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Vegan Betrayal: Love, lies, and hunger in a plants-only world Paperback – March 1, 2016

by Mara Kahn (Author)
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Science meets sensuality in this penetrating examination of veganism, its scant history, dazzling health claims, fiery proponents, and growing throngs of disillusioned drop-outs. If you've ever wondered whether a plants-only diet is right for you, your son, daughter or significant other, Vegan Betrayal answers all your questions.

Weaving intimate storytelling with cutting-edge nutrition research, this coming-of-age journey veers passionately from youthful idealism to intense questioning to mature acceptance of our genetic dictates and the earth's sacred but unforgiving biological truths. Travel the wisdom roads of the Buddha, female bow hunters, and salt-of-the-earth family farmers in this candid, comic, fierce but always honest look at our dietary choices and the rightful individuality of your chosen way.

In this book you will learn:

---Why some thrive and some take a dive on this non-historical, minimally researched diet

---The author's concept of reverse speciesism: favoring another species well-being over your own and other humans

---All the important carninutrients found exclusively in animal-sourced food (there are a lot of them)

---Why lab-concocted supplements and synthetics can never replace real, whole foods

---How to find out if you are a high-protein or high-carb metabolic type (or something in between)

---Why daily protein recommendations have been substantially increased by nutrition experts

---The Ayurvedic body type that suffers most as a vegan, and which type best tolerates this restricted diet

---The dark side of soy: why an excess is harmful, while eating a large variety of species, both plant and animal, is the road to good health

---The 2.5 million-year anthropological record of human omnivores vs. the extremely brief history of veganism, who invented it, where and why

---Why the ethical argument does not hold up under close examination of modern industrial plant agriculture

---How our youthful idealism is not always grounded in reality

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  6. ISBN-10
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"Vegan Betrayal tackles the thorny issues surrounding plants-only eating and confronts our genetic diversity head-on. If you want to do right by your body's unique needs, here is the road map. Everyone should read this wonderful book."


---Joel Salatin, eminent grass-farmer in The Omnivore's Dilemma and author of Tilling the Soil


"This book celebrates not only real food and individuality but nature, sex, the fertility of the soil, and the healing of our planet. Eat it up and be amazed."


---Jean Auteur, author of The Human-Animal Contract


"Mara Kahn dissects the complex reasons individuals pursue the vegan or vegetarian lifestyle and is upfront with the possible health consequences: fatigue, moodiness, carb craving, insomnia, hormonal disruption, and other symptoms of malnutrition. Vegan Betrayal takes us on an eye-opening journey and reminds us that the spiritual path is first and foremost one that gives us vibrant health."


---Sally Fallon Morell, best-selling author of Nourishing Traditions

About the Author

Mara Kahn, MS, is a noted science writer specializing in health, the environment, human-animal ethics, and eco-traveling. She lives in Colorado's snowy Rockies with her family and a roving tribe of elk, cougars, and black bears.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little Boat Press (March 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0990341321
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0990341321
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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Mara Kahn, MS, is an ecologist and science writer specializing in health, the environment, eco-traveling and human-animal ethics. She is the author of "Studied to Death: A Critique of Ethics in Wildlife Research" and co-author of "Life Abounding: Paddling the Seven Continents" with wildlife biologist Lawrence Rice. Her articles have appeared in a variety of national journals and magazines including Trumpeter, Journal of Ecosophy, Canoe Journal, Paddler and Backpacker.

The author's journeys in pursuit of nature's truths have taken her from the wild salmon runs of coastal Alaska to the dense swamps of backwoods Arkansas in search of the ivory-billed woodpecker. Currently she is researching how the carnivore-herbivore relationship ensures ecosystem health in Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain national parks. Mara lives in the snowy northern Rockies with her family and a roving tribe of elk, cougars and black bears.

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Customers find the book informative and well-researched. They appreciate the author's integrity and authority as an ex-vegan. The personal stories are moving and compelling, and the narrative style is described as autobiography and anthropology.

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Customers appreciate the author's integrity and honesty. They find the book engaging and well-researched, with an interesting journey that challenges the vegan lifestyle. The author is a former vegetarian who has a credible perspective.

"...The personal stories are very moving. This is a fascinating read with well-researched science. I can't imagine why anyone would give it only 1 star." Read more

"...The author has integrity and authority as an ex-vegan for many years." Read more

"...It really is a great book." Read more

"A well written journey which abandons the vegan lifestyle. Controversial indeed. Loved it" Read more

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Customers find the book's information well-researched and current. They say it enlightens them and provides a revelation.

"...I especially appreciated the carefully researched and current information explaining what harmful effects a vegetarian or vegan diet can do long-term..." Read more

"...This is a fascinating read with well-researched science. I can't imagine why anyone would give it only 1 star." Read more

"...You owe it to your health and consciousness to become informed and enlightened and no other book will do it as well as this book...." Read more

"Interesting and informative. The writing doesn't flow, just a little too scattered. Otherwise great information." Read more

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Customers find the personal stories moving and compelling. They describe the book as an autobiography and anthropology volume.

