BOSH! How to Live Vegan, Save the planet & feel amazing, reviewed

As climate change becomes an increasing challenge, we look at this book which aims to help encourage and support those looking to tread more lightly on the earth through adopting a vegan diet. This book is written by by Ian Theasby and Henry David Firth and you can buy Bosh! How to Live Vegan here.

BOSH!: How to Live Vegan, Save the planet & feel amazing, reviewed

First up, this is a quick read. It is straight forward, no BS, and written from the perspective of people who have gone through the journey from eating meat to a growing awareness about why it might not be the best way to help both themselves and the planet. The authors describe this journey well, in an understandable and ultimately convincing way. We are not vegans (yet) but we can see why it might be the smart thing to do, for personal health, and also the benefit of the planet too.

There is a lot of useful myth busting in the book too, addressing concerns about the impact on your own health by removing meat and animal based products from your diet. Overall there seem to be many upsides and not too many downsides. Personally blue cheese might be the biggest challenge of adopting a more plant based diet. They have some great stats about a variety of meat free burgers too, even animal free meat – yes that does sound counter intuitive, but we are starting to see the price of laboratory grown meat falling in price to point where it can compete with traditional meat products.

It is definitely an interesting space, and, unlike the 90s and subsequent decades, now, there are many many more plant based substitutes for milk and meat products. This makes it much easier to pursue a vegan diet. Now that Lidl, Aldi and the like stock multiple, dairy free, milk products it is clear that accessibility and price are no longer the barriers that they once were. Which then makes it easier to do the right thing, rather than it merely being an option for those who can afford this type of diet.

It is a good book, smartly presented, and helps to illustrate why many are making the move to being vegan.

More about the book

Do you want to go vegan but have no idea where to start? BOSH!, the pioneers of simple, delicious plant-based cooking and the guys behind the biggest vegan video channel on the web, are here to help!

BOSH!: How to Live Vegan covers all aspects of vegan living from plant-based food and wine to vegan toiletries, travel, and clothes. Henry and Ian address the benefits of veganism on our health and the planet and answer a variety of questions on living life without animal products. Should you be eating avocados? Is it okay to wear an old leather belt? What do you tell your friends when they offer you a glass of non-vegan wine?

Pioneering a new way of thinking, BOSH! is helping to make a sustainable and ethical lifestyle accessible to everyone. Whether you’re a committed vegan, looking to improve your lifestyle, or starting out for the first time, this book has all the know-how and inspiration you need to pursue and enjoy a plant-based life.

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