The book also links the Western diet to many of the problems facing the world such as

1) obesity in children,

2) the manufacture of drugs to treat counterfeit diseases,

3) the mass production of meat and dairy products on factory farms which is extremely cruel to animals,

4) the needless vivisection of animals at university laboratories for the sole purpose of getting billions of tax dollars from the public,

5) the pollution of our atmosphere, rivers and streams, and

6) the creation of poverty in the developing world.

The Protein Myth makes a compelling case that the way to a healthier life and a world without war is to end our abuse and exploitation of animals.