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#10932 From: arlen baden <nyvegan@...>
Date: Wed Jan 9, 2013 11:29 pm
Subject: FW: Vegan revolution in Israel! 		nyvegan2003
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#10933 From: Azalea Blalock <healthythrunature@...>
Date: Wed Jan 9, 2013 11:44 pm
Subject: Re: [SFVS] Address Correction: Thai Vegan Dinner Party - January 19th! 		healthythrun...
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Hi please let me know you received money order from our fundraiser to veg society.

GreenSoul Movement
(GreenSoul.webs.com)
 


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From: jcadiz2002 <jcadiz2002@...>
Subject: [SFVS] Address Correction: Thai Vegan Dinner Party - January 19th!
To: SFVeg@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 10:25 AM

 

Hi all,

The correct address to send the check payable to SFVS is:

c/o Joseph Cadiz
73 Rondel Place
San Francisco, CA 94103

If you sent it to unit 71, pls email me.

JC

--- In SFVeg@yahoogroups.com, Dave Goggin wrote:
>
>
> Hey everyone!
>
> Mark your calendar for the most anticipated party of the new year - a vegan dinner party to celebrate National Handwriting Day 2013.
>
> When:
> Saturday, January 19, 2013, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
>
> Description:
> Dinner Party to pre-celebrate National Handwriting Day. Saturday, January 19, 5:30pm - 7:30pm. Thai Idea Restaurant, 710 Polk St. between Ellis and Eddy Sts. in San Francisco
>
> Advance check requested:
> $20 includes tax & tip. Send to SFVS, c/o Joseph Cadiz, SFVS Treasurer, 71 Rondel Place, San Francisco CA 94103 made out to SFVS by January 12. Write your phone # or e-mail for confirmation. Space limited.
>
> without advanced payment, $23 at the door. Please RSVP to (415) 273-5481 by January 16 so we can get an accurate count of guests.
>
> Vegan Menu:
> Crispy Tofu, Thai Samosa, Beef Salad, Pad Kee Mow with veggie chicken, Pineapple Fried Rice with tofu, Red Curry with veggie beef, Lamb Yellow Curry, Vegetable combination, Pad Baby Corn with veggie shrimp, brown rice.
>
> Discount Coupon Included: Everyone attending the dinner will get a coupon, redeemable for $2 off any individual lesson with calligrapher Dave Goggin, see PointedPenClub.wordpress.com/lessons for details.
>
> Deserts and drinks are not included in the price.
>
> Note: We will be asking that peanuts be served on the side rather than mixed into dishes. If you have a peanut allergy, please note that we cannot guarantee that no peanut residue will be present in food.
>
> Transportation:
> Muni #47 or #49 on Van Ness. Hop off at Eddy St. then stroll 1 block east to Polk and north 1/2 block to Thai Idea
>
> An event of the San Francisco Vegetarian Society.
>
> thanks,-DG
>


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#10934 From: "Feral Mycelium" <feralmycelium@...>
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:20 am
Subject: [Be the Change] Sustainability, Permaculture and Leadership 		vladislav.co...
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Hello friends,

Many people think of permaculture as gardening, but that's a lot like
thinking of math as being only good for building bridges.  Permaculture is
a sustainable design science rooted in observation of nature and providing
solutions to some of our most pressing problems.  The same branching
pattern that's found in tree is also found in a river, in your heart, and
numerous other places.  That pattern maximizes edge (surface area for
exchanging information or nutrients), increases diversity and serves a
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The most common example of biomimicry and permaculture is velcro, which was
invented by a swiss engineer who removed burrs from his dog, and noticed
how the small hooks on the burr grabbed to his dog's fur.  Another great
example is better packaging designs.  Have you ever considered how nature
packages pomegranate seeds inside a pomegranate?  What we teach is
fundamentally the art of biomimicry -- observing nature and designing our
whole way of life with the patterns of nature, while often allowing nature
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While many people think of permaculture as gardening, that's a lot like
thinking of math as being about building bridges.  Permaculture is a
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example, the same branching pattern of a tree is present in every river, as
well as in our own bodies -- the pattern maximizes edge, increases
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#10935 From: "jcadiz2002" <jcadiz2002@...>
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:45 am
Subject: SFVS World Veg Festival: Sept 28-29, 2013 		jcadiz2002
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Hi all,

The SFVS sponsored World Veg Festival 2013 will be at the same venue (SF County
Fair Bldg in Golden Gate Park) and is scheduled for the weekend of September
28-29, 2013.  This is subject to the final confirmation by the WVF Steering
Committee.

You can inform your favorite restaurants, vendors and non-profit organizations
about this event.

Looking forward to see you all and get your support, volunteers, etc !

cheers,
JC
WVF Steering Committee

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#10936 From: Brook <brook@...>
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:59 am
Subject: Significance Of Vegetarian Foods 		brookology
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Significance Of Vegetarian Foods
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#10937 From: Michael Bedar <thelivingmichael@...>
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:15 pm
Subject: Live Food Lifestyle Support: 30 Days, 30 Conference Calls 		environ_ment...
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Would you like to have a conversation once every day about the raw food lifestyle and Live-Food Nutrition, with an experienced raw foods coach-instructor?
 

For 30 days, every day, I will be on a conference call with you for raw food guidance for a half hour!

Each day, the half hour will be split into:
  • 10 minutes where I will give useful, interesting, and scientifically backed information on a topic in Live-Food Nutrition
  • 20 minutes where you will be able to ask questions and get my answers as well as peer group feedback.
This program is laissez faire guidance, in the sense that no one book or protocol is assigned for you to use.  I believe in promoting your individual dietary discovery through your own raw foods trial and error, than to generate dependence on my recipes, my book, or any one thing.  (That self-trial experience is what worked for my healthy transition into live foods, after all!) 

You may each have different recipe books and access to different raw ingredients, and still our conference calls will be able to benefit you, since the common thread is raw food, and I am used to working with raw-food interest groups from "all over the map."

All you commit to finding is something, perhaps a raw food recipe book you already have or one you now choose to go and get, to inspire you to get the ingredients, make something raw to eat, and eat it.  That's what the whole group will have in common. 
 
By the end of 30 days, you might like what you're eating, and how you feel when you're eating it, a whole lot.

Some themes of the program:
  • Fun
  • Common Sense
  • Self-Responsibility and Sovereignty (this is no "one-raw-diet-fits-all" program)
Topics throughout the 30 days will encompass:
  • Getting fat, protein, and carbohydrates in a balance in raw food nutrition
  • Basic kitchen set-up
  • Intuitive eating
  • Social life and live-food
  • And much more.
This program is January 11 to February 10. 
There's 24 hours to sign up.
The calls will be at 8:00 to 8:30 AM PST, available nationwide and worldwide. 

