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by Camila Perussello (Author), Joanne Kong (Author), Sailesh Rao (Foreword by)
Vegan Made Easy is an essential guide for transitioning to plant-based living. It highlights the benefits for personal health, the environment, and our fellow sentient beings while addressing social challenges. This book offers practical strategies to help readers navigate obstacles, making the journey to veganism easier and more enjoyable.
Vegan Made Easy: A Practical Guide to Plant-Based Living is a must-have resource on the "how" and "why" to go vegan. Drawing upon their extensive knowledge and passion as animal and vegan advocates, the authors have created this book to empower readers with the practical know-how to embrace plant-based living as a transformative path to a more compassionate and sustainable lifestyle. This book includes practical advice on adopting a plant-based lifestyle and raises readers' awareness of how their everyday choices are key to more compassionate living. This comprehensive, easy-to-read book covers a wide range of topics:- Social justice, health, and sustainability as motivations for adopting veganism;
- Making the transition to plant-based eating;
- Nutritional guidance and health benefits of a vegan diet;
- Meal planning and navigating social challenges;
- Shopping tips and stocking a plant-based kitchen;
- Understanding food labels, eating on a budget, and the myths of food processing;
- Other aspects of the vegan lifestyle beyond diet.
Readers can find a whole chapter dedicated to addressing twenty-two frequently asked questions about veganism. The book also features delicious recipes for all skill levels and a list of valuable resources, including books, documentaries, websites, podcasts, and apps.
Author Biography
Dr. Camila Perussello is a food engineer with extensive experience as a scientist, university lecturer, and industry consultant. She specializes in sustainable agrifood systems and bioprocessing engineering. Dr. Perussello has published numerous academic papers and is a peer-reviewer for over twenty renowned scientific journals. As an ethical vegan, she advocates for animal liberation through education, research, talks, books, and op-eds. She is the author of Food for Thought: Planetary Healing Begins on Our Plate (2022), the most comprehensive evidence-based book on food production and animal rights. Her website is www.camilaperussello.com.
Dr. Joanne Kong has been praised as one of the most compelling advocates for plant-based nutrition today. Her vegan advocacy has been recognized around the world with international talks in Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway, Canada, India. Her TEDx talk, "The Power of Plant-Based Eating," has over 1 million views on YouTube, and she appears in the major documentary Eating Our Way to Extinction. Dr. Kong is also a critically acclaimed, award-winning classical pianist using the power of the arts to enhance the vegan message and raise compassionate awareness. Her website is www.vegansmakeadifference.com.