"...with the most current research is well-written, informative and compelling...." Read more

"...Now I really understand why I can't enjoy them anymore.The personal stories are very moving. This is a fascinating read with well-researched science...." Read more

"This is an autobiography and an anthropology volume. If you want proof that vegan diets are harmful, that is here over and over...." Read more

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  • Susan M.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2016
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    I am so grateful that I found this book. The author's intertwining of her own dietary journey with the most current research is well-written, informative and compelling. It helped me understand my own need for good protein, especially in the morning and at mid-day, in order to function well at work, and why don't last through the morning on a fruit-only breakfast (the Fit For Life approach). I especially appreciated the carefully researched and current information explaining what harmful effects a vegetarian or vegan diet can do long-term. I have sent a book to a friend who is concerned because her 7-year old refuses to eat "animals," thus ending up with a diet that contains too much sugar and too much soy. The author makes a case for understanding that even a vegetarian or vegan approach to eating comes at the expense of many animals, lower on the food chain perhaps, but animals nonetheless. She also finds common ground between omnivores and vegans on issues like industrial agriculture and food waste. A must-read for anyone concerned about good nutrition and the potential long-term effects of being a vegetarian or vegan.
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  • A. Brunelle
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for those questioning a vegan diet
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    The main problem I've always had with the vegan diet were the deficiencies inherent in the diet. I've been vegan almost 5 years now and I've read both sides of the argument and what I've concluded not just from this book but from many other viewpoints on this topic is that an optimal diet is not 100% vegan. There have never been reproducing societies that were strictly vegan. There have been vegetarian and pescatarian diets that have been amazing, though.

    I'm still vegan as of today (except for honey I put in my berry-banana-kale-spinach smoothie). And I just started taking krill oil a few days ago. I will probably be adding fish a couple of times a week, but that's it. I think this book confirmed what I was feeling myself with the DHA and EPA deficiency and even though there are algae-based DHA supplements, I'd feel better getting it from a fish. I eat very healthily, 90% whole foods and I still feel lacking in energy, so I do believe the optimal diet is mostly vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds with a little bit of animal products, mostly fish and clean fish from non-polluted sources. But read the book if you're curious about it. Also check out Rob Greenfield's blog entry about veganism and why he's not vegan on robgreenfield.org/veganism.

    Edit: I will also be reintroducing eggs into my diet due to a possible choline deficiency. Occasional dairy as well, but I won't over do dairy and only eat organic pastured eggs, dairy, and meat/fish.
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  • LeeAnn
    3.0 out of 5 stars There is a lot to like about this book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2016
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    There is a lot to like about this book. I liked reading her story on her vegetarian/vegan history and return to omnivore. In my family, we have a mixture of people who really need more animal protein as opposed to some of us (me included) who are a mixed/carb type and could probably suffice on a vegetarian (NOT vegan) diet.

    Her comments on a sustainable food supply are well taken, but there are other things to consider. Our world has always done some type of trade the past several thousand years that include various foodstuffs -- i.e. coffee, tea, spices, various grains etc. The current supply of fresh produce transportation is a bit concerning. Personally, I always think of ways to work my food supply in the upper Midwest when these things are not naturally available. My grandparents used to put root veggies in the cellar, make fermented foods (i.e. sauerkraut), can food, etc. to get through the winters. I grew up on a farm and sill live on a small farm. We grow our own beef and poultry. We have a garden, keep enough of the food in our cellar to get through a good share of the winter, so I can relate to those comments. She mentions 5 yr olds in poor countries working in deplorable conditions. Has she seen them? That may or may not be true - don't know. But I do know I was working in the garden, gathering eggs, and helping care for livestock at that age and didn't think anything of it. There's a lot that can and should change in our food supply, but I think we'll always have some type of global food transportation going on.

    The last part of the book talks a lot about Buddhist perspective and diet. For me, it was a bit too much. I felt like I was getting Buddhism shoved at me and didn't appreciate it. I do feel most religions have a spiritual side that could answer a lot of these questions the same way she answers with Buddhism.... sorry, but just didn't appreciate it.

    In short, a good read on vegetarianism/veganism/omnivores and diets. The political/religious stuff kind of got to me.
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  • Rolf Schwartz
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book, when can we expect it in German language because I want it as a gift for my daughter who feed our grandson two years old, not knowing the consequences, onjy vegan.
    Reviewed in Germany on March 11, 2018
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    This is a great book, when can we expect it in German language because I want it as a gift for my daughter who feed our grandson two years old, not knowing the consequences, onjy vegan.
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  • Dag Viljen Poleszynski
    3.0 out of 5 stars Too many words, but an interesting story. The ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2016
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    Too many words, but an interesting story. The book would be more interesting if the personal voyage was shortened so that the message came forth sooner and more succint.
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