Save the Planet and Your Health with a Plant-Based Diet Sponsored by Green Newton and Newton Free Library
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Save the Planet and Your Health with a Plant-based Diet Sponsored by Green Newton and Newton Free Library SARA SEZUN CHAIR OF THE PLANT-BASED TEAM SIERRA CLUB MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER Climate Change Water Usage Average water footprint per pound of food Corn = 110 gallons Oranges = 67 gallons Soybeans = 216 gallons One Egg = 50 gallons (One dozen = 600 gallons) Chicken = 500 gallons Pork = 700 gallons Beef = 1,800 gallons Factory Farming Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification Zoonotic Disease Transfer Data on Land Use - September 2019 Source: “Land Use,” Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser Bycatch in Fishing Industry North Atlantic Right Whale FISHING GEAR ENDANGERS RIGHT MOTHER AND CALF WHALES “The Jungle” in the 21st Century Largest Public Health Study in History https://nutritionstudies.org/the-china-study/ Plant-based/Vegan Doctors Dr. Neal Barnard, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: https://www.pcrm.org/ Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, specializes in curing heart disease: https://www.dresselstyn.com/ Dr. Michael Gregor: https://nutritionfacts.org/ Dr. Michael Klaper: https://www.doctorklaper.com/ Dr. John MacDougall: https://www.drmcdougall.com/ Dr. Milton Mills: https://drmiltonmillsplantbasednation.com/ Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, specialize in preventing Alzheimers: https://teamsherzai.com/ Whole Grains with Gluten Barley Rye Wheat and Related Grains: Einkorn, Farro, Kamut, and Spelt Whole Grains: Gluten-free Amaranth Quinoa Buckwheat Rice Corn Sorghum Millet Wild Rice Oats Beans That Don’t Need Soaking Overnight Before Cooking Aduki beans Black-eyed peas Lentils Mung beans Split peas Beans That Need Soaking Overnight Before Cooking Black beans Lima beans Navy beans Pinto beans Chickpeas (Soak for 12 hours.) Soy Products Miso Soymilk Tempeh Tofu (firm, silken, and soft) Sea Vegetables Alaria (wakame) Dulse Kelp (kombu) Laver (nori) Agar-agar (vegan gelatin) Sweeteners Maple syrup Stevia Barley malt Rice syrup Meat Substitutes Beef Chicken Pork Seafood Lentils Cauliflower Carrots (bacon, Oyster (wings) hot dogs, pulled mushrooms carrot) Mushrooms Chickpeas Jackfruit Parsnips Seitan Tempeh Tofu Salsify Tofu Tofu Sea vegetables Tofu Egg Substitutes Product Uses Description Aquafaba (chickpea brine) Egg whites, Frosting, Water from canned or Macaroons, Meringues cooked chickpeas Chickpea flour Frittatas, Omelettes, Ground-up chickpeas Quiches, Thickener for sauces Flax seeds Replacement for eggs in 1 Tbsp. + 3 Tbsp. water = baked goods 1 egg (Grind in blender) Tofu Frittatas, Omelettes, Firm, Silken, or Soft Quiches, Scrambled tofu Dairy Substitutes Dairy Product Substitute Uses Butter Nut butter, Vegetable oil Baking: 1 cup vegetable oil = 1 cup butter Cheese Carrot + potato, Miso, Miso or nutritional yeast Nutritional yeast flakes, flakes give a “cheesy” taste. Nuts or seeds, Oatmeal, Sweet potato, Tofu Milk Almond, Cashew, Flax, Baking: 1 cup of Hemp, Hazelnut, Oat, Rice, plant-based milk = 1 cup of Sunflower, Soy dairy milk Whipped cream Coconut milk, Tofu Ancient Massachusetts Hemlock Forest Resources Cookbooks Films American Vegan Society, americanvegan.org Cowspiracy, cowspiracy.com The Book Publishing Company, Forks Over Knives, bookpubco.com https://www.forksoverknives.com/the-film/ Brookline Booksmith The Game Changers, https://gamechangersmovie.com/ The Invisible Vegan, https://www.theinvisiblevegan.com/ Plant-based Events Seaspiracy, https://www.seaspiracy.org/ Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter Events What the Health, https://www.whatthehealthfilm.com/ Calendar: https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts/ev ents-calendar Plant-based Recipe Websites Chocolate-Covered Katie, plant-based desserts: chocolatecoveredkatie.com Diana Goldman: beantownkitchen.com Dora’s Table, Mexican food: https://dorastable.com/ Fish Feel, plant-based fish substitutes: fishfeel.org Forks Over Knives: forksoverknives.com Jenné Claiborne, Soul food and international food: sweetpotatosoul.com Kristy Turner: keepinitkind.com Nava Atlas: https://theveganatlas.com/about/ The Plant-based Wok, plant-based Chinese food: https://theplantbasedwok.com/ Sandra Vungi Vegan, Estonian and international food: vegansandra.com Vegan Richa, Indian and American food: https://www.veganricha.com/.