The Island Vegetarian Vegetarian Society of Hawaii Quarterly Newsletter

SUPPORTING HUMAN HEALTH, ANIMAL RIGHTS, AND ECOLOGY VOL. 18, ISSUE 4, OCT – DEC 2007 Inside Thanksgiving Eve Dinner:

• William Harris, M.D. • John McDougall, M.D. You’re invited

• Animal Rights Corner by Karl Seff, Ph.D. • Calendar of Events VSH Board member • Reviews fter October comes ... uh Thanksgiving, and with that the holiday season A is upon us with its mall shopping, colorful decorations, festive parties, family and friends, and decadent food. To set the pace for a season that by- passes the decadent food, the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii presents its annual Public Lectures* Thanksgiving Eve Dinner. Our friends at Govinda’s Restaurant warmly wel- come us back and will again do their best to make the evening memorable. This event is well known CHEF LESLIE ASHBURN for bringing together the di- “HEALTHY WHOLE FOODS verse arms of the vegetarian IN A FLASH” community, including animal Menu

th rights activists, environmental- Sat., October 20 , 7 p.m. ists, health vegetarians, ethical Green Salad McCoy Pavilion, vegetarians, and people of vari- Tofu Turkey Ala Moana Beach Park ous religiouhs igsr osuptusd. yW heas ar er ein- Faux Ham the THono lulu Vfeogrecetardia tnh Fae wm-ell- Mashed Potatoes & Gravy FAST FOOD NATION ily. S tuffing known fact that Fresh Cranberry Sauce A FILM Vegans, vegetarians, their “skinning your chicken” Baked Yams th friends and families, and any- Sat., November 10 , 7 p.m. one elsean intde r“edstreidn ikni nga h elaoltwhy f at Green Beans Almandine McCoy Pavilion, holimdaiyl k”me aisl airnec wonelsecomque.e ntial. Dinner Rolls Ala Moana Beach Park As always, the buffet meal Fresh Pumpkin Pie will be cruelty-free, healthy, Cinnamon Apple Slices in Sauce low-fat, and vegan. No hydro- Herbal Tea JIM MASON, J.D.

genated oils, no MSG, no pre- Call 271-4780 “THE WAY WE EAT: WHY OUR servatives, and no artificial col- FOOD CHOICES MATTER” ors or flavors will be used. The

Sat., December 8th, 7 p.m. ingredients will be organic McCoy Pavilion, wherever possible, and the traditional fare will be nearly entirely homemade. The cost is $14 for adults and $10 for children under 12. Seatings will be Ala Moana Beach Park st at 5 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21 . Govinda’s is located in the Hare Krishna Temple at 51 Coelho Way off the Ewa (Honolulu-bound) side of the Pali Highway, just before the Nuuanu Avenue exit. Call 595-3947 for re- *See page 10 corded directions. for more information For reservations, please call Teja at 271-4780. If you get a recording, and for Maui meeting dates. just leave your name, phone number, the number of people in your party, and the seating time you prefer. Any questions about the meal should be directed The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 to the friendly folks at Govinda’s. Page 1 We hope to see you there!

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Alida Rutchick, M.Ed.

reetings. The Island Vegetarian G This quarter we have reached a significant turning point in our opera- The Island Vegetarian is published quarterly by and for the members of the tions. Jim Brown—VSH vice president and newsletter editor—has created his Vegetarian Society of Hawaii. last issue of The Island Vegetarian. Scott Snarr, founder of the Vegetarian Club at UH Manoa, recent UH graduate (Congratulations, Scott!), long time vegan, P.O. Box 23208 Honolulu, HI 96823-3208 and VSH volunteer for the past four years, will take over beginning with the 808-944-VEGI (8344) next issue. Our thanks go out to Jim for his seven plus years of service with the [email protected] newsletter. His many and varied talents will be focused on other equally com- VSH.org pelling activities in support of the VSH mission. He will continue to coordinate VegHawaii.org speakers for the monthly public lectures, maintain the VSH website, create fly- ers and other promotional materials, and help organize the monthly potluck/ lectures on Kauai from his home on the Garden Island. Meanwhile, Scott will Visit our website for be orienting himself to a new design program and computer in Taiwan, where online lecture videos, he will live and teach for the next 12-18 months. By the way, we are in the a restaurant guide, TV and meeting schedules, process of trying to find a printing company that is interested in doing a little newsletter archives, pro bono work for a non-profit organization (VSH, that is). The newsletter is and more. one of our biggest expense items. If we could save the cost of the printing alone, we’d be in a better position in the long run to continue bringing in monthly speakers. If you know of anyone who might be able to provide this service, Board of Directors please email us at [email protected]. Two other enhancements to our program offerings are thanks to Dr. Bill President: Alida Rutchick, M.Ed. Harris: Available now online are vintage VSH t-shirts; see page 13 for details. Vice Pres: Jim Brown Secretary: William Harris, M.D. Also, more than 75 VSH lectures are available for viewing online at VSH.org. Treasurer: Mel Hertz, M.B.A., CFP® See page 12 for more information. Directors: Laurelee Blanchard VSH-ers who are also members of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Patrick Moore Program might notice a mention of VSH’s monthly free public lectures in the Karl Seff, Ph.D. KP L.I.F.E. calendar beginning in January 2008. This publication is sent to

10,000 people in Hawaii and is sure to greatly increase VSH visibility in our community. Newsletter Committee In this quarter our annual pre-Thanksgiving Dinner will again take Jim Brown place at Govinda’s off the Pali Highway (see page one). Those who regularly William Harris, M.D. Alida Rutchick, M.Ed. attend this wouldn’t miss it (myself included!). It really is a great way to mark Scott Snarr this important observance, which might otherwise—for vegetarians—be a bit of a letdown in the holiday season. If you haven’t attended, do give it a try. I hope to see you there.

Mahalo Aloha, to all our volunteers!

Page 2 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 phage type 30 in almond hull and shell tory culture media for pathogenic or- Almond slurries and survival in drying almond ganisms. Out of 116 laboratory culture hulls. Uesugi AR, Harris LJ. media used to grow and isolate bacteria pasteurization that cause human disease, 97 contain 5. J Food Prot. 2005 Jan;68(1):191-8. blood, milk, serum, brain, heart, bile, An international out- testimony eggs, and other animal break of salmonellosis t appears that material. (Ibid p 657) associated with raw by William Harris, M.D. It appears that al- almonds contaminated almost all Founding VSH Board member “I most all human conta- with a rare phage type gious disease origi- of Salmonella enteriti- human contagious July 11, 2007 nated from domesti- dis. Isaacs S, Aramini disease originated cated animals in J, Ciebin B, Farrar JA, o whom it may concern: which the organism Ahmed R, Middleton from domesticated was benign until it T D, Chandran AU, Har- I wish to protest mutated and jumped ris LJ, Howes M, Chan animals...” the impending deci- the species barrier into E, Pichette AS, Camp- sion by the California humans (E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., bell K, Gupta A, Lior LY, Pearce M, Almond Board to Robert H. Yolken, M.D. Beasts of the Clark C, Rodgers F, Jamieson F, Bro- pasteurize most of its Earth: Animals, Humans, and Disease. phy I, Ellis A; Salmonella Enteritidis annual almond crop. Rutgers University Press, New Bruns- PT30 Outbreak Investigation Working As a consumer I pre- wick 2005 ISBN 0-8135-3571-9). This Group.) fer to eat my food thoroughly referenced and scrupu- raw, and since raw, unblanched al- While I accept the evidence that lously scientific work concludes that monds are an important protein source the Salmonella may well have been domestic fowl first blessed us with the in my diet, this decision appears to me passively trans- arbitrary and illogical. mitted by al- However, as a retired clinician, I monds, particu- believe the decision also to be ill- larly those that founded scientifically. It would appear became damp that pasteurization has been selected as after falling to a legal response to a spate of salmo- the ground, it nella enteriditis cases occurring in the would seem years 2001-2006 and well documented there are other in a series of peer-reviewed articles. unmentioned

