INTRODUCTION: THE DIET HAS CHOSEN US

1. Evidence — Be Prepared to Reach a Verdict

1. Scientific Evidence
         More Than Test Tubes and Bunsen Burners

2. Evolution
         Do Plants Line Our Evolutionary Path?

3. Anatomy
         No Claws on Our Hands or Feet

4. Dieting
         Does the Body Have a Major Design Flaw?
5. Studies
         Studies Can Go on Forever but We Don’t
6. Countries and Cultures
         No Sloppy Experiments or Bias
7. Degenerative and Infectious Disease
         Termites and Tornadoes
8. Nature
         She Can’t Speak but She Has Much to Tell

 

2. Plants — Nature’s Nutrient Delivery System

9. Carbohydrates
         Phillip Oncarbs

10. Vitamins
         The Animals Need Them for Survival, Too

11. Calcium
         Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and Calcium

12. Iron
         Like a Fire, It Can Warm or It Can Burn
13. Immune System
         We Better Arm Our Defenses
14. Antioxidants and Phytochemicals
         Discoveries or Explanations?
15. Athletes
         Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!
16. Children
         They Are Not a Unique Species
17. Vitamin B12
         Another Test of Faith
18. Varieties and Flavors
         One Hundred and Fifteen to Four

 

3. Meat and Dairy — Can’t Live Without or Can’t Live With?

19. Beef
         A Dictionary Update May Be in Order

20. Pork
         Eat Your Heart Out

21. Chicken and Fish
         It May Sound Like Progress
22. Milk
         Weighing the Pros and Cons
23. Dairy Products
         We Can Do Worse
24. Eggs
         Perfect Food — for the Chicken Embryo
25. Cholesterol and Fat
         The Picture Is Clear

 

4. Contaminants — More Than Fat and Cholesterol

26. Antibiotics
         Take With Food, Not In Food

27. Hormones
         We Don’t Need to Super-Size It

28. Pesticides
         No Warning Label on That Sandwich?
29. Food Poisoning
         Sal Monella and the Seven Pathogens
30. Mad Cow Disease
         Good News — Bad News
31. Meat Inspection
         "Believe It or Not." "I’m Not Making This Up."

 

5. Animals — Just Who Are We Eating?

32. The Cow
         You Can Call Me Lucky for Now

33. The Pig
         If You Called Me a Pig, Then Thank You

34. The Chicken
         Let’s Cross the Road, Too
35. Animal Intelligence
         Who Might Be the Dumb Animal?
36. Vegan
         Vegan Became Began
37. Factory Farms
         Humans Will Be in Stores Next Week
38. Veal and Foie Gras
         What About Truth in Advertising?
39. Hunting
         There Are Two Sides to Every Story

 

6. The Environment — What Does It Have to Do with Diet?

40. Water Depletion
         A Hamburger or Forty Showers

41. Energy Depletion
         Fill up Our Tanks with Greens and Beans

42. Soil Depletion
         The Sahara Wasn’t Always a Desert
43. The Land
         The Relative Size of the Earth
44. The Oceans
         If It Doesn’t Flush, It’s Not a Toilet
45. The Forests
         The Earth’s Vital Organs
46. Animal Waste
         Not an End Result — A Beginning Problem
47. Species Extinction
         The Spotted Owl or Human Beings?

 

7. Disease: Killers — One Cause / One Disease

48. Heart Disease
         Daddy Doesn’t Feel Well

49. Atherosclerosis
         Maintaining Our Streets and Highways

50. Hypertension
         The Answer Is Right Under Our Noses
51. Prostate Cancer
         Nine More Exams Wouldn’t Be So Bad
52. Colon Cancer
         If We Continue to Run Stop Signs
53. Breast Cancer
         Pink Ribbons or Green Vegetables?
54. Ovarian Cancer
         She Did Her Best to Protect Our Eggs
55. Cancers
         Maybe Not So Random and Mysterious
56. Diabetes
         Fat Men Guarding the Doors
57. Kidney Disease
         Not Quite Maintenance Free
58. Aging
         Feeding Weapons to the Good Guys
59. Alzheimer’s Disease
         Grand Finale of Degenerative Diseases?

 

8. Disease: Hardships — 100 Trillion Cells / None Are Safe

60. Osteoporosis
         Officer, Someone Is Stealing My Bones!

61. Endometriosis
         The Rodney Dangerfield of Diseases

62. Hearing Loss
         Age Is an Innocent Bystander
63. Vision Loss
         Some Disease Name Changes Might Help
64. Impotence, Infertility, Hair Loss
         They Only Have to Be Nightmares
65. Hemorrhoids, Hernia, Appendicitis
         A Tale of Two Feces
66. Ulcers, Crohn’s, Diverticulitis
         Not the Brain — The Bowels
67. Autoimmune Diseases
         Colonel Otto M. Yune Has a Clue
68. Asthma
         It’s Elementary My Dear Author
69. Childhood Illnesses
         Make Their Summers Last Forever
70. Fatigued
         The Board Game That’s Easy to Win
71. Food and Behavior
         Heredity, Environment — And Food?

 

9. Religion — A Perfect Marriage

72. Dominion
         Not Ambiguous at All

73. The Bible
         Front-Page News

74. God
         Planet Architect — A New Perspective
75. Jesus
         What If He Was a Vegetarian?
76. Religions
         We Can Both Reason and Rationalize
77. Global Hunger
         What Does It Have to Do with Religion?

 

10. Manipulation — Caution: Economic Forces at Work

78. Protein
         Is There a Tiger in Our Closet?

79. Food Guide Pyramid
         More Like a Wedge — Of Swiss Cheese

80. Beef Trade Associations
         Plugging the Holes in the Dam
81. Dairy Council
         Educator or Peddler?
82. School Donations
         Both Are True, Only One Is Truthful
83. Government Subsidies
         Thirty-Five Dollars a Pound
84. Advertising
         Why the Potato Chip and Not the Potato?
85. Illness-Care
         A Healthcare System Already Exists
86. Pharmaceutical Industry
         A Safety Net with Very Large Holes
87. Medical Profession
         Hypocrisy in the Hippocratic Oath?
88. Cancer Business
         A Lot of People Out of Work
89. Menopause
         Business Has Been a Little Slow

 

11. Insight — Often the Catalyst for Understanding

90. Our Children
         Would We Save Our Lives for Them?

91. Freedom
         Herbert and Carnahan Vore

92. Psychology
         A Dog and Pigeons
93. Society
         The Price Is High, the Goods a Bargain
94. Meat and Tobacco
         "No Meat Eating" Sections
95. Death Statistics
         Died Peacefully in Sleep
96. Doctors
         Dr. Phil Theerich and Dr. Dee Sent
97. U.S. Rankings
         Time to Look at Ourselves in the Mirror
98. Prevention
         Benjamin Franklin’s Sequel
99. Celebrity
         Worthy of Imitation
100. Quality of Life
         The Irony of Their Sole Complaint
101. The Picture
         284 Puzzle Pieces — A Clear Picture


CONCLUSION — WE ONLY EVOLVE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES
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