The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony

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Incorporating systems theory, teachings from mythology and religions, and the human sciences, The World Peace Diet presents the outlines of a more empowering understanding of our world, based on a comprehension of the far-reaching implications of our food choices and the worldview those choices reflect and mandate. The author offers a set of universal principles for all people of conscience, from any religious tradition, that they can follow to reconnect with what we are eating, what was required to get it on our plate, and what happens after it leaves our plates.  Read more... Abstract: Incorporating systems theory, teachings from mythology and religions, and the human sciences, The World Peace Diet presents the outlines of a more empowering understanding of our world, based on a comprehension of the far-reaching implications of our food choices and the worldview those choices reflect and mandate. The author offers a set of universal principles for all people of conscience, from any religious tradition, that they can follow to reconnect with what we are eating, what was required to get it on our plate, and what happens after it leaves our plates Content: TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER ONE: FOOD'S POWER CHAPTER TWO: OUR CULTURE'S ROOTS CHAPTER THREE: THE NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE CHAPTER FOUR: INHERITING OUR FOOD CHOICES CHAPTER FIVE: THE INTELLIGENCE OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY CHAPTER SIX: HUNTING AND HERDING SEA LIFE CHAPTER SEVEN: THE DOMINATION OF THE FEMININE CHAPTER EIGHT: THE METAPHYSICS OF FOOD CHAPTER NINE: REDUCTIONIST SCIENCE AND RELIGION CHAPTER TEN: THE DILEMMA OF WORK CHAPTER ELEVEN: PROFITING FROM DESTRUCTION CHAPTER TWELVE: SOME OBJECTIONS ANSWERED CHAPTER THIRTEEN: EVOLVE OR DISSOLVE. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMATIONCHAPTER FIFTEEN: LIVING THE REVOLUTION NOTES RESOURCES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.