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The Island Vegetarian Vegetarian Society of Hawaii Quarterly Newsletter SUPPORTING HUMAN HEALTH, ANIMAL RIGHTS, AND ECOLOGY VOL. 24, ISSUE 4, OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2013 Inside This Issue VSH’s Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner VSH Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner 1-3 Is Here Again! President’s Message 2 But, This Year, It’s on the Friday before Thanksgiving Ten Protein-Packed Plants 3 Treating Sensitive Skin 4 by Karl Seff, PhD Best of Both Worlds Fruit Festival 5 VSH Board member Bill Gates Promotes Vegan Meat 5 Our year-end holidays (yeah!) begin Oahu and Maui VSH Events 6 each year with the VSH Annual Pre Kauai VSH Events 7 -Thanksgiving Dinner. Govinda’s Give It Fresh Today! 8 Vegetarian Buffet will be hosting it Calling Dr. Kildog! 9 again, as they have annually in Book Reviews 10-11 recent years. Open to VSH members and nonmembers, to Recipes 11-13 vegetarians and non-vegetarians, about Nutrition News 12 Thanksgiving at 300 people attend each year. Interspecies Relationships 14 Govinda’s However, there is a big change this year. The Upcoming Events 15-18 Dinner will be on the Friday before Thanksgiving, not on Thanksgiving Eve as Membership Benefits 19 in years past, partly to accommodate those who need to be far away on Thanksgiving Day. It will be on Friday, November 22nd. Free Public Lectures The fare, as always, will be traditional, completely homemade, and vegan (see menu on page 3). Wherever possible it will be organic and free of GMOs, Leslie Ashburn hydrogenated oils, MSG, preservatives, and artificial colors and flavors. Oil and salt will be kept to a minimum, and nut- and gluten-free alternatives will “Compassionate Activism” be available. Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Dinner will be at Govinda’s, 51 Coelho Way, in Nuuanu Valley. Expect a Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse comfortable, quiet Thanksgiving experience. Our hosts will, as usual, be H. Lorrin Lau, MD, MPH doing their best for us; it is Madana Sundari who needs to be especially “The Search For Truth About thanked. Plants, Animals and Dinner will cost $22 for adults and Better Human Health ” $15 for children ages 8 to 12; Tuesday, November 12, 2013 children 7 and under eat free. Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse Govinda’s will provide a supervised Ruth Heidrich, PhD craft and entertainment area for the keiki. “Why Raw? Lessons From a Vegan Triathlete and Expect to meet people whom you Cancer Survivor” have never seen before. This event Tuesday, December 10, 2013 attracts vegans and vegetarians who Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse have chosen their lifestyle for one or more of these reasons: health, Please see page 16 for more details, ethics, protection of the including Maui meeting times. (Connued on page 3) The Island Vegetarian The Island Vegetarian is published quarterly by and for the members of the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii. President’s Message P.O. Box 23208 Honolulu, HI 96823-3208 808-944-VEGI (8344) Greetings! [email protected] www.VSH.org Welcome Back to Dr. Ruth Heidrich! Visit our website for It’s a pleasure to welcome back to the Vegetar- online lecture videos, a restaurant guide, ian Society of Hawaii board, Ruth Heidrich, TV and meeting schedules, PhD! Dr. Heidrich is a well-known triathlete newsletter archives, and breast cancer survivor who has used her and more. experience and expertise to help and to inspire others through her books, videos, public lec- Board of Directors tures, her segment of the “Healing and You” President: Lorraine Sakaguchi radio program hosted by Dr. Terry Shintani Vice President: Jim Brown and Dr. Diane Nomura, and her volunteer work Secretary: William Harris, MD with VSH, as well as through the example of her vegan lifestyle and competi- Treasurer: James H. Thompson tive athletics. She has been a vegan since the day, over 30 years ago, when Directors: Karl Seff, PhD she joined Dr. John McDougall’s clinical research study on the effect of a low Patrick Moore -fat vegan diet on breast cancer, which started her on the road to recovery Steve Blake, ScD from metastatic breast cancer. Ori Ann Li Ruth Heidrich, PhD Ruth has been a VSH member since 1990, the year that VSH was founded. Advisory Board She further happens to have previously held my current position here at VSH! Mark Fergusson She served as VSH president from 1995 to 1998, the year she “lost an argu- ment with a truck” while cycling in Kaimuki. Ruth came back from her seri- Newsletter Committee ous injuries incurred in that encounter, ignoring the predictions of her physi- cians that she’d never run again. She’s run (and swum and bicycled!) in nu- William Harris, MD James H. Thompson merous races since then, and won gold medals in many