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Easy Resolutions for a Healthy Vegan New Year
Posted: 01 Jan 2013 09:57 AM PST
Happy 2013! There is nothing like a brand new year to inspire health-related
resolutions. And while it's tempting to resolve to make all kinds of big
changes, sometimes a few little tweaks here and there are all we vegans really
need.  Here are ten ideas for vegans—mostly easy ways to fine-tune your diet and
lifestyle. One of two of them might help to make your new year a little bit
healthier.
1. Give some attention to calcium. It's simple enough to get enough calcium from
plant foods, but many vegans fall short because they just aren't paying
attention. Make sure you are consuming at least three cups per day of some
combination of calcium-set tofu, fortified plant milks or juices, or
calcium-rich leafy greens like kale or collards.
2. Lose the "supplements are bad" mindset. Take appropriate supplements of
vitamin B12 (about 25 micrograms per day) and vitamin D (about 600 IUs per day).
If you don't regularly eat sea veggies or iodized salt, take a supplement of
iodine, too. I'll leave the omega-3 fats DHA and EPA up to you. (I take them,
though.)
3. Embrace beans.  Vegans consume less protein than omnivores, which is fine—we
usually get enough and that's all that matters. Unfortunately, protein has
developed a little bit of a bad reputation among some health conscious vegans,
as though eating more protein is actually bad for you. It isn't. Protein is good
for your muscles and bones, and it can also be very satisfying and satiating.
Soyfoods are especially protein-rich, and they also help to fight cancer and are
good for your skin. But all beans are wonderful foods—healthful little packages
that combine protein with fiber and the kind of carbs that boost good bacteria
in your gut. No other foods can make that claim.
4. Eat whole fruits and vegetables. A little juice is okay, but forget about
those juice fasts and cleanses. They're a scam. They do not improve your
nutrition, your digestion or help to "detoxify" your body. (There is, in fact,
no such thing as a "detox" diet.)
5. Eat raw and cooked vegetables. Phytochemicals in cruciferous veggies (the
ones in the cabbage family) work best to reduce disease risk when these foods
are consumed raw. The ones in tomatoes and carrots work best when these foods
are cooked. You don't need to micromanage this—it's fine to eat some raw carrots
and some cooked kale. Just know that neither all raw nor all cooked is the way
to go with vegetables.
6. Eat healthy fats. Include a serving or two of nuts in your daily menu. 
Choose a daily source of essential omega-3 fats—walnuts, flaxseed, chia seeds,
or canola oil. Use vegetable oils with a light hand, and choose extra-virgin
olive oil most of the time.
7. Make use of acidic marinades in your cooking—those made from lemon or lime
juice, tomatoes, or vinegar. In  baked and roasted foods, they help to inhibit
formation of compounds—called AGEs—that may raise risk for chronic disease.
Acidic ingredients also lower the glycemic index of carb-rich foods,  producing
more gradual and gentle fluctuations in blood glucose levels.
8. If you drink, choose red wine most of the time. There isn't a whole lot of
research on which types of alcohol are better (or less bad, depending on how you
look at it) than others, but red wine provides resveratrol, a compound that may
reduce chronic disease risk. It's also the beverage of choice in traditional
healthful Mediterranean diets. If you drink, you might as well choose what
healthy people drink.
9. Enjoy fun food fearlessly. You aren't going to be healthy if you live on
vegan cookies and potato chips. But you won't be unhealthy if you eat these
foods some of the time. It's how you eat most of the time that counts. So build
your diet around healthy whole plant foods, but don't be afraid to enjoy some
treats.
10. Choose foods for health rather than weight reduction. Don't let the new year
be a reason to starve yourself to get down to some weight that you've never been
able to maintain in the past. Instead, eat (mostly) whole plant foods, and find
an exercise program that you enjoy. Honor hunger and satiety signals—eating when
you are physically hungry and stopping when you are full. If you are exercising,
eating a healthy diet, and truly paying attention to hunger, your weight is
probably where it belongs.
 
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CHINESE NEW YEAR DINNER & PARADE:

Celebrate the Year of the Snake with the San Francisco Vegetarian Society at our
annual Chinese New Year banquet on Saturday, February 23, 2013, from 5-7PM at
Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant, 839 Kearny St. (betw. Jackson & Washington). You
can watch the Chinese New Year Parade go by right in front of the restaurant,
which is just before the finish line <http://www.chineseparade.com/route.asp>.

The menu for our fabulous thirteen-course meal includes three appetizers, one
soup, and nine entrees, all for only $30 for SFVS members; $35 for non-members;
$40 after February 16; tax, tip and tea included.

We have selected these delicious dishes:
1. Steamed dumplings
2. Bean curd sheets w/ciliantro
3. Veggie Shark's fin soup:
4. Lettuce wrap
5. Bean curd rolls w/vegetables
6. Chinese broccoli w/ginger & wine
7. Eggplant w/veggie sea bass
8. Fresh mushrooms w/fried soft tofu & broccoli
9. Lotus root, lily, vegetables & peas
10. Sweet & sour soy chicken
11. Stir-fred pea sprouts
12. Spinach & pine nut fried rice
13. House special chow mein

No onions or garlic are used. Mock meats made of soy and yam. The only gluten
used is in the soy sauce for #3 and #8 and #13. chow mein.

Please make your check out to: S.F. Vegetarian Society and send to our
treasurer: J.Cadiz, SFVS, 73 Rondel Place, San Francisco CA 94103. Checks must
be received by Feb. 16, 2013.

