016 – Revive Yourself – Lierre Keith On Being or Becoming Vegan

Do You Have Any Questions About Being or Becoming Vegan? Maybe you have some questions around the sustainability of the way we farm and produce food and how it impacts the earth. If you do then today’s interview is just for you. A few backs back I was lucky enough to interview Lierre Keith who is the author of a book called The Vegetarian Myth. Lierre who was a vegan for 20 years and describes herself as a writer, radical feminist, food activist, and environmentalist. Her book The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability has been called “the most important ecological book of this generation.” Her writing and focus in this book covers not only the health aspect of being a vegetarian or vegan but also on civilization’s violence against the planet. From a personal point of view I must say I found the book fascinating. The fact it goes deep into the moral, ethical and nutritional side of being a vegan and/or vegetarian meant it really was hard to put down. It covers lots of topics that most people in the health industry just don’t think about when choosing where to buy their food, or what the true implications are of mining the land for the minerals needed to create Wind turbines. It’s a book I highly recommend for anybody who is interested in health and agriculture. In the interview we discussed: What Made Her Become A Vegan & How It Impacted Her Health What It Means To Be Sustainable Top Soil - What Is It & Why Is It So Important? Perennial Polyculture Versus Mono Crops What’s Happening To The Rivers Around The World How Many Calories Of Fossil Soil It Takes To Make One Calorie Of Food Why In Order For Their To Be Life There Has To Be Death The China Study Whether We Are Supposed To Eat A Herbivore Diet & Much More You can find Lierre Keith here: http://www.lierrekeith.com/ Enjoy the show and don’t forget to share it with your friends and family, and anyone else you feel may benefit from the show. You can also help spread the shows awareness by writing a comment, or a review on iTunes. To Your Health & Happiness Ryan