(1. J Food Prot. 2007 Apr;70(4):820-7. considerations. Prevalence and amounts of Salmonella Plant foods are found on raw California almonds. not an intrinsic Danyluk MD, Jones TM, Abd SJ, source of nutri- Schlitt-Dittrich F, Jacobs M, Harris LJ. ents for the mi- crobes patho- 2. J Food Prot. 2006 Aug;69(8):1851- genic to humans Paramount Farms 7. Survival of Salmonella enteritidis that over a 500 phage type 30 on inoculated almonds million-year period have adapted to Salmonella organism but notes also stored at -20, 4, 23, and 35 degrees C. their host’s “internal milieu.” Specifi- that it can be transmitted by cattle and Uesugi AR, Danyluk MD, Harris LJ. cally, Salmonella grows best on a me- cattle manure. dia enriched with beef extract and bile The initial Salmonella outbreaks 3. J Food Prot. 2006 Jul;69(7):1594-9. salts, both slaughterhouse byproducts. seem to have involved almonds grown Monte Carlo simulations assessing the (Baron EJ, and Finegold SM. Diagnos- and processed by Paramount Farms, risk of salmonellosis from consump- tic Microbiology. p A-24 C.V. Mosby. Lost Hills, CA 93249. A visit to its tion of almonds. Danyluk MD, Harris St.Louis 1990. ISBN 0-8016-0344-7.) website www.paramountfarms.com LJ, Schaffner DW. There is no mention of almonds or al- 4. J Food Prot. 2006 Apr;69(4):712-8. mond extract anywhere in this book (See Testimony on page 19) Growth of Salmonella Enteritidis devoted to the arcane topic of labora-

The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Page 3 these animals from being boiled alive, Vegan tidbits they have gotten themselves up to their Letter to the necks in hot water, so to speak. The by Scott Snarr group did not have the required permit Maui News VSH member for releasing animals into the wild,

which could upset the local ecosystem. It Pays to Go Veggie All this concern about New Jersey’s environmental authori- n the UK vegetari- ties are trying to track down the people dogs and none for I ans are finally get- responsible. animals we eat ting the break they de- Google news search: “Amitabha serve when it comes to life insurance. Passaic” ur national media have had a Non-meat eaters who sign up with Ani- O field day reporting on allegations mal Friends Insurance Services (AFI) Vegetarian Times Goes Green? that Atlanta Falcons quarterback Mi- will save 6-10% on premiums. “The Don’t be fooled by the new maga- chael Vick ran a brutal dog fighting risk of vegetarians suffering from some zine on the newsstand this month operation and personally slaughtered cancers is reduced by up to 40% and called “Greens;” only the title is new. eight dogs. Yet no one ever reports on from heart disease by up to 30%,” ex- “Greens” is the experimental new the brutal slaughter every hour of every plains Elaine Fairfax, managing direc- name for the “Vegetarian Times.” day of every year of a million cows, tor of AFI. The policy is underwritten Spokespersons say they will try the pigs, and other innocent, sentient ani- by LV (formerly Liverpool Victoria). name for two issues to see how it is mals who are just as deserving of our AFI also offers insurance for cats and received by its readers, of which only respect and compassion as Vick’s dogs. Net profits are donated to chari- 40% identify as vegetarians. Critics say dogs. ties that help animals. the name change comes as no surprise There is no life before death for Google news search: “Animal Friends since the magazine abandoned its ac- these animals. In today’s factory farms Insurance” See also www. tivism years ago and now carries little baby cows are torn from their mothers animalfriends.org.uk. more than ovo-lacto-vegetarian reci- at birth and chained by the neck for 16

pes. weeks in tiny wood crates to produce Animal Rescuers up a Creek veal. Breeding sows are impregnated Google news search: “Vegetarian A group of Amitabha Buddhists Times Greens” artificially and confined in similarly performed an annual ritual on August tight metal cages. As many as seven 12 when they bought hundreds of Veggies Get Branded laying hens are stuffed for months in a frogs, turtles, and eels destined for din- metal cage the size of a folded newspa- For the first time in their 62 years ner plates from Chinatown in New per. of existence, local vegetarian organiza- York and released them into New Jer- Following this unconscionable tions across Canada are banding to- sey’s Passaic River. While members of abuse, the animals are trucked for gether to form a national body, the Ca- the vegetarian group may have saved hours without food or water and ex- nadian Vegetarian Association (CVA). posed to extreme cold or heat. Many The non-profit group aims to counter never make it. At the slaughterhouse, negative stereotypes and to “brand” they are frequently dismembered, Join the VSH vegetarianism in much the same way skinned, scalded, or drowned while the dairy, egg, and meat industries fully conscious. e-mail news have branded their products. The CVA Every dollar we spend for meat or has also developed a trademark that dairy products at the checkout counter group will be used as a seal of approval on is our direct subsidy for animal cruelty.

vegetarian-friendly products sold Let’s remember our own responsibility ou’ll receive three or four throughout the country. About 1 in whenever we get upset over the latest messages a month—meeting Y every 25 Canadians is a vegetarian. report on Michael Vick’s cruel treat- reminders, the “Vegetarian” TV See www.canadianvegetarian.org for ment of his dogs. schedule, and notices of special more info. events. To join, send a message to: Mason Walters

Wailuku VSH-News-Group-Subscribe @yahoo.groups.com. http://mauinews.com/story.aspx? id=32796

