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In this edition...
Health |
 Dr. Esselstyn on how fatty foods cause heart disease |
| The myth of high-protein diets |
| Video: How to prevent a stroke |
| Western-African diet swap study shows dramatic cancer risk reduction in just two weeks |
Environment and World Hunger |
| Was your seafood caught by slaves? |
| Preventing Amazon deforestation: It's up to you! |
| U.S. meat industry in flap over government report that says vegan diet best for planet |
| Cheap meat comes at a high cost |
Lifestyles and Trends |
| Sign of the times: An organic vegetarian drive-thru |
| First U.S. vegetarian public school thriving |
| Making cheese from nuts |
| Five delicious vegan food discoveries everyone should try |
Animal Issues and Advocacy |
| Seven fascinating things you never knew about cows |
| Happy endings: Inseparable cow and horse start new life together in sanctuary |
| Jane Goodall on retirement, factory farming and - yes - chimpanzees |
Books and Perspectives |
| Video: Jon Stewart interviews Farm Sanctuary's Gene Baur |
| Inside big ag: On the dilemma of the meat industry |
| Video interview with directors of 'Cowspiracy' |
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(Excerpts are included from current news stories. Click on the "Full story" link to read the full article.)
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Dr. Esselstyn on how fatty foods cause heart disease
Full story: VegSource
In this video [2:32], Dr. Esselstyn describes the work of Robert Vogel MD in testing blood flow after some fatty foods at McDonald's. Simplest explanation we have yet seen on how these foods lead to coronary disease.
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The myth of high-protein diets
Full story: New York Times
The debate is not as simple as low-fat versus low-carb. Research shows that animal protein may significantly increase the risk of premature mortality from all causes, among them cardiovascular disease, cancer and Type 2 diabetes. Heavy consumption of saturated fat and trans fats may double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
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New York Times - March 23
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Video: How to prevent a stroke
Full story: NutritionFacts.org
Insufficient intake of fiber-rich foods may lead to the stiffening of our arteries associated with risk of having a stroke.
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NutritionFacts.org - April 10
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Western-African diet swap study shows dramatic cancer risk reduction in just two weeks
Full story: Central Queensland News, Australia
Swapping westernised eating habits for the high-fibre diet of millions of people living in rural southern Africa could dramatically cut the risk of bowel cancer in the West, according to an innovative 'diet swap' study.
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Central Queensland News, Australia - April 29
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| Environment and World Hunger
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Was your seafood caught by slaves?
Full story: NPR
Some of the seafood that winds up in American grocery stores, in restaurants, even in cat food may have been caught by Burmese slaves. That's the conclusion of a yearlong investigation by The Associated Press. [As a Care2 article on the subject says: It's difficult to find ethical products but consumers are in a position to take positive action: They could stop eating fish.]
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Preventing Amazon deforestation: It's up to you!
Full story: Earthtalk
One way to do your part to fight deforestation is to cut back on or eliminate meat from your diet. Cattle from the Amazon basin are most likely raised on ranches that used to be part of the rainforest. Likewise, expanding soybean farms in Brazil to feed cattle is a huge reason for Amazon deforestation.
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U.S. meat industry in flap over government report that says vegan diet best for planet
Full story: The Hill
A federal panel that helps set U.S. federal dietary guidelines is recommending Americans eat less meat because it's better for the environment, sparking outrage from industry groups representing the nation's purveyors of beef, pork and poultry. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a federally appointed panel of nutritionists created in 1983, decided for the first time this year to factor in environmental sustainability in its recommendations. They include a finding that a diet lower in animal-based foods is not only healthier, but has less of an environmental impact.
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Cheap meat comes at a high cost
Full story: One Green Planet
We don't have to accept that ending hunger requires animal cruelty and the destruction of biodiversity when there are less resource-intensive and healthier ways to feed people. We don't even have to accept that a population of nine billion is a foregone conclusion; instead we can fight for universal access to family planning and reproductive health care, human rights, education and equality. We can feed more people with fewer resources if we reduce our meat consumption and choose more plant-based foods. We can start to fight climate change on our plates.
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One Green Planet - March 31
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| Lifestyles and Trends
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Sign of the times: An organic vegetarian drive-thru
Full story: Press Democrat, CA, U.S.