of them! She is a Lorraine Sakaguchi wonderful example of the resilient good health that can be achieved through a Nyssa Thompson healthy, plant-based (she now eats it raw) diet, as well as an example of the extraordinary heights a person can achieve who has lofty goals and a never- Mahalo to our volunteers: say-die attitude. I’m excited to have Oahu Ruth back with us on the VSH board! Terry Bear Jake Lulu Cey Matt Jisa Mahalo to Ayla Sarnoff Patrick Connair Sirilak Moore Phyllis Fong James Richart Ayla Sarnoff has been an active VSH Dr. Fred Foster Ayla Sarnoff volunteer, who has helped with our Don Hargarten Georgie Yap tabling events this past year, includ- Nancy Ikeda ing those at the Punahou School Sus- Kauai tainability Fair and at Honolulu Vigil Alkana Community College’s “Be The Ed Otsuji and Ayla Sarnoff at her Karin Medigovich Dameron Change” event. She has just moved PCRM Food For Life class in August Thomas Eisendrath (also, Oahu) away from Hawaii (with the possibility of Gordon LaBedz, MD returning here again someday), though, and her presence will be missed, not only by us at VSH, but by the community, as well, especially for her healthy Maui vegan Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine “Food For Life” clas- Catherine Blake ses, including her Farm To Table events with Ed Otsuji of Otsuji Farms. Laurelee Blanchard Best wishes to Ayla! Brook and Home Le’amohala Page 2 The Island Vegetarian ♦ October‐December 2013 Vegan Thanksgiving Buffet Menu VSH’s Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner —‐ s —‐ Is Here Again! ic ix s sso ssis —‐ i oss —‐ oc o s oos o (Connued from page 1) is‐ c environment, and religion. Talk to the people at your table. Ask them why they came; you are likely to learn something and to be ‐ s impressed. On this occasion, we are all one family. o i i os We are not alone. Millions of people across the U.S. are celebrating Thanksgiving in this way. We hope to see you there! o s i Payment will be gathered in advance. A full reimbursement will be made for cancellations made by November 18. —‐ sss —‐ Choose a seating time: 4, 4:15, 4:30, 4:45, 5, 5:15, 5:30, 5:45, 6, o i i 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, or 7 p.m. Everyone, even late arrivals, must be out by 8:00 p.m. so Govinda’s has time to clean up and prepare for the oi ic next day. i iss To make a reservation and prepay by November 18, please go to www.vsh.org/thanksgiving or —‐ is —‐ Call (808)445-9920 or Email [email protected] or o o Write a check to “ISKCON Hawaii”, and mail it to: i Thanksgiving, 51 Coelho Way, Honolulu HI 96817 Dises re Ornic n uten‐Free Wen Possie Ten Protein-Packed Plants neurochemical, helps relieve anxiety and other related conditions. by ALISA RUTHERFORD-FORTUNATI If you’re like me, pumpkin is one of Zinc: Boosts immune function and fights osteoporo- your favorite fall foods. The last sis. time you steamed up some squash or Phytosterols: Reduce LDL cholesterol (the bad kind) pumpkin, did you have the seeds and increase HDL (the good kind); may also be effective though? One ounce of pumpkin in the prevention of cancer. seeds contains 9.35 grams of protein! That’s over two grams more than the Pumpkin seeds are also full of manganese, phosphorous, same quantity of ground beef. Their copper, vitamin K, vitamin E, B vitamins such as thiamin, high protein content and level of nu- riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6 trients makes them a wonderful addi- (pyridoxine), folates, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesi- tion to any salad or snack. um, zinc, selenium and more! Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds: If pumpkin seeds aren’t your thing, don’t worry – there are plenty of other seed-based protein powerhouses out Tryptophan: Helps fight depression (converted into there. serotonin and niacin). Read the rest of the article at: hp://gentleworld.org/10‐ Glutamate (needed to create GABA): Anti-stress protein‐packed‐plants/ The Island Vegetarian ♦ October‐December 2013 Page 3 Treating Sensitive Skin From the Inside Out Instead of treating sensitive skin topically, with lotions and creams, why not treat it from the inside out with diet? About half of the American population says they have sensitive skin, defined loose- ly as tingling, chafing, burn- ing, itching sensations when exposed to various environ- mental factors. A similar high prevalence has been reported throughout Japan and Europe, and it appears especially prevalent among women. Often there are no obvious signs, so it was dismissed as a “princess and the pea” phenomenon by the medical community. Now it’s largely recognized as a genuine physiologi- Photo by: Dvortygirl cal phenomenon, thought to arise from a breakdown of the skin barrier that allows potentially irritating Make sure to grind them up to maximize nutrient ab- substances to penetrate the skin and generate an in- sorption.