Page 4 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 belching cattle and giant lagoons of government gives corn farmers several Eat veggies, hog manure has the same impact on billion dollars a year to provide cheap global warming as the carbon dioxide feed for livestock and cheap high- help world produced by 33 million automobiles. fructose corn syrup for soda makers. The standard American diet, rela- Why not direct those billions to by Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D. tively high in meat putting more fresh

and dairy, might as fruits and vegeta- o you’re using the air conditioner he standard well be called the bles on the lunch a bit less and you replaced your S Global Warming American diet, trays of America’s old light bulbs with high-efficiency T Diet. Making even school kids? Also, ones. Perhaps you’ve traded in the small changes can relatively high in the U.S. Depart- Hummer for a Prius or, better yet, are add up, as you can ment of Agriculture giving public transportation a spin. meat and dairy, see on calculators encourages the con- Those steps, big and small, will all available at Eating sumption of beef, help slow down global warming and might as well be Green (http://www. pork, dairy, and otherwise be helpful to the environ- cspinet.org/ called the Global eggs. Why not do ment. EatingGreen/index. that for whole Stick with `em. Warming Diet. html). wheat bread and But if you want to help even more, Replacing one broccoli instead? consider that you have three more op- hamburger, one egg and a 1-ounce A greener diet won’t stop all the portunities every single day to do serving of cheese each day for a year glaciers from melting, but it protects something for your planet: breakfast, with a mix of vegetables, fruit, beans hearts, cuts air and water pollution, and lunch, and dinner. and whole grains would spare the need reduces animal suffering. Quite a bar- Americans eat more than a billion for 1.8 acres of cropland, 40 pounds of gain from eating delicious meals. pounds of food each day. To churn out fertilizer, and 3 ounces of pesticides. It the grains, meat, poultry, and fruits and Michael F. Jacobson is executive director also would mean dumping 11,400 vegetables that feed the country, our of the Center for Science in the Public In- fewer pounds of animal manure into agricultural system consumes enor- terest in Washington. the environment. mous quantities of fuel, fertilizers, wa- Another benefit of eating fewer Reprinted with the permission of the au- ter, pesticides and enormous tracts of thor. animal products is that fewer animals erodible land. will need to be raised. Most livestock But much of those resources aren’t today suffer miserably when they are feeding us directly—they’re producing crammed together in small crowded the feed for the animals we eat, a terri- cages, huge crowded sheds, or filthy, bly inefficient process that wastes non- crowded feedlots. renewable resources. Many of the 100 If altruism isn’t reason enough to million acres of land and 17 trillion eat a “greener” diet, consider the self- gallons of irrigation water used to grow ish reasons to switch from burgers and animal feed could be put to more pro- bacon to cantaloupe and carrots. Vege- ductive uses—or not used. tarians and others who eat more-plant- The energy used just to produce Adopt a College based diets are healthier than the rest fertilizer for feed crops could instead of us. They have much lower rates of be used to fuel one million homes. Re- dopt a College (AAC) is a obesity, heart attack, stroke, and diabe- ducing the use of fertilizer to grow program created by Vegan tes. Eliminating all the fats from beef, A corn in the Midwest would bring Outreach to increase the leafleting pork, poultry, and dairy foods from aquatic life back to the bottom of the of vegetarian pamphlets to stu- Americans’ diets would save about Gulf of Mexico, where there is now a dents. AAC reaches hundreds of 65,000 lives a year. And adding lots of New Jersey-size dead zone. thousands of students who would plant foods would make arteries more Besides squandering resources go- not approach a literature table. flexible and reduce rates of cancer. ing into animals, consider what we get For more information, contact The government’s Dietary Guide- out of them. For starters, there’s meth- Vegan Outreach through its web- lines for Americans recommends that ane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more site: we eat more plant-based diets, but it conducive to global warming than car- hasn’t adopted supportive policies. The (www.veganhealth.org/colleges). bon dioxide. The methane produced by

The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Page 5

ANIMAL RIGHTS CORNER

How the meat industry is trying (and may be succeed- ing) to undermine the animal rights movement by Cathy Goegell the Animal Welfare Institute’s enabled this disconnect as “neo VSH member “Animal Welfare Approved” seal, carns” (They have also been de- and multi millionaire pig and cattle scribed as “new welfarists”). These n 2005 seventeen national animal rancher Nicolette Niman. HSUS gave enablers have espoused terms like I protection organizations signed on these unlikely people a podium from free range, cage-free, and naturally to an open letter to John Mackey, which to proselytize for their raised, organic, and uncrated for pigs CEO of Whole Foods, thanking him “humane meat.” and calves whose flesh sometimes for his founding of the Animal Com- Jenny Stein and James LaVeck, carry a seal of approval from animal passion Foundation and for his com- producers of the excellent films “The protection organizations (such as mitment to selling only animal prod- Witness” and “Peaceable Kingdom,” “Animal Care Certified”). ucts that were the result of humane have written Bruce husbandry, handling, and slaughter. eloquently in Friedrich of The letter was printed on Animal their essay thers say that in People for the Rights International stationery, an Project for the O movements for social Ethical Treat- organization headed by Peter Singer, New Ameri- ment of Ani- considered by many to be the father can Carni- justice there is no in be- mals (PeTA), of the modern animal rights move- vore—From which signed ment.1 Lyman to Ni- tween ground—slavery the letter to This of course sent ripples and man in 10 John Mackey then tsunamis throughout our move- Years2 about was evil—the abolitionists but did not ment, as questions were raised about the subver- did not fight for better con- sponsor the groups calling themselves “animal sion of the TAFA confer- rights” applauding companies that animal rights ditions for the slaves; there ence, defends have promised to give chickens a few movement by trying to ame- more square centimeters to live in the industries are no gradations in civil liorate the until they are slaughtered, or veal that abuse rights and there should not suffering of calves or pregnant pigs a bit more animals, re- farmed ani- space to spend the days before they ferring to the be in animal rights. mals whilst are butchered. vast chasm working for Then, this past summer, the Hu- between for- abolition be- mane Society of the U.S. held the mer cattle rancher and now vegan cause of the huge numbers of ani- Taking Action For Animals (TAFA) crusader Howard Lyman to the “feel mals whose misery can be shortened, Conference in Washington, D.C. good about yourself whilst chewing if just a bit.3 Among the sponsors was Whole slaughtered corpses because the only Others say that in movements for Foods. Among the invited speakers bad day our animals have is their last social justice there is no in between were Randy Strauss, self proclaimed day” Nicollette Niman—all in just 10 ground—slavery was evil—the aboli- owner of the largest veal operation in years. tionists did not fight for better condi- America, Frank Reese, whose Good La Veck and Stein have de- tions for the slaves; there are no gra- Shepherd turkey ranch has received scribed the organizations that have (Continued on page 7)

Page 6 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 (Continued from previous page) perfectly tuned. And every day, I do