Your opportunity to have a call-in with me and your raw-transitioning peers once a day, every day, for 30 days is available ONLY to the first handful of people who register. 

This program is no dent in your budget.  It is very inexpensive.  And even then it is limited to just the first handful of people who register.  This is to select for people who really want to go live for this key period of the year, and to allow every participant to ask their questions on the phone.  If we push past 20 people registered, I will start a new group to keep each group small.  The program price is only $47.  Do you want to register? 
 
 
About the Program Facilitator, Michael Bedar
Michael Bedar, MA, uses Live-Food Nutrition to help people achieve their full unique potential in life.  In 2002-2003, through a nearly two-year transition period, Michael Bedar moved to a raw food lifestyle.  From 2004 to 2009, he taught at the 100% live-food Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center and directly assisted and learned from Dr. Gabriel Cousens, MD, MD(H), the founder of the Tree of Life.  He completed the Live Food Nutrition Mastery Program there and completed his Master's Thesis for an M.A. in Live-Food Nutrition. With Dr. Cousens' approval, Bedar is now the co-director of Tree of Life - Bay Area, and works with clients throughout the Bay Area.  As associate producer of the documentary film, Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days, he has also reached more than a million people with an educational and inspirational message of the benefits of a lifestyle-shift into Live-Food Nutrition, and shared many other wellness and health-freedom film and media projects.  Bedar is also writing a book series, practicing hands-on healing, studying yoga and meditation, and, is an Essene minister offering spiritual counseling.


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#10938 From: <jill@...>
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:35 pm
Subject: RE: [SFVS] SFVS January Calendar of Activities, Program & Annual Meeting 		vegiqueen
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I am unable to attend the membership meeting and would really like to be a speaker at this year's event in September. My newest book Nutrition CHAMPIONS will be out by then. I would love to inform the audience about the best plant-based foods to choose for health. Please let me know what the process is for doing this.

I have spoken (actually did a cooking demo) at SFVS World Veg Day (weekend) before but it's been a few years. Please let me know how to get onto your radar.

Thank you,
Jill

Jill Nussinow, MS, RD
The Veggie Queen
Vegetable, vegetarian, vegan and pressure cooking expert
 


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Subject: [SFVS] SFVS January Calendar of Activities, Program & Annual
Meeting
From: "jcadiz2002" <jcadiz2002@...>
Date: Tue, January 08, 2013 9:48 am
To: SFVeg@yahoogroups.com

 
SAN FRANCISCO VEGETARIAN SOCIETY January Calendar 2013
P.O Box 2510, San Francisco CA 94126-251, 415-273-5481.
Check Website: www.sfvs.org or Voice Mail hot line: 415-273-5481 for updates on events.

DATE CHANGE for Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting and Refreshments, Saturday, January 12, 2013, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.*
Community Room, 630 Valencia, corner 17th Street, San Francisco
This meeting is for dues paying members only. It is important to attend, as we need a quorum in order to proceed. Reports of past activities and future plans including our 14th annual World Veg Festival, September 28 & 29, 2013. Ideas for activities are welcome especially if you are willing to implement them. There will be vegan refreshments served after the meeting. Your RSVP will help us gage the amount of food to order.

"Healing Cuisine for the New Year" Cooking Class, Tuesday, January 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
By Meredith McCarty, Author and Nutrition Educator
Redwood High School, Room 120, 395 Doherty Drive, Larkspur
$50 per class. SFVS members receive 10% discount.
To register & receive discount, contact Meredith at Meredith@... or 415-945-3730.
Menu: Vegetable Miso Soup with Tofu; Fresh Shitake Mushrooms & Ginger; Brown Rice Mochi with Dipping Sauce; The Best Pickles You Can Buy; Rustic Apple Tart.

Wednesday Night Vegan Dinners by Patricia Allen Koot
Sponsored by Wellness Central and SFVS
January 16, 23, 30, 6:00 p.m. followed by divers programs
Opera Plaza Community Room, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco.
$15 includes dinner & program. RSVP requested: 888-234-1361 or rsvp@...
Take the elevator to the first floor; Security will key you down to mezzanine.
Jan. 16, Dr. Stephen Bizal; Empower the Healer Within; Jan. 23, Linda Riebel, How Vegetarians Are Saving Endangered Species (to be confirmed); Jan. 30, Miyoko Schinner (to be confirmed).

Vegan Dinner Party celebrating National Handwriting Day, Saturday, January 19, 5:30 p.m.
Thai Idea Restaurant, 710 Polk Street, between Ellis & Eddy Streets, San Francisco
MUNI #47 or 49 on Van Ness, walk 1 block east to Polk then 1/2 block north.
$20 includes tax & tip. Space limited. Send check made out to SFVS with your name & phone number or e-mail for confirmation to: SFVS, c/o Joseph Cadiz Treasurer, 73 Rondel Place, San Francisco CA 94103 by January 12th. Include telephone number or e-mail for confirmation. Without advance payment, $23 at the door with RSVP 415-273-5481 by January 16 for accurate count of guests.
Vegan Menu: Crispy Tofu; Chicken; Brown Rice; Thai Samosa, Vegan Beef Salad, Pad Kee Mow with veggie chicken; Pineapple Fried Rice with tofu; Red Curry with veggie beef, Vegan Lamb Yellow Curry; Vegetable Combination, Pad Baby Corn with veggie shrimp. Desserts & Drinks are extra. (Peanuts will be served on the side rather than mixed into dishes. Note: some peanut residue may be present in some items for those with a peanut allergy.)
Discount Coupon included: Everyone attending the dinner will get a coupon redeemable for $2 off any individual lesson with SFVS calligrapher Dave Goggin.
For details, see: www.PointedPenClub.wordpress.com.

Vegan Drinks, last Thursday of the month, January 31, 6 to 8 p.m.
Martuni's, corner of Market & Valencia Streets, San Francisco
Vegan Drinks returns for the last Thursday of the month. Come for a great time to unwind from work, meet & greet other vegetarians/vegans, enjoy exotic alcoholic & non-alcoholic drinks, and announce your favorite upcoming event on open mike at 7:45 p.m.

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#10939 From: Dave Goggin <dg2222@...>
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:43 pm
Subject: CHECK ADDRESS CORRECTION: Thai Vegan Dinner Party - January 19th 		dave_hat2002
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Hi Everyone,
 
Regarding the dinner party on January 19, if you are wanting to pay by
check in advance to get the $20 price, please note that the correct
address to send the check to the SFVS treasurer is _73_ Rondel Place,
Francisco, CA 94103.
 
i.e.
Advance check requested:
$20 includes tax & tip. Send
to SFVS, c/o Joseph Cadiz, SFVS Treasurer, 73 Rondel Place, San
Francisco CA 94103 made out to SFVS by January 12. Write your phone # or
e-mail for confirmation. Space limited.
 
