What if you could improve your health, reduce animal cruelty, and help protect the environment just by changing what’s on your plate? It may sound too good to be true, but the science is clear: Your food choices have a profound impact on your body, on the animals we share this planet with, and on the Earth itself.

Most people know they should eat healthier, but don’t. Most have never seen how animals are raised and killed for food. And few realize how much damage industrial agriculture does to the environment. But these issues are deeply connected, and they all point to one solution: a shift toward plant-based eating.

Let’s start with health. The typical American diet is centered around animal products like beef, pork, chicken, cheese, eggs, and processed meats such as bacon, sausage and

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