PETA’s sexiest the same for my body—with healthy, dations in civil rights and there should vegetarian meals,” Eubanks has said. not be in animal rights. vegetarians “It’s the easiest way to stay fit and feel The meat industry is using small great.” concessions to undercut committed ens of thousands of votes have Carrie Underwood, who is cele- vegetarians. To be truly compassionate T been counted brating her second to animals, we must never give them a and the results are in. win as “World’s bad day. Tom Regan, University of PETA is thrilled to Sexiest Vegetar- North Carolina philosophy professor announce that To- ian” (she also won in emeritus and founder of the Culture night Show band PETA’s 2005 poll), is and Animals Institute (and former leader Kevin Eubanks a lifelong animal VSH speaker), has said again and has been voted lover. “I quit eating again—and it cannot be said too often: PETA’s World’s beef when I was “We want empty cages, not bigger Sexiest Vegetarian about thirteen,” she cages.” man for 2007, while has said. “I do it be- American Idol super- cause I really love 1. http://www.satyamag.com/sept06/edit. star Carrie Under- animals and it just html wood was voted makes me sad. … I 2. http://www.tribeofheart.org/tohhtml/ World’s Sexiest don’t like to watch pnac.htm Vegetarian woman. commercials where 3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce- Red-carpet runners- they have meat. It friedrich/humane-meat-a- contradict_b_58547.html up include sexy sleuth Kristen Bell, weirds me out.” Known to sport “V Is Spider-Man 3’s Bryce Dallas Howard, for Vegetarian” shirts at her concerts, Cathy Goeggel is director of research and dashing actor Joaquin Phoenix, Heroes the singer frequently mentions that investigations for Animal Rights Hawaii. hottie Milo Ventimiglia, charming col- vegetarian pizza is one of her favorite umnist Michael Ausiello, and 30 Sec- foods. What’s more, Underwood is onds to Mars vo- also known to Animal Rights calist Jared Leto. rescue stray ani- Hawaii Jay Leno mals. P.O. Box 10845 couldn’t be hap- Why are so Honolulu, HI 96816 pier about many in Holly- (808) 941-9476 Eubanks’ tri- wood shunning AnimalRightsHawaii.com umph. Leno men- meat? These tioned the contest stars’ reasons for on The Tonight keeping animals Show several off their plates times during the are as diverse and World Farm final week of the inspiring as their contest, saying talents—from Animals Day that he “want[ed avoiding the in- Kevin] to win to excusable cruelty orld Farm Animals Day bring honor to to animals in fac- W takes place on or around [the Tonight tory farms and October 2nd. It is a time for all Show] stage.” slaughterhouses to reflect on the suffering and Eubanks—who to improving death of the 50 billion sentient has long been their own health animals brutalized in the known for his and helping the world’s factory farms and buff body in addi- environment by slaughterhouses every year. tion to his musical skills—is proof that not contributing to factory-farm pollu- turning to veggies doesn’t mean turn- tion. WFAD.org ing down muscle. “Every night before the show, I make sure [my] guitar is

The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Page 7 Data collected by asking the study a one pound weight loss, over a year Study fails to show participants about what they ate sug- equating to 12 pounds; over the entire gested they were eating more fruits and 6 years of study the women should benefits of fruits vegetables and less fat after being have achieved trim body weight. In- and veggies for given instructions dictated by the study stead, they gained weight! guidelines. But people don’t always The differences in foods consumed breast cancer tell the truth—they often want to between the two groups were caused please the investigators, so they tell by subjects in the control group report- patients them what they think they want to ing that they ate less fruit and more fat hear, which in this case was clearly in- over the study period and not by any Women are blamed, accurate. improvement in The women he authors deceived the intervention but the investigators described as group’s diet and were at fault adopting “a die- Tt he public by claim- not by other than tary pattern very 2 more vegetable ing they were able to high in vegetables, servings a day. he meat and dairy industry must fruit, and fiber and Yet, rather then have been laughing all the way to cause the “adoption of a T low in fat” did not writing about the the bank on Tuesday July 17, 2007 lose any body dietary pattern very high minor absolute when headlines worldwide announced weight at any time changes in the the results of a seven-year diet experi- in vegetables, fruit, and during the study— diet made by the ment, known as The Women’s Healthy in fact, they fiber and low in fat.” intervention Eating and Living (WHEL) Random- gained a small group, they ized Trial, of more than 3,000 women amount. They boasted of the with breast cancer. This government- were, on average, obese at 161.7 relative differences between the inter- funded study (kicked off by a $5 mil- pounds (73.5 Kg) when they began the vention and control groups—reporting lion grant from the late Wal-Mart heir study, and 6 years later they were still impressive figures like: “At 4 years, John Walton with an additional $30 obese, weighing 163 pounds (74.1 Kg). relative differences in mean intake be- million in support from the National Nor did their average weights differ tween study groups were +65% for Cancer Institute) found no benefit from from the women who were not advised vegetable servings, +25% for fruit recommending that women with breast to change their diet (the control group). servings, +30% for fiber, and -13% for cancer eat more fruits and vegetables The data collected by asking the energy intake from fat.” and less fat. The chances of fewer re- women what they ate was inaccurate. currences and better survival were not The women with “a dietary pattern The Authors Deceived the Public seen in women previously treated for very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber breast cancer after changing their diets. Fraud is intentional deception re- and low in fat” were reported to have As a result of this paper, originally sulting in injury to another person. The decreased their daily calorie intake by published in the Journal of the Ameri- authors deceived the public by claim- an average of 181 calories (1719 ini- can Medical Association, more people ing they were able to cause the tially, and 1538 six years later), yet now believe that healthier eating will “adoption of a dietary pattern very high they gained weight. At every sixth not help women prevent or treat breast in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low month data collection they reported cancer. in fat.” consuming at least 100 fewer calories Their concluding statement was, daily than they consumed before the Incontrovertible Facts Show Women experiment began. A 100-calorie-plus (Continued on page 9) Made Few Changes daily deficit over a month would cause Page 8 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 (Continued from page 8) lished articles, has identified the rich would follow the dietary model of Western diet as the cause of breast women worldwide who have the “... during a mean 7.3-year follow- cancer, and many scientific studies least chance of contracting breast up, we found no evidence that adop- have shown that a meaningful change cancer and the best chance of surviv- tion of a dietary pattern very high in in diet will allow women with breast ing it. These are women who follow vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in cancer to live longer and healthier. a diet based on starches, like those in fat vs a 5-a-day fruit and vegetable Yet one poorly-executed, well- rural Asia (rice), Africa (millet), diet prevents breast cancer recur- publicized study may turn the tide Mexico (corn), New Guinea (sweet rence or death among women with against better health for women. potatoes) and Peru (potatoes). The previously treated early stage breast few women who do get breast cancer cancer.” These words reflect the tone When Asked, Women Will Change in these societies also live longer of the entire article—one of a suc- than their Western counterparts. Breast cancer is a fatal disease cessful experiment, not a failure— Unfortunately, a serious diet and women will do almost anything and led the public and press to be- study on breast cancer is no more to live. They lieve that women in the intervention likely to occur will endure poi- group made substantial changes in than would a soning by toxic their diet. The result was headlines he full can- study on heart chemotherapy, like: “No Cancer Benefit Found In disease, obesity, burning with ra- Mega-Veggie-Diet Study,” “Dietary cer-inhibiting or type-2 diabe- diation, and mu- T Hopes Dashed for Breast Cancer Pa- tes-diseases tilation from tients,” “Intensive Diet Doesn’t Pre- well accepted to breast- benefits of low- vent Breast Cancer: Study,” be due to the amputating mas- “Healthiest Diet Made Little Differ- Western diet. tectomy in the fat, plant foods ence to Breast Cancer Survivors,” Current finan- hopes of living a and “Fruits, Veggies Don’t Stop cial incentives few more days. Cancer Return.” But the conscien- were never offered are focused on Obviously, if tious reader studies Table 2 (in origi- maintaining the asked to do so, nal article) and correctly concludes: to these women. status quo. So, and given proper Even if the data reported were an ac- until the revolu- support from curate reflection of what these tion against the controlling interests their doctors and dietitians, they women did, two more vegetable of big business occurs, you will be would do something as simple, safe, servings a day is not a diet “very left to your own means to protect cost-effective, and enjoyable as eat- high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber yourself and your family. ing oatmeal and bean burritos while and low in fat.” Additional Note: Information on avoiding beefsteaks and cheese ome- Neither lack of intelligence nor The Women’s Health Initiative Ran- lets. In The Women’s Healthy Eating carelessness caused the report to be domized Controlled Dietary Modifi- and Living (WHEL) Randomized written in a manner that led the pub- cation Trial, a study also failing to Trial they continued the same meat-, lic and press to incorrect conclusions; show important benefits of diet for dairy-, oil-, and environmental I believe that the authors intention- breast cancer for similar reasons, is chemical-laden diet that got them in ally deceived the public. One possi- found in my February 2006 newslet- trouble in the first place with minor ble motivation for distorting the truth ter. was to save face. They wasted $35 modifications. The investigators, not References may be found on the million dollars (much of it taxpayer the women, should be held responsi- drmcdougall.com website. money) by feeding women with ble for the fact that even the instruc- tions to eat, “5 vegetable servings breast cancer an ineffective diet. Reprinted with the permission of the plus 16 oz of vegetable juice; 3 fruit Rather than admit their mistakes, author. servings; 30 g of fiber; and 15% to they chose to distort the real meaning of the findings of their study, and ef- 20% of energy intake from fat,” were Subscribe to the free McDougall fectually, deprive women of an op- followed poorly. The full cancer- e-newsletter at drmcdougall.com. inhibiting benefits of low-fat, plant portunity to become healthier by eat- Dr. McDougall has been a VSH ing more fruits and vegetables. foods were never offered to these women. guest speaker a number of times, Sixty years of scientific research, most recently in April 2006. involving tens of thousands of pub- A true test of diet for the preven- tion and treatment of breast cancer