Sorry for any confusion,
 -DG

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#10940 From: "Dave" <archierieus@...>
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:55 pm
Subject: Meet Dr. Stephen Bizal, Wed. the 16th at 6 pm, and Vegan Dinner 		archierieus
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Meet Dr. Stephen Bizal, America's Wellness Coach, Wed. Jan. 16 at 6 pm at the
Opera Plaza Community Room, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco.

Dr. Bizal's Lecture is entitled, "Is a Vegan Lifestyle Enough to Keep You
Healthy?"

Dr. Bizal, "America's Wellness Advocate", is the author of the
critically acclaimed book "The Optimal Life, Empowering
Health, Healing & Longevity." An innovator in the field of
human performance enhancement, Dr. Bizal founded the
first executive health & fitness coaching company in
Southern California in 1981.

His Wellness Mastery® EmPOWERment program
"Wellness/Lifestyle Medicine & Healthy-Aging" is approved
for CE for both medical professionals and chiropractors in
CA. His book "The Optimal Life" is also an online course
at www.psychceu.com approved for CE for psychologists,
LMFT's, RN's and Social Workers in CA, TX, OH, and FL.
The www.WellnessCoachingInstitute.com founded in2009
offers wellness certification programs for both health
professionals and corporate America.

Thought provoking and always entertaining, America's Wellness Advocate will
inspire you to take charge of your life by helping you "connect the dots" to
create optimal health and the optimal life. As a former consultant to the
largest integrated-medicine treatment center in North America, the second
largest hospital chain in America, and a dot.com company that served big Pharma,
he has an insider's understanding of both the conventional and alternative
medicine models, the challenges that each faces, and why you, the consumer, is
the one that is really at risk in today's healthcare environment.

Dr. Bizal will have copies of his two books, "The Optimal Life, Empowering
Health Healing & Longevity" and "Healthy Meals for Busy Lives Recipe Book"
available for purchase and signing.

Before his lecture, enjoy a fabulous vegan and raw dinner house-made by a
certified Nutrition Consultant.  Patricia Allen Koot, NE, NC, has developed an
outstanding reputation in the Bay Area and beyond, for nutritional excellence
and taste sensations.  The dinner is totally vegan and totally
health-supporting, prepared without eggs, dairy, honey, oil or added sugars.

And, it is all you can eat, as long as the food lasts.  Bring a container and
take some home with you.  Be sure to RSVP so Patricia knows how much food to
bring.

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
lecture.  This is only possible because both the nutritionist and the presenter
are donating their time for the benefit of the community.  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

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#10941 From: Judith Gottesman <judithrachelleg@...>
Date: Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:26 pm
Subject: Is Veganism extreme? + 6 responses to vegan objections 		judithrg
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http://freefromharm.org/veganism/how-do-you-respond-to-veganism-is-extreme/

How Do You Respond to ‘Veganism is Extreme’?

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How many times have you heard the dismissive phraseveganism is extreme? Even if you’re not a vegan and the subject comes up in conversation, you’re bound to hear this knee jerk reaction from someone. Veganism is dismissed as extreme in our culture only because veganism challenges the dominant classes disconnection between what they say they believe about respect for animals and their actions which support unnecessary exploitation and violence to animals.

What is extreme is not veganism but its polar opposite, carnism, which remains largely invisible and unexamined;

  • What is extreme is the fact that a species of 7 billion kills 120 billion land and aquatic animals every year for a food source that is not necessary for survival or health.
  • What is extreme is the delusional belief that we are the only species that matters and the manner in which we live as if “the inferior others” have no interests.
  • What is extreme is the notion that we are somehow “above” rather than an integral part of the natural world.
  • What is extreme is that we act on the principle of might makes right in our exploitation of other species to serve our own ends.
  • What is extreme is the level of violence and oppression that fuels the current meat eating culture.
  • What is extreme is the endless moral acrobatics and irrational defenses that we use to justify our use of animals.
  • What is extreme is the epidemic of denial that blocks the reality behind our food choices, a reality that we have a strong aversion to when we face it.
  • What is extreme is the charge that veganism is irrational and purely emotional when the phrase “Veganism is extreme is simply a knee-jerk response with no rational or logical basis.

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In developing my new workshop series on Overcoming Objections to a Vegan Diet, I am researching the most common objections out there. Here are six of them with some short responses. More to come in the future.

  1. Habit: “I’m a busy working mom who doesn’t have time to adapt to a whole new way of feeding my family.” Response: Once you get past the initial learning curve, it will become second nature to you. It’s time to break the “hand-me-down” habits we inherit, and replace them with habits aligned with our values of respect for animals, the environment, and our own well-being.
  2. Direct Denial: “I don’t want to know.” Response: Humans are natural truth-seekers. We especially want to knowwhen something is being concealed from us — and why. The truth about eating animals is a classic Matrix challenge. The message of the Matrix is that the truth can be initially painful but is ultimately liberating. For a great perspective on this, see social psychologist Melanie Joy’s presentation.
  3. Pseudo-ethical: “I only buy cage-free eggs.” Response: Is cage-free anything more than marketing hype? A closer examination of the life of cage-free hens reveals  suffering on many levels. Here’s a good overview of so-called “humane” farming.
  4. Convenience: “I don’t see any non-animal-based options where I shop.” Response: Look closer. The options are out there. If you learn more about your true nutritional needs, you might discover that you can fulfill them with what you already eat, minus the meat, dairy, and eggs, and with the addition of a few plant proteins. Check out Norris and Messina’s wonderful plant-based nutrition handbook, Vegan for Life, for answers to all of your health questions.
  5. Culture: “I come from a farming family where these foods are part of our cherished traditions.” Response: Some traditions are better left in the past. Tradition can and has been used to justify every atrocity done to our own kind and to animals alike. 
  6. Nature: “Animals eat other animals.” Response: The animals you refer to are carnivores, while humans are not. So it’s not a just comparison. Besides, why compare ourselves to other animals only when it is convenient to do so? According to this misguided logic, it’s okay to behave like nonhuman animals when it serves to justify our ends. Instead, the power of our free will and our humanity should determine our food choices.