Get ready to see if Amy's Kitchen can shake up the nation's fast-food industry with a single word: organic. This spring the natural foods maker will open its first Amy's Drive Thru restaurant [in California]. Amy's organic, all-vegetarian menu will include meatless burgers, hand-scooped ice cream shakes, single-serve pizzas, burritos and salads. Everything on the menu can be ordered vegan or gluten-free, including dairy-free shakes and hamburgers made with rice-flour buns.
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Press Democrat, CA, U.S. - March 1
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First U.S. vegetarian public school thriving
Full story: Fast Company
Queens elementary school PS 244 (New York) became the first public school in the nation to go vegetarian. This groundbreaking school was founded on the premise that health and wellness is closely tied to academic performance. As others across the nation are struggling to get kids to eat rather than discard healthy vegetables and whole grains, PS 244 attributes their success in part to the education on the benefits of such a healthy diet.
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Making cheese from nuts
Full story: NPR
On the fringes of the cheese world, a quest for non-dairy cheese that tastes like the real thing has been underway for years. But these products have long underwhelmed the palate with their thin flavor and reluctance to melt on a hot pizza. Now, as lactose intolerance and environmental and animal welfare concerns about livestock production drive more interest in alternatives to animal products, a new generation of non-dairy cheese makers is doing something novel: They're actually making cheese. OK, so they're not using milk from mammals. But by culturing the milk or puree from tree nuts with the same bacteria used by dairy cheese makers, and letting it mature, companies have turned the scramble for a decent-tasting vegan cheese replacement into something crafty. And pretty tasty.
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Five delicious vegan food discoveries everyone should try
Full story: Care2
Vegan foods have come a long way since the grainy baked goods of the '70s. These breakthroughs in the world of vegan cooking aren't highly processed junk. They're plant-based foods that are kinder alternatives to their animal-based cousins. And they're changing the face of veganism...
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| Animal Issues and Advocacy
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Seven fascinating things you never knew about cows
Full story: Care2
Cows are incredibly intelligent, thoughtful and sensitive animals who are among the gentle giants of the world. They leap for joy, get excited when they solve problems, nurse their calves for up to three years (given the chance) and much more...
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Happy endings: Inseparable cow and horse start new life together in sanctuary
Full story: Eastern Daily Press, UK
They formed a lifelong friendship - but their idyllic existence on an Irish farm looked set to end in the slaughterhouse when their owner fell on hard times. Now Buddy the horse and Trish the cow will spend their time happily together in a Norfolk field after an amazing online fund-raising effort.
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Eastern Daily Press, UK - April 24
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Jane Goodall on retirement, factory farming and - yes - chimpanzees
Full story: Globe and Mail, Canada, April
After 55 years of studying chimpanzees in the forests of Tanzania and the seminal insights that her work offers on the origins of human nature, Jane Goodall is still left with an unfathomable question: "We are the most intellectual creature that's ever walked on the planet. So how come we're destroying our only home?" Long associated with chimpanzee welfare, she has more recently taken aim at practises such factory farming - Dr. Goodall is a vegetarian - and the introduction of genetically modified crops, which she calls "really scary."
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Globe and Mail, Canada, April - April 17
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| Books and Perspectives
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Inside big ag: On the dilemma of the meat industry
Full story: Virginia Quarterly Review, U.S.
Two books - Ted Genoways's The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food and Christopher Leonard's The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business - begin to [shed light on the meat industry at the corporate boardroom level]. Genoways and Leonard offer respective portrayals of Hormel and Tyson Foods that show how the brutality of the abattoir reflects the sangfroid of the boardroom, where cuts of a more metaphorical sort enhance the wealth of salaried executives at the expense of disposable wage workers.
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Virginia Quarterly Review, U.S. - Spring
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Video interview with directors of 'Cowspiracy'
Full story: Democracy Now
Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn, directors of the documentary, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret talk about their film, which contends livestock is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution despite many environmental organizations' relative silence on the issue.
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Also of interest:
Worthy Causes and Sites
Nepal Earthquake help - Food for Life Global is on the ground providing vegan meals to the victims (donations go through A Well Fed World directly to the efforts). World Animal Protection is also in the field providing help to animals. We are grateful for all the organizations that can provide urgent and much-needed response.
Food for Life Global
World Animal Protection
Avaaz petition to stop Monsanto - Top scientists warn the most commonly used herbicide in the world probably causes cancer! Monsanto is demanding the World Health Organisation retract their ground-breaking report. And experts say the only way to ensure the science is not silenced is if the public demands action...
Petition to stop Monsanto
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