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Vegetarian Society of Hawaii Calendar of Events: October—December 2007 CHEF LESLIE ASHBURN FAST FOOD NATION

“HEALTHY WHOLE A FILM BY RICHARD LINKLATER

FOODS IN A FLASH” Saturday, November 10th, 7 p.m.

th McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park Saturday, October 20 , 7 p.m. McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana ast Food Nation traces the birth of an everyday, ordinary Beach Park F burger through a chain of riveting, interlocked human sto- ries—from a hopeful, young immigrant couple who cross the n our fast-paced society we’re all struggling to balance time border to work in a perilous meat-packing plant, to the corporate I spent working with time spent enjoying relationships, family, marketing whiz who is shocked to discover that his latest burger and hobbies while still having time to cook. It’s no wonder we invention is literally full of manure. As the film traverses from buy plate lunches or fast food, but our health and well-being suf- pristine barbeque smoke labs to the volatile U.S.-Mexican bor- fer as a result. One of the obstacles people face when changing der, it unveils a provocative their diet and lifestyle is the impression that cooking with whole portrait of all the yearning, am- foods is difficult and time-consuming. Chef Leslie Ashburn will bition, corruption, and hope show you how easy it can be to make amazingly delicious and that lies inside what America is healthy food in a short amount of time. biting into. Trained in Japan, Leslie is a vegan macrobiotic chef and Starring Ethan Hawke, The truth is hard to swallow. cooking teacher in Honolulu. In addition to teaching at the Uni- Kris Kristofferson, Ashley versity of Hawaii and Kapiolani Community College, she co- Johnson, Avril Lavigne, Greg organizes the Macrobiotic Community Dinner and is the organ- Kinnear, Wilmer Valerrama, izer for the online Vegan and Macrobiotic Meetup Groups. Her Patricia Arquette, Catalina goals are to teach people that by changing to a diet focusing on Sandino Moreno, Esai Morales. 116 Rated whole foods, they can achieve radiant health, energy, beauty, and min. R well-being and that we can live lightly and consciously on the Fast Food Nation will also be shown on Maui: Friday, No- Earth. th vember 16 , 7 p.m., Cam- Chef Ashburn will also be speaking on Maui: Tuesday, Octo- eron Center, 95 Mahalani St., th ber 23 , 7 p.m., Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku. Wailuku.

JIM MASON, J.D.

“THE WAY WE EAT: WHY OUR FOOD CHOICES MATTER”

Saturday, December 8th, 7 p.m., McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park

im Mason will talk about his most recent book of the same title written with Peter Singer, the Princeton profes- J sor and internationally-renowned ethicist. He will discuss the diets of three American families and the source of the foods they eat and will explore the ethical questions that arise along the way. He will cover factory farming and alternatives, fair trade, buying local, organic farming, commercial fishing, and other food matters of concern to consumers today. Mason will talk about some of the surprises they found in the course of their research. For example, they found that the labels “organic” and “humane” can be decep- tive and that buying local is not always the most ethical choice. Jim Mason is an author and attorney. His latest book, co-authored with Peter Singer, is The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (Rodale Press, 2006). He is author of An Unnatural Order: The Roots of Our Destruction of Nature (Lantern Books, 2005) and co-author with Peter Singer of Animal Factories. His writings have appeared in Audubon, The New York Times, New Scientist, Newsday, Country Journal, Orion Nature Quarterly, and other publications.

Mr. Mason will also be speaking on Maui: Tuesday, December 11th, 7 p.m., Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku.

Lectures are FREE and open to the public. Donations are appreciated and tax-free. Visit VSH.org or call-944-8344 for more info. Page 10 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Please post on your bulletin board!

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“What’s new in plant-based nutri- tion” was the topic Loma Linda University researcher John Kelly, VSH Founding Board member M.D. presented in August. ll three of these superb William Harris, M.D., discussed A lectures (and many oth- the raw food diet on Oahu and ers) may be viewed online at Maui in July and again on Kauai VSH.org. in August.

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The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Page 11 MUCHO; Very nicely done—and even ...what I couldn’t do in food fights for 75 VSH lectures works on Apple/Macintosh program!!! twenty years has miraculously been done by VSH almost overnight! Wow, I can’t now online Great thanks to you and Jim Thompson thank VSH enough!!! God bless VSH a for putting in the tremendous effort to billion times over! VSH rocks! by William Harris, M.D. take and deliver Vegetarian Society of Founding VSH Board member Hawaii videos to our membership. I’ve bookmarked this for my next podcast and will provide a link in the show sum- hanks to the kind generosity of Oh, wow! This is so great! I’m going to mary. It’s a terrific resource! T longtime VSH member James H. check out the most recent ones. They Thompson, 75 of our video programs, look really good. The speakers are very interesting. And seen previously only on Hawaii public the educational value is unsurpassable. Mahalo! How amazing this resource is! We appreciate all that VSH does to bring access stations (Olelo, NaLeo, Akaku, us the vegetarian message of hope. and Hoike), are now online at This is really an impressive achievement. VSH.org. Links to the videos are on Eventually the word will circulate and My husband and I were visiting the is- the home page and on the drop-down traffic will increase. Good for VSH and a land of Kauai just a couple weeks ago menu of “TV Schedule.” great chance to get life-saving informa- when I came across a program featuring The videos have been converted tion to the public. Dan Piraro. This program changed my from DVD to Flash .flv files, a stan- life... dard online video format that most A thousand thanks for this gift. I watched computers with high speed internet ac- Truth or Dairy last night from the link in I still struggle with...being vegan be- cess already have. For those that don’t, your email. cause there is not much support. How- a free FLV Player 1.3.3 can be ever, after viewing the shows again I am downloaded and installed from: I watched one and enjoyed it—the one by back on the vegan diet. http://www.download.com/3001- a cardiologist who originally came from 2139_4-10505954.html?idl=n New Jersey (John Kristofich, M.D.)...It is Thanks for letting me know about this The screen resolution is lower in great that you are making these talks great new resource! I've added links to .flv so that the file size on the server is available online. the lecture videos to my links pages.