 

Related Articles:

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  2. Vegan Wake Up Call: Rebecca Stucki Reflects on Her Training in Veterinary Technology and Animal Agriculture
  3. Could Mark Devries’ First Film Change the World?
  4. Horse Slaughter and the Big Picture
  5. Sometimes We Need to Get Lost to Rediscover Where We Came From

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  1. Vegany on January 11, 2013 at 1:51 pm said:

    I like the part about the Direct denial and how you compared it to the matrix. Since a lot of people like that, I may have to use that to get people to connect and not be so afraid of the truth :)

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#10942 From: SFVeg@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:46 am
Subject: Poll results for SFVeg 		SFVeg@yahoogroups.com
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The following SFVeg poll is now closed.  Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: Are you attending the SFVS annual membership meeting on January
12 (2pm at 630 Valencia St x 17th St)?

Note:  You can join this poll if you are (1) current SFVS member or (2) willing
to update your membership status before the SFVS annual meeting.

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- YES, 1 votes, 33.33%
- NO, 2 votes, 66.67%



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#10943 From: Brook <brook@...>
Date: Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:01 am
Subject: On the Biology of Vegetarianism 		brookology
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On the Biology of Vegetarianism
http://centreright.in/2013/01/on-the-biology-of-vegetarianism-2/

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#10944 From: "Chuck" <chuck@...>
Date: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:07 pm
Subject: Marin Vegan Drinks this Wednesday January 16 		veganbusines...
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Awesome friendly vegans. Tasty libations. Sharkbanana. How else could you
possibly want to spend the first Marin Vegan Drinks of 2013?

Where: Nickel Rose bar in Central San Rafael
        848 B Street (corner of 3rd & B) San Rafael

When: Wednesday January 16 at 6:00 pm

See you there!

http://MarinVeganDrinks.com

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#10945 From: arlen baden <nyvegan@...>
Date: Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:26 am
Subject: How Corn Syrup Might Be Making Us Hungry-and Fat 		nyvegan2003
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How Corn Syrup Might Be Making Us Hungry-and Fat

By Katherine Harmon | Scientific American 
These fears may be well founded. Fructose, a new study finds, has a marked affect on the brain region that regulates appetite, suggesting that corn syrup and other forms of fructose might encourage over-eating to a greater degree than glucose. Table sugar has both fructose and glucose, but high-fructose corn syrup, as the name suggests, contains a higher proportion of fructose.
To test how fructose affects the brain, researchers studied 20 healthy adult volunteers. While the test subjects consumed sweetened beverages, the researchers used fMRIs (functional magnetic resonance imaging) to measure the response of the hypothalamus, which helps regulate many hunger-related signals, as well as reward and motivation processing.
Volunteers received a 300-milliliter cherry-flavored drink sweetened with 75 grams (equivalent to about 300 calories) of fructose as well as the same drink sweetened with the same amount of glucose. These different drinks were given, in random order, at sessions one to eight months apart. The researchers also took blood samples at various time points and asked volunteers to rate their feelings of hunger and fullness.
Subjects showed substantial differences in their hypothalamic activity after consuming the fructose-sweetened beverage versus the one sweetened by glucose within 15 minutes. Glucose lowered the activity of the hypothalamus but fructose actually prompted a small spike to this area. As might be expected from these results, the glucose drink alone increased the feelings of fullness reported by volunteers, which indicates that they would be less likely to consume more calories after having something sweetened with glucose than something sweetened with more fructose.
Fructose and glucose look similar molecularly, but fructose is metabolized differently by the body and prompts the body to secrete less insulin than does glucose (insulin plays a role in telling the body to feel full and in dulling the reward the body gets from food). Fructose also fails to reduce the amount of circulating ghrelin (a hunger-signaling hormone) as much as glucose does. (Animal studies have shown that fructose can, indeed, cross the blood-brain barrier and be metabolized in the hypothalamus.) Previous studies have shown that this effect was pronounced in animal models.
The study, led by Kathleen Page, of Yale University School of Medicine and published online January 1 in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, was small and was not able to pinpoint precise neural circuits that might be affected by the sweeteners. But the results, along with other research, suggest that, thanks to the "advances in food processing and economic forces" that have boosted the intake of fructose, added sugar and high-fructose corn syrup are "indeed extending the supersizing concept to the population's collective waistlines," wrote Jonathan Purnell, of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Clinical Nutrition, and Damien Fair, of the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, both of Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, who coauthored an essay that appeared in the same issue of JAMA.
Could fructose consumption alone really be playing such an outsized role in expanding our pant sizes? "A common counterargument is that it is the excess calories that are important, not the food. Simply put: just eat less," Purnell and Fair noted. "The reality, however, is that hunger and fullness are major determinants of how much humans eat, just as thirst determines how much humans drink. These sensations cannot simply be willed away or ignored." In order to eat less (and consume fewer calories overall), they argued, then, one should avoid foods or ingredients that fail to satisfy hunger. And that, according to the results from the new study, would mean those fructose-sweetened foods--and drinks.
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#10946 From: Mary Vincent <marybvincent@...>
Date: Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:56 am
Subject: Article: Diet for a New America 25th Anniversary Edition by John Robbins 		marybvincent
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Article: Diet for a New America 25th Anniversary Edition by John Robbins

http://www.gratitudegourmet.com/1/post/2013/01/diet-for-a-new-america-25th-anniversary-edition-by-john-robbins.html

Thanks,

Mary

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#10947 From: "Dave" <archierieus@...>
Date: Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:44 am
Subject: Is a Vegan Lifestyle Enough to Keep You Healthy? Wed. the 16th at 6 pm 		archierieus
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This Wed. evening, Jan. 16 at 6 pm, at the Opera Plaza Community Room, 601 Van
Ness, hear a pioneer in the field of vegan wellness, Dr. Stephen Bizal, talk
about this vitally important question.

Dr. Bizal, "America's Wellness Advocate", is the author of the  critically
acclaimed book "The Optimal Life, Empowering Health, Healing & Longevity." An
innovator in the field of human performance enhancement, Dr. Bizal founded the
first executive health & fitness coaching company in Southern California in
1981.  He has also authored a recipe book, "Healthy Meals for Busy Lives>"

He will have copies of both books available for purchase and signing.

Thought provoking and always entertaining, America's Wellness Advocate will
inspire you to take charge of your life by helping you "connect the dots" to
create optimal health and the optimal life.

Listen to Dr. Bizal's weekly radio program, "The Optimal Life," Saturdays at
noon on kSRO 1350 AM, Newstalk Radio.  An innovator in advanced wellness care,
he explores the truth and realities of topics ranging from Obamacare to safer,
more effective natural alternatives, to treatments for chronic degenerative
diseases.

