Books
THE GREAT PLANT-BASED CON
WHY EATING A PLANTS-ONLY DIET WON’T IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH OR SAVE THE PLANET
BY JAYNE BUXTON (HACHETTE 2022)
Review by Emily Stokes
Almost every day we hear a call for us to reduce our consumption of meat and dairy, with the long-term goal for many being the widespread conversion to a vegan lifestyle. ‘Plant-based’ has become a term so worthy and ubiquitous that many people have forgotten their historic antipathy to an extreme vegan cause.
But what if the statistics driving the plant-based movement were misleading? What if
