A Vegetarian Sourcebook:

The Nutrition, Ecology, and Ethics of a Natural Foods Diet

Table of Contents

Introduction by Peter Singer

Preface

I. Vegetarian Nutrition

1. Issues in Vegetarian Nutrition
2. Protein
3. Vitamin B-12
4. Other Nutrients
5. Diet and Degenerative Disease
6. Atherosclerosis
7. Cancer
8. Various Other Degenerative Diseases

II. Vegetarian Ecology

9. Environment and Food
10. Land
11. Forests
12. Water
13. Energy
14. Soil Erosion
15. Agriculture and History
16. Social and Political Implications

III. Vegetarian Ethics

17. Ethics, Animals, and Reality
18. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
19. The Jewish Tradition
20. Christianity
21. Plato and Ancient Philosophy
22. Modern Philosophy
23. The History of Vegetarianism

Appendix: Becoming a Vegetarian

Recipes by Jennifer Raymond

Notes

Index