Before his lecture, enjoy a fabulous vegan and raw dinner house-made by a
certified Nutrition Consultant.  Patricia Allen Koot, NE, NC, has developed an
outstanding reputation in the Bay Area and beyond, for nutritional excellence
and taste sensations.  The dinner is totally vegan and totally
health-supporting, prepared without eggs, dairy, honey, oil or added sugars.

And, it is all you can eat, as long as the food lasts.  Bring a container and
take some home with you.  Be sure to RSVP so Patricia knows how much food to
bring.

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
lecture.  This is only possible because both the nutritionist and the presenter
are donating their time for the benefit of the community.  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

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#10948 From: Dave Goggin <dg2222@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:50 am
Subject: REMINDER: Thai Vegan Dinner Party - Saturday January 19th! 		dave_hat2002
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Hey everyone,

A reminder about the most anticipated party of the new year - a vegan dinner
party to celebrate National Handwriting Day 2013.  The art of writing is one of
the greatest achievements in human history, and over the millennia has proven
essential to nearly every aspect of civilization and progress!

When:
Saturday, January 19, 2013, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Description:
Dinner Party to pre-celebrate National Handwriting Day. Saturday, January 19,
5:30pm - 7:30pm. Thai Idea Restaurant, 710 Polk St. between Ellis and Eddy Sts.
in San Francisco

Vegan Menu:
Crispy Tofu, Thai Samosa, Beef Salad, Pad Kee Mow with veggie chicken, Pineapple
Fried Rice with tofu, Red Curry with veggie beef, Lamb Yellow Curry, Vegetable
combination, Pad Baby Corn with veggie shrimp, brown rice.

Fee:
$23 at the door, includes tax & tip. _PLEASE_
  RSVP to (415) 273-5481 by January 16 so we can get an accurate count of
  guests.

Discount Coupon Included: Everyone attending the dinner will get a coupon,
redeemable for $2 off any individual lesson with calligrapher Dave Goggin, see
PointedPenClub.wordpress.com/lessons for details.

Deserts and drinks are not included in the price.

Note: We will be asking that peanuts be served on the side rather than mixed
into dishes. If you have a peanut allergy, please note that we cannot guarantee
that no peanut residue will be present in food.

Transportation:
Muni #47 or #49 on Van Ness. Hop off at Eddy St. then stroll 1 block east to
Polk and north 1/2 block to Thai Idea

An event of the San Francisco Vegetarian Society.

thanks,-DG

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#10949 From: "Regenerative Leadership Institute" <feralmycelium@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:33 am
Subject: RE: Let's Make a FREE Permaculture Design Course 		vladislav.co...
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Hello friends,

The Regenerative Leadership Institute is thrilled to make an
absolutely unprecedented ground-breaking announcement.  We are
making the FULL 72+ hour permaculture design course available
online completely FREE.   You're welcome.

You read that right. The whole course is going online FREE, but
only if you help make it happen by supporting the crowdfunding
campaign for the cost of filming, editing, developing and promoting
the program.

More information, including an AWESOME short video explaining
permaculture in just a couple minutes
  is available @ http://www.indiegogo.com/online-permaculture

Let's change the world.  This work needs to get out to the
mainstream, and we're breaking all the traditional rules and
cutting through the nonsense to make the complete $2000+ course
available online totally free.  LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Read more, support, and share this e-mail with your friends.
  Details @ http://www.indiegogo.com/online-permaculture

Be sure to check out the awesome video we created telling the
permaculture story in just a couple short minutes!

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#10950 From: Joseph Cadiz <jcadiz2002@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:59 am
Subject: May 18: 1st International Veggie Pride, Geneva 		jcadiz2002
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 Some of you may have attended Veggieprides in Paris but this will be a much bigger event.
The EU Grundtvegans project will be participating.   It may also coincide with the launch of Geneva's first vegan restaurant.  The organizers are providing some kind of camp with cheap vegan food but if you fancy something a little less basic a good trick is to stay across the border in France where everything seems to cost a lot less.
Patricia

 
You are invited to Geneva for the first international Veggie Pride, the aim of which is to unify our ethical ideas and have a good time in good company.
It is an unmissable opportunity for discussions, exchanging and sharing ideas and meeting people proud of their choice not to eat animals.

The whole event will last from 16 to 20 May and will include:

- Conferences
- Veggie Pride march on the streets of Geneva on 18 May, the start of World Week for the Abolition of Meat (WWAM)
- Letters to the WHO and the UN
- Delicious vegan food
- Concerts by talented artists and a Veggie Party
- Meetings and discussions
The PDF of a flyer can be downloaded from VeggiePride.ch but we can also post you printed leaflets.

Please contact us if you want to participate in the event and/or if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you in Geneva!

The team organizing the first international Veggie Pride
__________

18 MAY,­ GENEVA (SWITZERLAND)

VEGGIE PRIDE, YOUR VOICE FOR THE ANIMALS!

International demonstration for the victims of farming and fishing

Billions of animals are killed each year for a wholly unnecessary practice:  the consumption of animal products.

Veggie Pride is a demonstration of individuals who refuse to eat animals for ethical reasons and it aims at changing the current situation in two ways in particular.

The prevailing cultural view is that the interests of animals are unimportant and that it is not wrong to kill them for consumption.  The value that our culture gives them is so low that some even compare sentient beings that feel emotions with carrots.

Veggie Pride challenges this dominant view, condemning the slaughter and creating a public debate on the legitimacy of the murder of animals.  By not using ecological nor health arguments it promotes the idea that the interests of animals are significant in themselves and constitute a sufficient reason for the abolition of this practice.  Therefore the banners, placards and leaflets used in the demonstration will focus on the principal victims of meat consumption:  the animals.

Social repression impedes any expression of solidarity with animals, particularly visible in the almost systematic refusal to offer balanced vegan meals in public or private institutions, which may lead some to renounce to their beliefs or else be content with a nutritionally deficient diet.  Doctors are taught almost nothing about nutrition and cannot give vegans and vegetarians accurate information.  The media mock or criticize "extremist" vegetarians when mentioning any topic related to vegetarianism instead of allowing a real debate of ideas.  Saying that you are vegan or vegetarian for the sake of animals sometimes provokes unpleasant reactions, contempt and even aggression.  This constant social pressure effectively prevents many vegans and vegetarians from opening the debate on the legitimacy of the slaughter of animals for consumption.

Veggie Pride denounces this system of social repression and calls it vegaphobia, demanding that vegan and vegetarian rights be respected.  The rights that society gives to us are currently the only way that non-human animals have any indirect rights at all and as such they are invaluable and we demand that they be respected.

Therefore we shall demand respect for these vegan and vegetarian rights in particular:

- The right to obtain balanced vegan meals in any public or private institution

- The right to impartial and appropriate medical information

- The right to be provided with the resources needed to raise their children in accordance with their beliefs

- The right to refuse any work contrary to their ethical beliefs.


