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2017 Scholarship Winners • Vegan Yogurt Guide Science, Caring, and Vegan Living VEGETAJ OURNAL R IANSince 1982 Veganized VOLUME XXXVI, NO 4 Southern THICS 8 Global • E Dishes Fare COLOGY Cornbread • E Travel the EALTH Flapjacks & H world in Jalapeño a stew pot! Jelly pg. 22 $4.50 USA/$5.50 CANADA www.vrg.org Quick Pumpkin Dishes NUTRITION HOTLINE QUESTION: What’s the latest of their breast cancer recurring REED MANGELS, PhD, RD thinking about soy and the risk than women who did not of breast cancer or breast cancer eat soyfoods.3 Women eating recurrence? S.A. via email soyfoods also had a lower risk of death.3 There is some evidence ANSWER: Soyfoods contain that soy products may boost the substances called isoflavones, effects of common drugs used which have a chemical structure to treat breast cancer such as similar to the hormone estrogen. tamoxifen.1 Both the American This similarity is what initially led Cancer Society and the American to concerns that soyfoods could Institute for Cancer Research have increase the risk of breast cancer said that it’s fine for breast cancer or of breast cancer recurrence. survivors to eat soy.4,5 Recent research does not support these concerns. Asian women who References eat traditional diets that typically 1. Messina M. Impact of soy foods on include soy products, have a lower the development of breast cancer and risk for breast cancer than do the prognosis of breast cancer patients. Forsch Komplementmed. 2016;23(2):75- women in the United States who 80. typically eat few soy products.1 Of course, there are other differences 2. Baglia ML, Zheng W, Li H, et al. The This issue’s Nutrition between these groups that could association of soy food consumption explain the dissimilar breast with the risk of subtype of breast cancers Hotline addresses soy defined by hormone receptor and HER2 cancer rates. status. Int J Cancer. 2016;139(4):742-8. and the risk of breast Studies focusing on soy cancer. intake during childhood and 3. Chi F, Wu R, Zeng YC, et al. Post- adolescence suggest that higher diagnosis soy food intake and breast soy consumption in early life cancer survival: A meta-analysis of is associated with a lower risk cohort studies. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2013;14: 2407–2412. of breast cancer.2 This higher consumption was around 16 4. Rock CL, Doyle C, Demark-Wahn- grams of soy protein per day, efried W, et al. Nutrition and physical which means eating about a half activity guidelines for cancer survivors. cup of cooked soybeans or ¾ cup CA Cancer J Clin. 2012;62:243-74. firm tofu or drinking 2 cups of 5. AICR. Soy is safe for breast cancer soymilk. Soy consumption later in survivors. Cancer Research Update. No- life does not appear to increase or vember 21, 2012. decrease the risk of breast cancer although it may be beneficial for older women who ate little or no soy when they were teens.2 Several large studies of women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer found that breast cancer survivors who ate soy actually had a lower risk 2 Vol. 36, Issue Four 2017 VEGETARIAN JOURNAL FEATURES MANAGING EDITOR: Debra Wasserman SENIOR EDITOR: Samantha Gendler EDITORS: Carole Hamlin, Charles Stahler NUTRITION EDITOR: Reed Mangels, PhD, RD 8 · 2017 Vegetarian Resource Group NUTRITIONAL ANALYSES: Suzanne Hengen COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: balance Photography Scholarship Winners VRG VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR The VRG awards $20,000 in college scholarships. AND CATALOG MANAGER: Brigette Dumais WEB DEVELOPMENT: Alan Polster 14 · Travel the World in a Stew Pot RESEARCH DIRECTOR: Jeanne Yacoubou VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP ADVISORS: Eight international recipes by Zel Allen including African Pumpkin Stew, Arnold Alper, MD; Suzanne Babitch, Savory Indonesian Stew, and Rajastani Ragout. DrPH, MS, RD; Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD; Catherine Conway, MS, RD; Jim Dunn; Heather Gorn, MPhil; Enette Larson-Meyer, PhD, 22 · Traditional Southern New Year’s Fare RD; Reed Mangels, PhD, RD; Jerome Marcus, MD; Cornbread Flapjacks, Hoppin’ John, Seitan Ham, and more Virginia Messina, MPH, RD; Mark Rifkin, MS, RD; recipes by Anna Lam. Brad Scott, MBA; Eric Sharer, MPH, RD, LDN; Wayne Smeltz, PhD 26 · A Guide to Vegan Yogurt COPYRIGHT 2017 BY THE VEGETARIAN By Casey Brown and Laneece Hurd, VRG Interns RESOURCE GROUP, INCORPORATED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Additional Taste Tester: Eliana Gagliolo The Vegetarian Journal (ISSN 0885-7636) is published quarterly. The contents of Vegetarian Journal and our other publications, including web information, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often DEPARTMENTS depend on company statements for product and ingredient information. It is impossible to be Nutrition Hotline 2 100% sure about a statement, info can change, The latest information on soy