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Eliza
is on page 297 of 529
"If the how (the method of beef production) is more important than the cow (beef production, per se), the same principle should be applied to plant foods..."
The title of this chapter is "The Secret Life of Vegan Foods", and if you consider it from a vegan perspective (rather than a plant-based perspective, like the title of the book suggests) then the cow is far more important than the "how".
— Sep 10, 2025 06:05PM
The title of this chapter is "The Secret Life of Vegan Foods", and if you consider it from a vegan perspective (rather than a plant-based perspective, like the title of the book suggests) then the cow is far more important than the "how".
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Eliza
is on page 399 of 529
That awkward moment when you go to check a reference (located not at the end of the book but instead on the author's website) and it simply skips over it.
If you skim down the list of references, there are a bunch of numbers that are just missing.
— Sep 12, 2025 06:55PM
If you skim down the list of references, there are a bunch of numbers that are just missing.
Eliza
is on page 124 of 529
"This can lead to increased snacking on things like crisps and biscuits..."
I want a biscuit now.
— Sep 07, 2025 10:26PM
I want a biscuit now.
Eliza
is on page 106 of 529
A UK school with "vegetarian-only group meals"...
It's not named but if it's the one I think it is (the famously strict one) then that is a fine school from what I've heard.
The headmistress's arguments for the vegetarian lunches are stronger than the author's criticism of them imo.
— Sep 07, 2025 08:29PM
It's not named but if it's the one I think it is (the famously strict one) then that is a fine school from what I've heard.
The headmistress's arguments for the vegetarian lunches are stronger than the author's criticism of them imo.
Eliza
is on page 82 of 529
"Spinach and kale, for example, while rich in calcium, actually inhibit calcium absorption due to their oxalic acid or oxalate content"
oooooof
The calcium in kale is more bioavailable than the calcium in milk. Kale (unlike spinach) is low in oxalates.
This after denying there is a relationship between saturated fat and cardiovascular disease, the library made a mistake putting this with the non-fiction books.
— Sep 06, 2025 05:52PM
oooooof
The calcium in kale is more bioavailable than the calcium in milk. Kale (unlike spinach) is low in oxalates.
This after denying there is a relationship between saturated fat and cardiovascular disease, the library made a mistake putting this with the non-fiction books.
Eliza
is on page 68 of 529
"Of the twenty foods mentioned, seventeen are from animal sources."
An entirely meaningless statement because if you swap "dark leafy vegetables" for a list of types of dark leafy vegetables, or swap "beef, goat... lamb, mutton" for red meat, or "milk... goat milk" for milk, or "small fish... canned fish with bones... fresh fish" for fish, or "pulses" for all of the types of beans and lentils and peas...
— Sep 06, 2025 06:24AM
An entirely meaningless statement because if you swap "dark leafy vegetables" for a list of types of dark leafy vegetables, or swap "beef, goat... lamb, mutton" for red meat, or "milk... goat milk" for milk, or "small fish... canned fish with bones... fresh fish" for fish, or "pulses" for all of the types of beans and lentils and peas...
Eliza
is starting
"... another man who'd brought a carton of his own milk for me to try"
His own... excuse me, what?
— Sep 01, 2025 04:32AM
His own... excuse me, what?
