Diet For A New America

NEW MILFORD — A 60-minute video about the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, Diet for a New America, will be shown in the community room of the New Milford Library on Saturday, January 29, at 1 pm.

The video and the book take the audience on a journey into the great American food machine. While in his early 20s, in an effort to regain his own health, John Robbins turned away from the family-owned Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream business and began extensive research into nutrition and food production.  After 10 years of investigation, he wrote the book.

In simple and startling pictures, Robbins reveals his theories on the environmental and personal health consequences of a diet based on animal products. According to the author, the current American diet is a recipe for personal and environmental disaster.

Diet for a New America graphically outlines the problems and presents John Robbins’ vision of hope for the future – that people can make a difference by educating themselves and making a choice to adopt a caring and conscientious lifestyle.

The video program is based upon the book published by Still point Publishing in Walpole, New Hampshire. The video was provided by Dr Arthur Klein of Family First Chiropractic Center in New Milford.

The program is free. It is recommended for the family, although not advisable for children under middle school age. For questions about the program, call Carol Lewis at 860/354-0374, evenings.