reduced; however, audio is unaffected It’s good to know VSH funds are also What a great site! We’re going to feature and you can double the screen size by being used wisely and productively to this in our September email newsletter. using the screen expander on the right perpetuate veganism. of the slider or in some cases by mov- *** ing the mouse into the upper left corner Thanks for the link; there is an incredi- until “x1 x2” appears. ble amount of information on your web- As of September 4th www. site. I was amazed by the diversity of the google.com/analytics/ reports 1,669 topics as well. visitors to our new video site from as

The intro to the lectures with the scene of far away as Australia, Canada, Estonia, the ocean and Diamond Head is very and the UK. We would like to see this nice... But we really thought the intro number grow, so please pass this infor- music to Dr. Karl Seff’s lecture was so mation around widely. cool. Addendum: That’s absolutely fantastic, Bill! What an Since 1993 VSH has shown at extraordinary group of people! Wish we least 93 videos on public access TV. had started to film ours 2-1/2 years ago However, only 75 have survived to go when we first began. But then again we online. If readers have any of the other didn’t have the amazing line up of na- 18 recorded off air, please contact our Slider Screen expander tional speakers you have. TV coordinator at [email protected] We commend you and the Vegetarian He will ask to borrow and copy the Here is some of the feedback we have Society of Hawaii for sharing your mar- received: missing programs, upload them to our velous lecture programs with the entire site, and then return them to you. world. A truly generous “gift.” Mahalo

Page 12 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 VSH became the Vegetarian Soci- VSH logo shirts ety of Hawaii in December 1996. New vegetarian However, we have renamed and up- online loaded the classic VSH logo to home exchange ArtApart where you can now order he first Vegetarian Society of from 16 styles, 6 sizes, and various service offered T Honolulu newsletter was pub- colors, with prices $12.95 to $18.95. lished in June 1990. By March 1991 Follow the link below, select Vegetarian Home Exchange the first ad for the VSH Crazy Shirt “Apparel,” specify color “white,” pick A website appeared and we gratefully noted: your size, and then pay with a standard (vegetarianhomeexchange.net) will be “Our beautiful Vegetarian Society T- online credit card transaction. The operational in March 2008, and the de- shirts have finally arrived. The design shirt will arrive via USPS in about 10 velopers are soliciting listings from was created by the top artist at Crazy days. Taihe garmeynts a re of high quality, vegetarians. It’s a great way for vege- Shirts Hawaii, and owner Rick Ralston but beware: if you select a color other tarians to travel all over the United was extremely generous in donating than white, the shirt color will deaden States and other countries for a fraction the art work to us for free (a $450 the logo. prod- of the regular cost. value!).” VSH.org/apparel.htm If you have a house, cottage, town- D house, condo, or studio apartment, you are eligible to join. There are home ex- ucts, as changes solely for teachers, Rotarians, Catholics, senior citizens, and other affinity groups and it would be nice for vegetarians to have our own. Wouldn’t it be nice to stay in a home where no meat was prepared or con- sumed? Also, the website will have infor- mation about the vegetarian and vegan restaurants and health food stores in each town that has a listing. A low introductory fee of $30 for a 3-year listing will be offered. Other websites charge about twice as much for just one year. To list your home, please contact Vi Herbert on Kauai at 808-828-0540 or [email protected]. You can also send an e-mail through this website: vegetarianhomeexchange.net.

The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Page 13 people that they are sick and need to ADHD, shyness is now social anxiety buy drugs. disorder, and “twitchy” legs has be- Book This book is a controversial and come Restless Leg Syndrome, requir- provocative look at the way pharma- ing highly toxic drug treatments. When ceutical companies are creating and it comes to conditions like high choles- Review marketing illness. The book goes into terol, high blood pressure, or having a great detail, backing up everything I case of the “blues,” we are told that we

have been saying for are at risk if we do

years on the radio witching to a ve- not take drugs to Selling Sickness about how drug handle the problem. companies simply gan diet devoid of Selling Sickness S by Ray Moynihan and see us as piggy reveals how widen- Alan Cassels banks and only want processed foods ing the boundaries to sell us drugs could reverse the of illness and lower- Hardcover: 352 pages whether we need ing the threshold of Publisher: Nation Books them or not. Accord- symptoms of the ma- treatments are creat- (June 10, 2005) ing to the authors, jority of degenerative ing millions of new ISBN-10: 1560256974 thirty years ago patients and billions ISBN-13: 978-1560256977 Henry Gadsden, the diseases. of dollars in new head of Merck, one profits for the drug Review by Hesh Goldstein of the world’s largest drug companies, companies. As more and more of ordi- VSH member told Fortune magazine that he wanted nary life becomes “medicalized,” the Merck to be more like a chewing gum drug industry moves closer to Gads- elling Sickness, by Ray Moynihan company where everyone consumed den’s dream of being able to sell his S and Alan Cassels, is his product—he dreamt drugs to everyone. a book about how the of making drugs for What’s important here is for you to world’s biggest pharma- healthy people so he look at your situation. If you are taking ceutical companies are could sell to everyone drugs to treat symptoms, why not try to turning us into patients. and now drives the address the cause, which usually has to The book tells us about marketing machinery of do with what you eat and, ultimately, how the marketing the most profitable in- may lead to your not having to take strategies of the world’s dustry in the world. He drugs anymore. Switching to a vegan biggest drug companies is not hiding the fact diet devoid of processed foods could aggressively target the that he wants Merck to reverse the symptoms of the majority healthy and the well. sell its drugs to every- of degenerative diseases. Basically you The ups and downs of one! must take responsibility for your health daily life have become This overt plot is fright- and put it back in your own hands. medical or mental disor- ening because by using Support is not a problem. The Vegetar- ders, common com- their dominating influ- ian Society of Hawaii and radio shows plaints are transformed ence in the world of “Health Talk,” and “Healing and You” into frightening condi- “medical science,” the are all invaluable sources of informa- tions, and more and more ordinary drug companies are sys- tion, encouragement, and direction. people are being turned into patients, a. tematically working to widen the very But, first and foremost, the road to k.a. customers. boundaries that define illness. Old con- good health is paved with change, and With promotional campaigns ex- ditions are expanded, new ones cre- that change has to start with your sin- ploiting our deepest fears of death, de- ated, and the markets for medication cere desire to make that change. Your cay, and disease, the $500 billion phar- grow even larger. Mild problems are choice is simple: be a part of the trav- maceutical industry is literally chang- being redefined as serious illness, and esty or walk away from it. ing what it means to be a human being. common complaints are labeled as Selling Sickness is a must read. Rightly rewarded for saving life and medical conditions requiring drug Hesh Goldstein is the moderator of Health reducing suffering in crisis, the global treatments: runny noses are now aller- Talk on K-108 radio (AM 1080) on Satur- drug giants are no longer content to gic rhinitis, PMS has become a psychi- days, 8-9 a.m. (808) 258-1177, fax: (808) sell medicines to the ill as there is a lot atric disorder, hyperactivity in children 848-8640, [email protected]. of money to be made telling healthy has become the infamous ADD or Page 14 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 viding protein from untillable hillsides Two flicks with a and mountains. Perhaps this was true in pastoral times, but modern animal common flaw ag occurs on flatland where the grow- ing of feed grain and the transport of by William Harris, M.D. animals to and from the slaughter- Founding VSH Board member houses uses up more fossil fuel than all