A petition can be signed online asking for respect for these rights:  http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Respect_of_the_rights_of_vegans_and_vegeterians/?launch

Veggie Pride will take place on Saturday 18 May in Geneva and will be one of the actions and events to be held from 16 to 20 May.  All events will be authorized.  Given the high cost of living in Switzerland we shall offer vegan food and accommodation at the lowest price possible.

IN A SOCIETY THAT PAYS LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE SCREAMS OF ANIMALS, WE WILL MAKE THEM HEAR OUR VOICES!
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD;  WE WON'T STAY SILENT ANY LONGER!
SO GET OUT YOUR PLACARD AND USE YOUR VOICE IN GENEVA in 2013!


If you wish to help with the organization of Veggie Pride 2013, please complete this survey:  http://soorvey.com/fr/?s=498GNQYLIRN

www.veggiepride.org

www.veggiepride.ch

Contact: info (@) veggiepride.ch

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#10951 From: Dixie Mahy <dixiemahy@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:12 am
Subject: Fwd: Friends of Animals Magazine article on SFVS Veg Festival 2012 		dixiemahy@...
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Article on SFVS/IVU FESTIVAL & CONGRESS Oct 201
from Joseph Cadiz

Hi all,

Here's the link to the SFVS Veg Festival 2012 article in the Friends of Animals magazine.

http://www.friendsofanimals.org/actionline/winter-2012_13/movement-watch.php




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#10952 From: Brook <brook@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:34 pm
Subject: Aubergine Satay 		brookology
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Aubergine satay
http://greenandginger.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/aubergine-satay/

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#10953 From: Joseph Cadiz <jcadiz2002@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:19 pm
Subject: Vegan Festival in India, September 2013 		jcadiz2002
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Indian International


Vegan Festival


27 - 29 September (optional excursion 30 Sep.)


Sthitaprajna Vegan Centre, Yeljit, BYNDOOR -  576 214, Udupi Dist, Karnataka, India


Details at www.indianvegansociety.com/vegan-festival.html or from indianvegansociety@...


***

 

From here, you can go to the
International Vegetarian Union (www.ivu.org) 


IVU World Vegfest (www.worldvegfest.org)


in Kuala Lumpur & Penang, Malaysia, 3 - 9 October


-------------------------------------------------
Vn.Shankar Narayan,
President, Indian Vegan Society (www.indianvegansociety.com)

Founder of Sthitaprajna-Vegan Life Centre (Vegan Retreat)

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#10954 From: "wellness4ideas" <wellness4ideas@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:21 am
Subject: Recommended Fruits and Vegetables for Pregnant Women 		wellness4ideas
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Recommended Fruits and Vegetables for Pregnant Women:

Gynecologists or Doctors or generally advise pregnant women to include the following fruits and vegetables during their tenure of pregnancy in their regular diet. As these fruits and vegetables is considered as best not only for them but also to the baby. These fruits and vegetables provide all the goodness of micro and macro nutrients and energy that is required for good growth of baby and also maintain good health for pregnant women.

The following fruits and vegetables are power packed with all essential minerals, namely iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, copper etc and other vital vitamins like, Vitamins B1, B6, B12 and other constituents of Vitamin B, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E etc, and other essential antioxidants like beta carotene, alpha beta carotene etc., and proteins, carbohydrates, dietary fiber present in these contribute to the good growth of physiological systems of fetus and provide good health to pregnant women. All these nutrients found in the same through the blood of mother build fetus organ systems, supports proper growth of nervous system, muscles, proper growth of skeleton and bones, strengthen immune system, and lower the risk of birth defects of fetus.

Recommended  fruits and vegetables for pregnant women are as follows; some of these fruits like berries such as cranberries, strawberries, cherries, blackberries, and blueberries are very rich in antioxidants and could be included in the diet as snack items with fortified cereals. Kiwi fruits, bananas, grapefruits, apricots, oranges, mangoes, persimmons, figs, avocados also rich in folates support proper development of nervous system of fetus.

For details visit;http://ideas4health.in/health-ideas/health-foods/recommended-fruits-and-vegetables-for-pregnant-women/


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#10955 From: "Dave" <archierieus@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:17 pm
Subject: Menu, Lecture and Book Signing: Wed. Jan. 16 at 6 pm at Opera Plaza 		archierieus
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The Opera Plaza dinner this week, Wed. the 16th at 6 pm, is in honor of George
Washington Carver, a great American who revolutionized agriculture in this
country.  Here is the menu:

Green Leafy Salad
Lemony Bean Dip
Crudites Assortment
George Washington Carver Roast
Creamy Winter Veggies
Chef's Surprise
Apple Spice Cake
Grape Juice and Herbal Tea Beverages

Delicious, vegan and health-supporting, made without eggs, dairy, oil or added
sugars.  And, it is all you can eat, as long as the food lasts.  Bring a
container and take some home with you.  house-made by a certified Nutrition
Consultant, Patricia Allen Koot, NE, NC, this dinner features an Americana theme
with traditional early American dishes.  Come and enjoy!

After dinner, meet America's Wellness Coach, Dr. Stephen Bizal.  He is a pioneer
in the field of vegan wellness, and author of the critically-acclaimed book,
"The Optimal Life"  He will be speaking on the topic, "Is a Vegan Lifestyle
Enough to Keep You Healthy?"

An innovator in the field of human performance enhancement, Dr. Bizal founded
the first executive health & fitness coaching company in Southern California in
1981.

His Wellness Mastery® EmPOWERment program "Wellness/Lifestyle Medicine &
Healthy-Aging" is approved for CE for both medical professionals and
chiropractors in CA.

Dr. Bizal founded www.WellnessCoachingInstitute.com in 2009, which
offers wellness certification programs for both health professionals and
corporate America.

His book "The Optimal Life" is also an online course at www.psychceu.com
approved for CE for psychologists, LMFT's, RN's and Social Workers in CA, TX,
OH, and FL.

Here is what health professionals have said about his book:

"The Optimal Life provides step-by-step directions for
  achieving health, wellness, and longevity."
- Julian Whitaker, M.D.
Founder, Whitaker Wellness Institute
Editor, Health & Healing

"Dr. Bizal's book has a magical way of bringing us back to inner balance and
ultimate health that is unique and unlike any book on the market.  His message
is refreshing, enlightening and life-changing."
- Kardena Pauza
Ms America Fitness 2006-07

Dr. Bizal will have copies of the book, as well as a book of vegan recipes which
he authored, entitled, "Healthy Meals for Busy Lives" available for purchase and
signing.

