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\nMasson exalts the purported health benefits of a vegan diet<\/a> and claims that he has never been fitter or thinner. He also appeals to our moral compass, asking us to consider the happiness of animals, before going into graphic detail about the conditions in which they are kept and killed. <\/p>\n

The Face on Your Plate<\/em> is persuasive, but the evangelical tone and highly prescriptive advice left me cold rather than converted. There is something objectionable about comparing farming methods to slavery, the Holocaust or genocides in Darfur or Rwanda.<\/p>\n

The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food<\/i><\/b><\/strong>
\nJeffrey Moussaieff Masson
\nWW Norton, 2009
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

— By Emmanuelle Smith<\/p>\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.ft.com\/home\/uk<\/a> <\/p>\n

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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