the world’s automobiles. hen Al Gore’s “An Inconven- For this reason the UN states that ient Truth” premiered in 2006, W animal agriculture produces more it made the hard case that carbon diox- greenhouse gases than transportation. ide levels in Antarctic ice core samples (http://www.un.org/apps/news/story. collected 650,000 years back correlate asp?NewsID=20772&Cr= with temperature. His dramatic X-Y global&Cr1=environment) plot shows CO and temperature now 2 Why do both of these movies fail going off the scale, and he comments to mention that? Gore apparently fol- that the skepticism about global warm- lows the meat-heavy Atkins diet for ing is coming from scientists on the weight loss. (The Link Between the take from the fossil fuel industry, not Atkins Diet and Celebrity Slenderness from majority climate scientists. http://www.atkins-diet-advisor.com/ DiCaprio’s new movie is an end- reactions in the Sun, but this was my atkins-diet-and-celebrity.html). It does less procession of talking heads with first exposure to the Thom Hartmann’s not appear to have worked, but it could both facts and opinions in rough agree- enlightening and unifying concepts of explain his silence. ment with Gore but perhaps made tol- current sunlight (what the ancients de- While DiCaprio is more sylph-like erable only by DiCaprio’s Adonis per- pended on to grow than the man who sona. Most energy transactions on food) and ancient used to be “the Earth are the results of nuclear fusion sunlight (the sub- next president of terranean hydrocar- the United bons made from States,” and is compressed ancient listed as a vege- biomass that our tarian at http:// current civilization www.bellaonline. now depends on for com/articles/ everything). art19387.asp, he However, with also told Time the exception of magazine in 2000: shots of meat proc- “I shouldn’t be th essing in The 11 eating hamburgers Hour intro, what’s because the meth- Buy books thru missing from both ane gas that cows of these produc- release is the VSH.org tions is mention of number one con- the contribution of tributor to the de- ou can help raise cash for animal agriculture struction of the Y VSH just by buying your in raising green- ozone layer, and books through the VSH.org web- house gas levels that increase the trap- the number one reason they destroy the site. And it’s easy. Click a title on ping of incident solar energy in the at- rain forest is to make grazing ground the “Booklist” and you will be mosphere and result in global warm- for cattle.” transported to Amazon.com where ing. (http://www.peta.org/feat/grrr900/veg. any purchase will generate a com- The Scientific American Human html) mission for VSH. So, buy some Nutrition (W.H Freeman San Fran- books, be more informed, and sup- cisco, 1978 ISBN 0-7167-0183-9) port VSH. praised animal ag as a means of pro-

The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Page 15 were blown away by the colorful pres-

entation, the taste, and an impromptu

demonstration of how to do it by the Restaurant friendly co-owner, Mai Ly. She showed us how to julienne the vegeta- On TV… Review bles with only a sharp knife and then deftly roll them up into a wet rice pa-

per without tearing the edges. Then she “Vegetarian” gave us the key to this trick, a round plastic mat that holds it all in place View VSH lectures. while the rolling takes place. We took one home and tried it our- Oahu—Oceanic Cable Ch. 52 selves, using 1 oz. each (alternating Thurs. 6-7 p.m.* from outside in) of rice paper, green *You can also watch the shows cabbage, red cabbage, romaine, carrot, online at 6 p.m. on Thursdays by Fresh Mint tofu, and mung bean sprouts. We then going to olelo.org and clicking on 115 Baldwin Ave. “Oahu Channel 52.” made peanut sauce in a blender: Paia, HI 96779 Previous speaker videos may be 579-9144 2 C natural peanut butter viewed online at VSH.org. Across from Paia Post Office 2 Tbsp soy sauce 2 Tbsp rice vinegar Maui—Calabash Cable Ch. 52 by William Harris, M.D. 1 tsp maple syrup Tues. 8-9 p.m. Founding VSH Board member 1 clove garlic Weds. 6:30-7:30 a.m. 2 tsp ground ginger Maui schedule is at akaku.org

n a lecture trip to Maui in July 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper Big Island—Na Leo O Hawaii O we stopped in at this modestly 2 C vegetable broth Cable Ch. 54, Sat. 2-3 p.m. priced little restaurant that under previ- 1 tsp Red Star nutritional yeast (for the ous management was The Vegan, but vitamin B12) Kauai—Hoike Cable Ch. 52 now highlights 25 mostly Asian vegan Kauai schedule is at hoike.org dishes. Clearly, one could live indefinitely Planning only to snack, we ordered on this delicious little snack. Now “McDougall, M.D.” the vegan summer rolls at $4.95 but where did that plastic mat go? Check your local listings.

…and Radio

“Healing & You” Ruth Heidrich, Ph.D. Dr. Diane Nomura Terry Shintani, M.D.

Sundays: 8-9 p.m. K108 — AM 1080 Call-in line: 524-1080

“Health Talk” Hosted by Hesh

Saturdays: 8-9 a.m. K108 — AM 1080 Call-in line: 524-1080

Page 16 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 SH found- Live Salad Rolls Garden ing Board V member Wil- Peanut Sauce Island liam Harris, M. D. discussed the 1 ½ cups raw Spanish peanuts Potluck/Lectures raw food diet at (soaked in purified water overnight the potluck and and rinsed) onthly vegan potluck lunch- lecture in Au- 1 tbsp. raw sugar M eons and lectures are held at gust. 2 tbsp. lemon juice (fresh squeezed) noon on the first Sunday of each 1 tbsp. ginger juice (fresh grated and month at the Kapaa Neighborhood squeezed) Center on Kauai. Admission is free ½ cup first cold pressed olive oil for those who bring a dish. All others 1 tbsp. Bragg’s Liquid Aminos are welcome with a $5 donation. Dissolve raw sugar in lemon juice. Place all ingredients in food processor or blender and liquefy. Add nama shoyu, garlic, or fresh red chili pep- pers to taste if you prefer a hot peanut sauce.