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
lecture.  This is only possible because both the nutritionist and the presenter
are donating their time for the benefit of the community.  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

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#10956 From: greg rohrbach <grohrbach2000@...>
Date: Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:22 pm
Subject: Re: [SFVS] Menu, Lecture and Book Signing: Wed. Jan. 16 at 6 pm at Opera Plaza 		grohrbach2000
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Hi Dave,
Patly and I will be there tonight!


From: Dave <archierieus@...>
To: SFVeg@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:17 AM
Subject: [SFVS] Menu, Lecture and Book Signing: Wed. Jan. 16 at 6 pm at Opera Plaza

 
The Opera Plaza dinner this week, Wed. the 16th at 6 pm, is in honor of George Washington Carver, a great American who revolutionized agriculture in this country. Here is the menu:

Green Leafy Salad
Lemony Bean Dip
Crudites Assortment
George Washington Carver Roast
Creamy Winter Veggies
Chef's Surprise
Apple Spice Cake
Grape Juice and Herbal Tea Beverages

Delicious, vegan and health-supporting, made without eggs, dairy, oil or added sugars. And, it is all you can eat, as long as the food lasts. Bring a container and take some home with you. house-made by a certified Nutrition Consultant, Patricia Allen Koot, NE, NC, this dinner features an Americana theme with traditional early American dishes. Come and enjoy!

After dinner, meet America's Wellness Coach, Dr. Stephen Bizal. He is a pioneer in the field of vegan wellness, and author of the critically-acclaimed book, "The Optimal Life" He will be speaking on the topic, "Is a Vegan Lifestyle Enough to Keep You Healthy?"

An innovator in the field of human performance enhancement, Dr. Bizal founded the first executive health & fitness coaching company in Southern California in 1981.

His Wellness Mastery® EmPOWERment program "Wellness/Lifestyle Medicine & Healthy-Aging" is approved for CE for both medical professionals and chiropractors in CA.

Dr. Bizal founded www.WellnessCoachingInstitute.com in 2009, which
offers wellness certification programs for both health professionals and corporate America.

His book "The Optimal Life" is also an online course at www.psychceu.com approved for CE for psychologists, LMFT's, RN's and Social Workers in CA, TX, OH, and FL.

Here is what health professionals have said about his book:

"The Optimal Life provides step-by-step directions for
achieving health, wellness, and longevity."
- Julian Whitaker, M.D.
Founder, Whitaker Wellness Institute
Editor, Health & Healing

"Dr. Bizal's book has a magical way of bringing us back to inner balance and ultimate health that is unique and unlike any book on the market. His message is refreshing, enlightening and life-changing."
- Kardena Pauza
Ms America Fitness 2006-07

Dr. Bizal will have copies of the book, as well as a book of vegan recipes which he authored, entitled, "Healthy Meals for Busy Lives" available for purchase and signing.

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 lecture. This is only possible because both the nutritionist and the presenter are donating their time for the benefit of the community. 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




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#10957 From: Jillian Love <jillianlove@...>
Date: Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:58 pm
Subject: Dr T events Jan 16 & 17, Lisa's delicious Raw Menu, Skin Clinic 		jillianlovel...
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Hey there lovely community,
We have two great lectures on Raw Vegan Nutrition and Health this Wednesday and Thursday with Doctor T.
Here are the two upcoming lectures:

The Truth About Protein
Find Out How Much Your Body Really Needs and The Best Sources.
Wednesday January 16th  * 7PM-10PM *
Pacific Park Plaza, 6363 Christie Avenue, Emmeryville CA
cost $10

*Delicious Raw Vegan Dinner Menu Available by Chef Lisa Books Williams: 
Winter Greens Smoothie
3 Bean Chili Served with brown rice OR Eastern European Red Lentil Stew 
Land & Sea Vegetable Salad with Asian Citrus Dressing and Carrot Toasts with Garlic Spread (Includes small salad)
Portobello Mushroom Fajita with Cashew Sour Cream and Avocado served on a Romaine Lettuce Boat (Includes small salad)
Apple Pie Tartlets with Almond Crumble and Maple Cream
Raw Superfood Chocolate and Truffles


The Truth about CANCER: 
Is a Raw Vegan Diet Really the Answer?
Real Causes and Interventions..
1630 Powell Street , San Francisco, CA *
Thursday January 17th * 7PM-10PM
* Raw Dinner Specials Available from Pena Pachamama Restaurant
cost $10

There are also still a few slots open in the HOLISTIC Skin Clinic on Jan 17th  - if you have any moles, skin tags or other things you want removed.. More info about this and the lectures is posted here: http://www.meetup.com/RevolutionaryRawConsciousCuisine/

Jillian Love

--
Revolutionary Raw Conscious Cuisine Bay Area Meet Up Group. 
Join The Community Here:
http://www.meetup.com/RevolutionaryRawConsciousCuisine/

www.JillianLove.com

"We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."  
       --Aristotle

"...it's a matter of switching gears, never looking back, and BECOMING that person today that you always dreamed you'd be. Entertain every thought, say every word, and make every decision from their point of view. Walk the way they would, dress the way they would dress, and spend your free time the way they would spend theirs. Choose the friends they would choose, eat the meals they would eat, and love and appreciate yourself the way they would.
These steps MUST come in order for there to be change. There's no other option, no other way... But, since that person is who you REALLY are, that makes this assignment downright effortless. Just stop being who you aren't."
    ~The Universe


"Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and find
all the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it." ~ Rumi


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#10958 From: arlen baden <nyvegan@...>
Date: Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:56 pm
Subject: Food Allergy Party: Les Miserables Parody 		nyvegan2003
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#10959 From: Rose <roseaguilar@...>
Date: Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:04 am
Subject: Re: [SFVS] vegan John Mackey will be in Palo Alto, Jan 23 		vegandolphin
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I try to avoid Whole Foods whenever possible. I'd rather support worker owned co-ops and farmer's markets.

What's wrong with Whole Foods?

And this from NPR: "In fact, he's a self-styled libertarian: a vegan who sells sustainably raised meat, a man who compares the government's health care overhaul to "fascism" but wants to improve American diets."


On Jan 4, 2013, at 3:05 PM, sunny outdoors wrote:

 

this is a once in a lifetime event
I'll be there!  wanna join us?
let's go early to get a good seat.

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JOHN MACKEY 

- CEO & Co-Founder, Whole Foods Market 
- Author of Conscious Capitalism: A Whole-istic Approach to Capitalism 

John Mackey, iconic CEO and co-founder, is known for his all-natural approach to a mega chain of grocery stores, Whole Foods. His stores are, in part, credited with a boom in the healthy food movement where terms like “hormone free” are commonplace. 