Interested in joining SFVS?  See: http://www.sfvs.org/benefits.php.

For more information about the Chinese New Year banquet, contact: Janet
Tom,janet.tom@... or call 415.674.1987.

MEET KATIE CANTRELL, FOUNDER OF THE FACTORY FARMING AWARENESS COALITION, WED.
JAN. 9 AT 6 PM

On Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 6 pm, at the Opera Plaza Community Room, 601 Van Ness,
San Francisco,  hear Katie Cantrell, founder of the  Factory Farming Awareness
Coalition (FFAC) talk about  the mission of FFAC, and about ways to save  the
environment, animals, and our health through Food Choices.

Katie Cantrell is a UC Berkeley graduate and former president of the Berkeley
Organization for Animal Advocacy. She founded the Factory Farming Awareness
Coalition in 2010 to educate people about the ecological and social justice
hazards of industrial meat production in the United States. Katie has delivered
over 100 presentations on factory farming, and her presentation has been used as
a resource by food justice activists across the country.

The Factory Farming Awareness Coalition (FFAC) is a local non-profit dedicated
to empowering consumers to help animals, the environment, and our own health
through our daily food choices. We give a holistic overview of the ecological,
social justice, and public health impacts of factory farming. It's useful and
informative for both omnivores and long-time vegans.

In the two years since its inception, FFAC has trained 20 presenters and given
over 100 presentations to classes, churches, community organizations, and
businesses. FFAC also won free advertising on BART, which brought the message of
Meatless Mondays to over 300,000 people per day. For more information, please
visit www.ffacoalition.org or on facebook and Twitter @ffacoalition

Katie's pic is attached as a .jpg file.

Before the presentation, enjoy a fabulous full-course vegan and raw dinner,
prepared by a certified Nutrition Consultant, Patricia Allen Koot, NE, NC.  It
is all house-made from quality non-GMO and organic ingredients, totally vegan,
totally health-supporting, made without eggs, dairy, honey, oil or added sugars.

The dinner is all you can eat, as long as the food lasts.  Be sure to RSVP so
the chef can plan accordingly.  And bring a container, take some home with you.

Location is the Opera Plaza Community Room, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco.  Take
the elevator to the first floor, then security will key you down to the
mezzanine for the event.

A fifteen dollar requested donation covers the all you can eat dinner plus the
presentation.  This is only possible because both the Nutritionist and the
presenter are donating their time.  Funds go toward facility rental, food,
transport and other costs.

RSVP to (888) 234-1361 or email to:  rsvp@...

Presented by Wellness Central, www.WellnessCentral.us

David Koot

I echo the call to support City College by taking courses and thereby
supporting yourself as well. I teach American Politics there (POLS 1)
from a progressive perspective and show Forks Over Knives for our health
section.

Peace,
Dan

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http://www.care2.com/greenliving/plant-based-diets-for-rheumatoid-arthritis.html

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-tumors-use-meat-to-grow.html

The new volume of my Latest in Clinical Nutrition DVD series is now available
through Amazon: http://bit.ly/12-DVD

If you'd rather watch them online, starting on Friday, each video chapter will
be rolled daily at http://www.NutritionFacts.org and one can subscribe (for
free) to the videos at http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates

Here's the list of chapters for volume 12 to whet your appetite:

   • Fibromyalgia vs. Vegetarian & Raw Vegan Diets
   • Fibromyalgia vs. Mostly Vegetarian & Mostly Raw Diets
   • Estrogenic Cooked Meat Carcinogens
   • PhIP: The Three Strikes Breast Carcinogen
   • Reducing Cancer Risk in Meateaters
   • Heterocyclic Amines in Eggs, Cheese, and Creatine?
   • Cancer, Interrupted: Green Tea
   • Cancer, Interrupted: Garlic & Flavonoids
   • Prolonged Liver Function Enhancement From Broccoli
   • Meat Fumes: Dietary Secondhand Smoke
   • Plant-Based Diets: Oral Health
   • Plant-Based Diets: Dental Health
   • Does Coconut Oil Cure Alzheimer's?
   • Does Coconut Oil Clog Arteries?
   • Is Vitamin D3 Better Than D2?
   • Are Cats or Dogs More Protective For Children's Health?
   • Can Gargling Prevent the Common Cold?
   • Titanium Dioxide & Inflammatory Bowel Disease
   • Protein, Puberty, and Pollutants
   • Clinical Studies on Acai Berries
   • Preventing Parkinson's Disease With Diet
   • Treating Parkinson's Disease With Diet
   • Herbal Tea Update: Hibiscus
   • Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis
   • Dried Apples, Dates, Figs, or Prunes for Cholesterol?
   • Prunes vs. Metamucil for Constipation
   • Do Fruit & Nut Bars Cause Weight Gain?
   • Raisins vs. Jelly Beans for Athletic Performance
   • Salmonella in Chicken and Turkey: Deadly but Legal
   • Flaxseed vs. Prostate Cancer
   • Was It the Flaxseed, Fat Restriction, or Both?
   • Flaxseed vs. Diabetes
   • Flaxseeds for Sensitive Skin
   • Fiber vs. Breast Cancer
   • Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Prevention
   • Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Survival: Epidemiological Evidence
   • Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Survival: Clinical Evidence
   • The McGovern Report

Happy new year everyone!
-Michael

Michael Greger, M.D.
DrGreger.org
NutritionFacts.org
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