Reading his name unquestioned in this context should send up red flags.Īs a consequence, it is hard to take Buxton’s provocative book in good faith. Yet Mitloehner is hardly a disinterested source some of his research has been funded in part by the US livestock industry. Her opening lays out her thesis that there is a “convincing case for sustainable meat production”, and makes repeated reference to the work of Dr Frank Mitloehner, who she says fights “the onslaught of misinformation with fact-based refutations”. But while her book myth-busts distortions in pro-plant-based food science, it does not apply the same rigour to its own biases. That not all scientific facts are created equal, or wielded in a responsible way, is something Jayne Buxton claims to be wise to. Shocking and eye-opening, this book outlines everything you need to know to make more informed decisions about the food you choose to eat.The Great Plant-Based Con: Why Eating a Plants-Only Diet Won’t Improve Your Health or Save the Planet by Jayne Buxton THE GREAT PLANT-BASED CON is neither anti-plant nor anti-vegan - it is a call for us to take an honest look at the facts about human diets and their effect on the environment. Drawing on the work of numerous health experts and researchers, she uncovers how the separate efforts of a constellation of individuals, companies and organisations are leading us down a dietary road that will have severe repercussions for our health and wellbeing, and for the future of the planet. In THE GREAT PLANT-BASED CON, Jayne Buxton demonstrates that each of these 'what-ifs' is, in fact, a reality.

Almost every day we are bombarded with the seemingly incontrovertible message that we must reduce our consumption of meat and dairy - or eliminate them from our diets altogether.īut what if the pervasive message that the plant-based diet will improve our health and save the planet is misleading - or even false? What if removing animal foods from our diet is a serious threat to human health, and a red herring in the fight against climate change. Plant-based is best for health, go vegan to help save the planet, eat less meat. An impressively researched, compellingly executed counterweight to the arguments so far put forward around plant-based food

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