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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Vegetarianism for Teens by Jane Duden

Okay, so the author has a weird last name. It's like Dudley only with a few letter changes. Huh.
ANYWAY, this book. It was a nonfiction book I checked out at the school library just because. And I found it pretty informative.
It was definitely targeted towards teens, with tons of information in easy to read format.
The book talks about the different types of vegetarianism, why people become vegetarians, how to deal with eating out and at other people's houses if you are one, etc. Like I said really informative and it really helps you understand all aspects of this diet.
Especially how you need to really plan what you eat if you're going to become vegetarian, because you need vitamins that are most commonly found in animals, like b12 or calcium. However, it turns out vegetarians have about 1/9 the chance of being obese as opposed to the standard meateater. Isn't that kinda cool?
And the reason a lot of people in other countries have already adopted vegetarianism is because where they live meat is really expensive, and they get it on rare occasions, so they eat plants and grains by default. Or they're religious and don't want to eat any of the living creatures on earth because, you know, they live too. Or they do it for health benefits of which there are many. Or a combination of these.
So yes, informative book. Slightly condescending with all its fake scenarios of vegetarian teenagers surviving in daily life, but it got the point across. ♠♠♠

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