He’s also taken the formula for conscious capitalism and corporate social responsibility to a whole new level and other businesses are following suit. Mackey discusses the transformative business movement where value rests on something more than just finances. Find out more about the Whole Foods story from the man himself. 

Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 
Time: 6:30 p.m. Check-In; 7:00 p.m. Program; 8:00 p.m. Book Signing 
Location: Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 
Price: General: $12 Members; $20 Non-Members 
Premium: $40 Members & Non-Members (includes copy of book and reserved seating) 

For tickets call 1-800-847-7730 or register online at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2013-01-23/john-mackey-whole-istic-approach-capitalism-sv
 
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#10960 From: Judith Gottesman <judithrachelleg@...>
Date: Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:36 am
Subject: Dog goes daily to church mass to mourn mom 		judithrg
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/loyal-dog-attends-mass-church-funeral-153655088.html

Loyal dog continues to attend mass at church where owner’s funeral was held

By  | The Sideshow – 9 hrs ago

Tommy at Santa Maria Assunta church (Nikonarte Fotografia/Daily Mail)

A loyal dog whose owner died late last year has apparently been showing up for Mass every day for the last two months at the church where the funeral was held.

Tommy, a 7-year-old German shepherd, used to accompany his owner, Maria Margherita Lochi, to services at Santa Maria Assunta church in San Donaci, Italy, according to the Daily Mail, and was allowed to sit at her feet.

After Lochi died, the dog "joined mourners at her funeral service" according to locals and "followed after Maria's coffin" as it was carried into the church.

Tommy, a stray who was adopted by Lochi, has been showing up "when the bell rings out to mark the beginning of services" ever since.

"He's there every time I celebrate mass and is very well behaved," Father Donato Panna told the paper. "He doesn't make a sound."

None of the other parishioners has complained, Panna said, and villagers give the dog food and water and allow him to sleep nearby.

"I've not heard one bark from him in all the time he has been coming in," Panna added. "He waits patiently by the side of the altar and just sits there quietly. I didn't have the heart to throw him out—I've just recently lost my own dog, so I leave him there until Mass finishes and then I let him out."

A dog lies near the casket of a fallen Navy SEAL in 2011. (The Atlantic)

Examples of this type of extreme canine loyalty are incredibly common.

In 2011, a fallen Navy SEAL's Labrador retriever lay down next to his owner's casket at a funeral service in Rockford, Iowa, refusing to leave.

The heart-wrenching photo of the scene, taken by the SEAL's cousin and posted to Facebook, soon went viral.

And on Tuesday, a 60-year-old man's dog watched and waited for 30 minutes for the fire department to rescue his owner, who had fallen through thin ice into the freezing waters of the Colorado River:

Nearby hunters witnessed the accident and called 911. But while they waited for help, the man's dog refused to leave the scene. Like a worried relative in the waiting room, the dog paced back and forth, trying to reach the man, who repeatedly waved the dog off, fearing for its safety.

"This is simply who dogs are," Dr. Karen Overall, an animal behavior expert, told Yahoo! Shine. "We have had a close, cognitive, emotional and working relationship with dogs for tens of thousands of years, and we have both been changed by that history. Dogs are heroic to us because they live up to that relationship."

Canine loyalty extends beyond humans.

Last year, a male pit bull refused to leave the side of a female pit bull who had been dead on the side of a road in Phoenix. According to local news reports, the male pit bull stayed with her for more than 14 hours.



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#10961 From: Susanne Gallo <sgallorun@...>
Date: Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:26 am
Subject: John Mackey/Whole Foods Market 		sgallorun...
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Greetings Veggie Friends,

Since I live in Oakland (Rainbow Grocery is too far), I primarily shop at the Berkeley Farmer's Market but there are some things I unfortunately need to buy at Berkeley Bowl and Whole Foods Market.  I know individuals who work at BB and WFM.  Berkeley Bowl is also not unionized but their benefits appear to be very good, employees appear happier there, and when they are closed on several holidays (sometimes, 2 days in a row), their employees get paid.

John Mackey and Whole Foods Market owners/management does not allow its employees to unionize, refuses to pay "overtime" and instead, offers an employee a "vacation day" when they are requested to work 6 days/over 40 hours a week, and has fired employees who were involved in the "People against Wall Street Movement" (can't recall their name).

John Mackey seems to be an insensitive, manipulative, and greedy billionaire CAPITALIST who contributes to the violence of animals by selling meat, fish, and dairy products.  Nevertheless, I will continue to try to maintain an open-heart and mind toward all human and animal beings, including Mr. Mackey.

Susanne


From: Rose <roseaguilar@...>
To: SFVeg@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, January 18, 2013 8:51:02 PM
Subject: Re: [SFVS] vegan John Mackey will be in Palo Alto, Jan 23

 

I try to avoid Whole Foods whenever possible. I'd rather support worker owned co-ops and farmer's markets.

What's wrong with Whole Foods?

And this from NPR: "In fact, he's a self-styled libertarian: a vegan who sells sustainably raised meat, a man who compares the government's health care overhaul to "fascism" but wants to improve American diets."


On Jan 4, 2013, at 3:05 PM, sunny outdoors wrote:

 

this is a once in a lifetime event
I'll be there!  wanna join us?
let's go early to get a good seat.

===
JOHN MACKEY 

- CEO & Co-Founder, Whole Foods Market 
- Author of Conscious Capitalism: A Whole-istic Approach to Capitalism 

John Mackey, iconic CEO and co-founder, is known for his all-natural approach to a mega chain of grocery stores, Whole Foods. His stores are, in part, credited with a boom in the healthy food movement where terms like “hormone free” are commonplace. 

He’s also taken the formula for conscious capitalism and corporate social responsibility to a whole new level and other businesses are following suit. Mackey discusses the transformative business movement where value rests on something more than just finances. Find out more about the Whole Foods story from the man himself. 

Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 
Time: 6:30 p.m. Check-In; 7:00 p.m. Program; 8:00 p.m. Book Signing 
Location: Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 
Price: General: $12 Members; $20 Non-Members 
Premium: $40 Members & Non-Members (includes copy of book and reserved seating) 

For tickets call 1-800-847-7730 or register online at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2013-01-23/john-mackey-whole-istic-approach-capitalism-sv
 
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SIGNATURE:
pls LIKE this, my friend posts new videos every day
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we lost to Monsanto and Dupont, but we are going to get smarter in getting rid of of u in our bodies
==
farm fishing is bad in many ways
http://www.salmonaid.org/index.php/education/why-eat-wild-salmon.html  
and there's not enough wild salmon or fish to go around....in 10 years!



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