a gargantuan amount of information
in Plant Roots."
--VegParadise.com
(Zel & Reuben Allen)
"Solutions in Plant Roots fly off the pages in this outstanding
work."
--Mindquest Reviews
(Bernie Nelson)
"As evidence of his convincing arguments,
I gave it to a friend of mine, a semi-vegetarian, and she
turned into a total vegan in one reading."
--Mensa Bulletin
(Tom Elliott)
"Readable, often funny, never condescending."
--Pressaction.com
Interview,
Lifestyle as a Direct Action (Mickey Z)
MORE PRAISE FROM READERS
"When Diet for a New America
came out, we bought a dozen copies and sent them to people
like Paul Harvey and The President (we even got a reply
from Barbara Bush). Your book seems even more accessible
than John's, and really needs to reach a wide audience.
I would love to see every person on earth read it. Thanks
for a VERY IMPORTANT book that I will be sharing."
--Tim Martin
Corona, California
"This has just become one of my favorite books of all time,
dealing with the subjects of vegetarianism, veganism, animal
rights, ecology, the environment, world hunger and other
areas. I'm looking for something to help me in my discussions
with those still eating meat, and I think your book will
fit the bill nicely. This book is the M16 of books in a
world of flint-lock guns."
--David McKee
Kenova, West Virgina
"When you write a book like Plant Roots, it deserves
to be read around the world. I look forward to the day it
comes out in foreign markets and languages, especially in
all those countries where they are eating our horses!"
--Janice Blue
Houston, Texas
"I spent time with your book on the subway back and forth
to Manhattan this morning. This is EXACTLY what is needed."
--Mickey Z, Author
and Animal Rights Activist
Astoria, New York
"A very clear book about the vegan diet that really covers
all the bases and is quite humorous."
--Marr Nealon, Nutrition
Consultant
Los Angeles, California
"My Mom and I are currently reading your Plant Roots
and it looks like it is full of valuable information. I
would also like your permission to reference you."
--Kyra Gray, age 17
Houston, Texas
"Thank you for your wonderful present to the world."
--Rhea Green
Houston Texas.
"Hey Rex, Your book is great! I am already making changes
to my diet!!!"
--Wendy Ansel
Shadow Hills, California
"Just wanted to write and let you know I finished Plant
Roots and thoroughly enjoy and admire it."
--Janice Stanger
San Diego, California
"I picked up a copy of your book a few months ago and was
very impressed."
--Carlisle Bergquist,
Ph.D.c., LCMFT, Vantage Quest
Salina, Kansas
"I know what my Christmas present will be! (Plant Roots)
Power to the vegans! This article is very effective in dealing
with some issues that I have been struggling with since
I recently went vegan. I will email this article to whoever
is constantly heckling me about my choice."
--Posted by Cellogirl
"I am already half way through your book and it's fabulous!
I raved about it to my yoga instructor the other day."
--Abby Elliott
Santa Monica, California
"I am just finishing the sections on degenerative diseases.
A powerful arsenal of good information. I'm so excited to
give these to my friends! I really look forward to reading
it every night. I really can't put the book down!"
--Adrienne Coffield
Santa Monica, California
"Rex Bowlby is indeed brilliant in the interview (Lifestyle
as Direct Action, A Conversation with Rex Bowlby, Author
of Plant Roots, by Mickey Z.). Concise and insightful.
Can't wait to get the book."
--Zsuzsa Blakely
Los Angeles, California
"Thanks, Mickey. Rex Bowlby dazzles in this interview (Lifestyle
as Direct Action, A Conversation with Rex Bowlby, Author
of 'Plant Roots' By Mickey Z.) Sounds like the best
book on the subject since To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist
Case for Becoming Vegetarian by Philip Kapleau Roshi."
--Russ Wellen
Sleepy Hollow, New York
"Excellent. Your February 11th last article (Lifestyle as
Direct Action, A Conversation with Rex Bowlby, Author of
'Plant Roots' By Mickey Z.) here had a huge impact
on me MZ. I have slashed my animal products intake drastically,
but not completely."
--Posted by Tracy
McLellan
"My sister-in-law read it and loved it, and also read parts
of it aloud to my brother who just spent a good deal of
the past year and a half battling lymphoma. Thankfully,
he beat it but his diet has been of much concern to our
family, so I was elated to hear that bit of news. So thank
you!!!!!!!"
--Michelle Gunnett
Houston, Texas
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Would
Nature have placed our very means of survival — food
— in mobile animals, another mammal's milk, and under
a hen or in 260,000 varieties of plants spread over the earth?
The answer appears obvious, yet the majority of Americans
consume a diet centered around meat, diary, and eggs. Of course,
until Copernicus came along, the majority of Americans also
believed the sun revolved around the earth. 