i Herbert (center) was presented Salad Rolls with a gift certificate to the Blos- V 1 or 2 heads of green leaf lettuce (cut soming Lotus restaurant by co-owners ¼ in.) Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray 1 bunch cilantro (diced) hef Vi Herbert for her winning best original recipe at 1 bunch arugala (diced) Cg ave an Indian the August potluck/lecture. food cooking demon- 1 bag soy sprouts stration at the July pot- 1 bag radish sprouts luck luncheon. n September 1 bag alfalfa sprouts I 75 people at- 2 carrots (shredded) tended an Italian 1 cucumber thinly sliced Live Food dem- 1 package rice paper wrappers

onstration by Prep all vegetables and make Kathy Matera, sure you have a dry wooden cutting Ph.D. board with a clean dry terry cloth dish towel. Soak 2 rice papers in tepid pu- rified water, place 1 sheet on the That’s Ki- wooden surface and tamp with terry mie Sa- cloth, and overlap another sheet. doyama Layer lettuce with a thin strip of ci- (right) lantro and arugala on the top edge again with a layer of carrots on top of the winning herbs, place a thin slice of cucumber the origi- Kimie Sadoyama (right) on the lettuce, then carefully place nal recipe received the prize for best soy sprouts, radish sprouts, and alfalfa contest in dish for her original recipe sprouts covering all pointed tips of the Septem- from recipe judge Gia soy sprouts. Carefully wrap veggies ber. A gift certificate to Papaya’s Baiocchi, co-owner of the burrito style. It is important to dry the Natural Food store was presented by Blossoming Lotus restau- rice paper, as it becomes tacky and recipe judge Vigil Alkana to Kimie rant at the July potluck will stick. Cut wraps in half and and her son Christopher Aala Zauner luncheon. serve. You can add fresh basil, clover for their Live Salad Rolls with Peanut sprouts, or whatever is in season. Sauce recipe (see recipe at right). Makes 12-16 rolls. The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Page 17 How to order restaurant food in China

by Karl Seff VSH Board member

f you are in I China, want a meal, and don’t speak Chinese, have a little the bilingual sheet, you may point at vegetable dishes, e.g., a plate of piece of paper in one line to emphasize it. I tried that greens, that were apparently consid- your wallet like once, but they didn’t have jai, so I re- ered too plain to appear on the menu. one of those verted to my other sheet. It says, “Man A resident of Beijing told me that shown. Show it or Lady, I am a vegetarian man. Please there were now thirty vegetarian res- to a waitperson, and a committee may give me your hand to tell the cook no taurants in his city. Most were Bud- quickly assemble to read it. If you use meat, no egg, no fish, no shrimp, and dhist and most had opened recently. nothing derived from milk. Give me This sudden popularity had arisen from more vegetables and fruit. Please use concern for the environment: modern less oil and salt. Thank you.” Credits: Beijing has a serious air pollution the bilingual mes- problem because, sage, Lanying resident of Bei- like Los Angeles, Yang (Ph.D.) it is large and flat, from Beijing; the A jing told me that has many free- elegantly hand- ways, and is written message, there were now thirty bounded on one Ying Chen’s fa- side by moun- ther from Salt vegetarian restaurants tains. The gov- Lake, Oahu. ernment is enlist- One response, in his city. Most were ing the coopera- after showing the Buddhist and most tion of the people latter message, via the media in and after it had had opened recently. presenting a clean been discussed by face to the world several people, during the 2008 came in English: “We will order for Summer Olympics. One can wonder

you.” A huge four-plate meal ap- whether the avoidance of SARS or bird

peared: broccoli buds, snow peas, rice, flu is also on the minds of some diners. and apple and kiwi chunks in a white During my one day with the Park

sauce, all nicely flavored. At another family (Jae Oh, Keum Hyang, their

s o y m il k ok restaurant I was simply directed to the three kids, and five nephews and - page that had pictures of vegetarian nieces), who were also visiting China,

dishes. The average to better restau- they and I enjoyed two of these thirty

rants in Beijing (at least) have thick restaurants together. Recall that Jae Oh menus with large proud color photo- Park with Keum Hyang at his side pre-

graphs of each dish over its name in sented the monthly VSH lecture in

un p a o t f u. Chinese and English. At those you can March 2004. Go to VSH.org and watch order from the menu by pointing. it if you wish. However, I have seen patrons having I a m v e g t r i n . li k Ja i. I li k e C h i n s f oo d. I li k e g ree n v t a b l ga il n. I li k e t o f u. I li k e s p i c y f oo d. I li k e I p r e f er b o w n i ce h l a t bun. N o m e a t , n f i s h c k en N o e gg , n m il k p r du ct

Page 18 The Island Vegetarian • Oct - Dec 2007 Feather River basin 400 miles away in turned out to be sewage runoff from (Testimony from page 3) the northern Sierra Nevada. http:// adjacent cattle operations. www.aliciapatterson.org/APF1204/ I urge you to abandon the almond shows a huge green almond orchard Clemings/Clemings.html pasteurization scheme, which will adjacent to their processing facility, Water disputes are not unheard of make your excellent product less desir- which is in turn surrounded by a vast in this dry area (http://www.ceres.ca. able to me and many others, and in- expanse of desert. An online tour gov/ceqa/cases/1978/tsun_lee_031478. stead focus your attention on the points through the facil- html), and the above. If the contamination is in fact ity shows state- open aquaducts due to neighboring animal enterprises, of-the-art almond ecent outbreaks of are geomem- those enterprises, rather than the and pistachio R E.coli in spinach brane lined to blameless raw almond, should be held processing with avoid extensive legally accountable. in-house labora- and other field crops sub-grade prepa- tory and quality ration or large Sincerely, have made big headlines, control staff. rights-of-way for William Harris, M.D. However, it is but in every case the ori- equipment. also clear that the On occasion orchard is green gin turned out to be sew- the Lost Hills only because of age runoff from adjacent Water District abundant irriga- has made small tion equipment, cattle operations. trials to deter- some of which on mine if drainage a windy day water can be re- might reasonably spray contaminated used on selected crops, such as pista- water into the fruit-bearing branches of chios. http://www.owue.water.ca.gov/ the almond trees. agdrain/case_detail/case_detail. Further investigation shows that cfm#Lost the water that nourishes the farms Almost all of Lost Hills’ residents around Lost Hills comes from the are migrant farm laborers. About 75% VSH speaker’s of the population is engaged in agricul- tural positions, speak no English. The bureau median income of males is only $17,804. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ he Vegetarian Society of Ha- Lost_Hills%2C_California T waii has a speaker’s bureau. Among the counties of California, If you know of a school, business, Kern County (of which Lost Hills is a or civic group that would be inter- part) ranks in the top ten for total live- ested in hearing about the environ- stock and livestock products, including mental, ethical, and health aspects beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, of a vegan diet, please e-mail goats, small animals, and poultry. [email protected]. http://cekern.ucdavis.edu/ com. Custom_Program813/ We will provide a speaker at Since almonds themselves are no cost, a 30-50 minute illustrated nimal rights is a part of unlikely nutrient hosts for Salmonella, presentation, and a projector. Your “A my everyday life. When it would seem more reasonable that the job will be to organize the time you live by example, you create a outbreaks were due either to contami- and venue, which will require a certain level of awareness. Friends nation of the irrigation system by sew- room with a light colored wall for of mine—people I have never dis- age runoff from nearby animal agricul- the projector, seating for 30-100 cussed animal rights or vegetarian- ture or from the unwashed hands of the people, and an electrical outlet. So ism with—are adopting vegetarian poorly paid orchard and plant workers. far the speaker’s list includes Ruth habits because they see it.” Recent outbreaks of E.coli in spinach Heidrich, Ph.D., Neal Pinckney, and other field crops have made big Ph.D., Karl Seff, Ph.D., and Bill —Joaquin Phoenix headlines, but in every case the origin Harris, M.D.

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