consumption and breast cancer. people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your own best judgement about Note from the Senior Editor 4 whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, Letters to the Editors 5 do further research or confirmation on your own. SUBMISSIONS: We do not accept unsolicited Vegan Cooking Tips 6 manuscripts. Please send a query letter first. Quick and Easy Pumpkin Dishes by Chef Nancy Berkoff ADVERTISING: Vegetarian Journal does not accept paid advertising. We do review vegan products. Scientific Update 12 EMAIL: Contact The VRG via e-mail at [email protected]. The VRG’s website is <www.vrg.org>. Notes from The VRG Scientific Department 24 CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please send change Book Reviews 25 of address to P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203. You may also e-mail a change Veggie Bits 31 of address to [email protected]. FOR INFORMATION, CALL (410) 366-VEGE. Catalog 33 Also, if you do not want your name traded Vegetarian Action 35 to other organizations, please let us know. Chef Ariel Bangs Parents and Kids Facebook Group; Vegan Casseroles Back Cover Vegetarian Journal is one project of The Vegetarian Resource Group. We are a nonprofit that educates the public about veganism/vegetarianism and the interrelated issues of health, nutrition, ecology, ethics, and world hunger. To join VRG and receive Vegetarian Journal in the USA, send $25 to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203, or go Www.vrg.org to <www.vrg.org/donate. Additional donations support our outreach and research. VEGETARIAN JOURNAL Vol. 36, Issue Four 2017 3 NOTE FROM THE SENIOR EDITOR THE FUTURE IS VEGAN s a child, answering questions about my diet was easy. “Animals are my friends; I don’t want to eat them,” would usually suffice. As an adult, the Aquestions grew more complex, but never more so than when I became pregnant. I was unprepared for the barrage of questions regarding protein, B12, calcium, and vitamin D. Suddenly, everyone was a nutrition expert! I also faced questions such as,“Will you force your child to be vegan?” and “What will you do if your child wants to try meat?” Luckily, I was armed with www.vrg.org, which provides a wealth of informa- tion about vegetarian and vegan nutrition, as do the books from The VRG Book Catalog. However, I was lacking a community of like-minded veg parents, and I know you’re out there! We recently created a private Facebook group intended to be a place of sup- port for families raising children on vegan diets and for vegan kids. I envision it as a place to get advice about a wide-variety of topics: pregnancy, birthday parties, school lunches, Halloween, non-leather apparel, cruelty-free products, and more. Please use it as a place to share your wisdom, seek advice, or just find a sympathet- ic ear. The goal is to offer support. Please join me at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/VRGparentsandkids/ Despite not knowing many vegan families in my area, the 300 students who entered VRG’s annual college scholarship contest were a welcome reminder that there are more young vegans than ever before. It’s a time-consuming application, and it gives me hope to know how many young people are dedicated to promoting compassion and a better world. Our applicants are diverse: some are from religious backgrounds, such as Hindus or Seventh-day Adventists, others are from rural areas and farming fami- lies. Some applicants go out of their way to say they are not part of the animal rights movement, while others are proud activists. Many students join or start vegan groups, others prefer to work on their own, and some come from a health or environmental perspective, while others’ veganism is part of a complete social jus- tice instinct. However, there seems to be a consensus that food is a path to change. All of our entrants deserve accolades and prizes, but see the winners starting on page 8. Samantha Gendler Senior Editor of The Vegetarian Journal 4 Vol. 36, Issue Four 2017 VEGETARIAN JOURNAL l e t t e r s Thank You! Not Bombs is an international movement with local independent VRG’s MEMORIAL Thank you to these VRG mem- chapters that aim to feed people bers who contributed to our 35th AND HONORARY with vegan food saved from enter- Anniversary Matching Donation THE FUTURE IS VEGAN ing the waste stream. GIFT PROGRAM Campaign (earlier names were I have been a VRG member How often have you wanted to listed in Issue 3 2017). make a gift in honor of a loved on and off since the 1990s. My new copy of Simply Vegan came one or friend but weren’t sure $25-$99 Supporters with the beautiful “My Vegan which charities are vegetarian- 2 anonymous donations Plate.” I’ve been recommending friendly, pro-environmental, or Bonnie Birnbaum your cookbooks and website to pro-animal rights? Please remem- Faith Fogelman friends and family who have asked ber The Vegetarian Resource Christopher Golding me how to increase the amount of Group.