Tina Volpe became a vegetarian 32 years ago when she was just a young girl.  For as long as she could remember, she'd felt a kinship with the farm animals that lived on her family's property and was inalterably affected when these creatures turned up as food on the dinner table. 

Five years ago, she was disturbed by a news report about the obesity epidemic in the U.S. and its link to craving for fast food.  Volpe decided to investigate and what she uncovered made her both furious and frustrated.  "We are literally killing ourselves by our addiction to some of the unhealthiest food on the planet," she explains. 

The Fast Food Craze: Wreaking Havoc on Bodies and Animals (Canyon Publishing, 2005) is designed to help people make better choices about foods and reveals how people are destroying their bodies at the expense of animals.  The book contains the results of Volpe's research and information for people to make conscious food choices that benefit one's health.  The dangers of a fast-food diet can include risks posed by food-borne illnesses, increased risk of obesity, diabetes, cancer and heart disease.  Volpe explains current research in these areas and provides alternatives.

The book discusses:

* Why the Fast Food giants' meals are so unhealthy
* Why they may, in the near future, be forced to put "may cause cancer" labels on one of America's favorite foods
* How people can make more healthful decisions about their food choices.
* How corporate greed and consumers' naivety cause animals to suffer, which makes people suffer.
* What people must know about the food they put in their body and how it affects their health including fat and cholesterol information and facts about food-borne illnesses
* Recommended reading and related web sites

For more information, visit www.fastfoodcraze.com