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#213 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Tue Jun 6, 2006 9:48 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 7 June 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 7 June 2006

VSS News

VSS Wellness Seminar for June

Essay Contest for JC Students

Other News

Eight-Week Vegetarian Cooking Class

Confinement Nanny Wanted in Yishun

Organic Vegetarian Steamboat

State Passes Resolution Recommending Veg Choices for School Lunches

Online Poster Exhibition on a Buddhist Perspective on Veg

Help Wanted at Soon-to-be-Opened Veg Outlet

Yogi Hub’s New Stanley St Outlet

Veg Outlet Closes L

VSS News

VSS Wellness Seminar for June

Aromatherapy is becoming more familiar. However, how much do we truly know about this alternative therapy? In VSS’ June Wellness Seminar, Pauline Chau will educate us on theoretical and practical aspects of aromatherapy. This joint seminar with MyOrangeTrees.com and Living Space looks at:

What are essential oils/base oils?

What is aromatherapy?

Essential oil safety

Storage conditions

Methods of application

Quantities and dilution

Types of essential oils

Case studies on Sinusitis, Premenstrual tension (PMS) and Insomnia

About the Speaker

Pauline Chau, UK ITEC certified therapist, has gone through a series of theory and practical trainings at Diploma level on aromatherapy, reflexology and sports massage therapy. She has years of experience practicing aromatherapy and massage treatments in the chiropractic and spa industries. She has conducted numerous aromatherapy appreciation workshops on private and group bases. Her objective for this workshop is to share knowledge and experience on how to apply essential oils for physical, emotional and mental purposes. Pauline is a believer in a holistic approach to improve and balance one’s well-being through proper diet and adequate exercise.

The seminar will be held Fri, 30 June, 8-9.30pm at Living Space, 17, Hong Kong Street, near Clarke Quay MRT, Tel: 65 340 340. Admission fee = $5 per person. Please email kee_yew@... to reserve your seats early.

Essay Contest for JC Students

Please tell any JC students you know that attractive prizes and a meaningful topic are on offer in the Singapore Meatout Week essay contest. Singapore Meatout Week is 22-30 July, and the contest closes 15 July.

For details: http://www.singaporemeatout.org/SMO%20Writing%20Contest.doc.

Other News

Eight-Week Vegetarian Cooking Class

Bright Hill Temple, 88 Bright Hill Road (MRT = Bishan) is offering a third 8-week course on vegetarian cooking. This time the course will be led by Oh Chong Fah, who has done many courses and demos for VSS. The course meets every Sunday from 4pm-6pm at the 2^nd floor of Ven Hong Choon Memorial Hall, beginning Sun, 25 June. Cost is $50/pax per course. For more information: 6849.5332. The class is taught mainly in Mandarin, but with enough English so that in the past English speakers have happily taken part.

Confinement Nanny Wanted in Yishun

A couple in Yishun needs a vegetarian confinement nanny for a baby due to arrive in late June. If you can help, please contact Lam at lin_ya_nan@... or 9844.0443.

Organic Vegetarian Steamboat

Tonic @ Living Space offers an Organic Steamboat Feast with more than 80 varieties of organic dishes, organic steamboat broths as well as freshly made organic dipping sauces. All broths, sauces and dips are made from organic ingredients and contain no animal ingredients. No MSG. No preservatives. No pesticides.

Diners can also pick up organic fresh produce and products from the adjoining organic grocer, Tonic receives local organic vegetables three times a week and shipments arrive direct from USA and Australia twice a week.

Tonic @ Living Space
17 Hong Kong St (Clarke Quay MRT)
Singapore 059660
11am-11pm daily
Tel :65340 340
www.tonicbistro.com

State Passes Resolution Recommending Veg Choices for School Lunches

The U.S. state of Florida’s House of Representatives has passed a resolution recommending healthier choices for school canteens. Part of this includes veg options: http://www.healthyschoollunches.org/legislative/florida.html.

Online Poster Exhibition on a Buddhist Perspective on Veg

For Vesak Day this year, Bright Hill Temple put up an exhibition on a Buddhist perspective on vegetarianism. That exhibition can now be viewed online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zeph/message/964.

Help Wanted at Soon-to-be-Opened Veg Outlet

Lily Ko, the boss and star chef of Yogi Hub, is helping a friend start up a new vegan restaurant. They need people for the following positions:

1. Head Cook

2. Cook Assistant

3. Wait Staff

Interested parties may contact Lily @ 9182 6898.

Yogi Hub’s New Stanley St Outlet

Yogi Hub’s Tanjong Pagar branch has relocated to 25 Stanley St. They are open from M-F from 11.30-7.30 and Sat from 11-3. Closed Sun and public holidays. Tel: 6220-4344, 9006-7318. Near Chinatown, Raffles Place and Tanjong Pagar MRT stations.

Veg Outlet Closes L

Ru Lai Veg Stall at 131 Bencoolen Street has closed. Please support your local veg outlet. Click on the hyperlink below to find ones that you might not know about.

Click here for a large list of vegetarian eateries

Disclaimer: The information provided in this Newsletter is solely for the consideration of the subscribers, and does not constitute an endorsement by VSS.

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#214 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:21 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 12 June 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 12 June 2006

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VSS News

New VSS Corporate Member Offers Organic Products

VSS Gives Recipes This Week on Radio 95.8, a Mandarin Station

June VSS Wellness Seminar

Other News

Recipes from Victorian Times

Good News about Cut Fruit

Japanese Veg Catering

Full Page of Veg Options at Indo Restaurant

Grilled Veggies Are So Much Better than Grilled Meat

Pro-Biotic Fruit Juices at Barista Cage

Vegetorium Moves to Pasir Panjang

Viewer Discretion Advised

Travellers’ Tip

Review of New Book by Peter Singer

VSS News

New VSS Corporate Member Offers Organic Products

VSS has a corporate membership scheme for only $100/yr. One of the benefits of the scheme is being able to make special offers to VSS members.

We’d like to warmly welcome our latest corporate member, L’Organic Market, Blk 18 Dempsey Road (opposite Botanic Gardens), Tel: 6836.1091, Open on Wed (9am to 3pm) and Sat (8am to 2pm). Home delivery service available. Website: www.lorganic.sg; Email: info@...

To view their offer to VSS members, visit our Corporate Member page at http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=corporate.htm

VSS Gives Recipes This Week on Radio 95.8, a Mandarin Station

Looking for delicious, easy-to-make veg recipes? If you speak Mandarin, tune into Radio 95.8 this week Mon-Fri at 11.10am for one recipe a day from VSS Treasurer Wong Kee Yew.

June VSS Wellness Seminar

Other News

Recipes from Victorian Times

Vegetarianism has been around a long time. For example, an eBook (price = US$10) features veg recipes from the Victorian era. To learn more, including viewing of free veg (not vegan) recipes: http://www.victorianvegetarianrecipes.com.

Good News about Cut Fruit

The research presented in the following article suggests, perhaps surprisingly, that cut fruit stored in a refrigerator doesn’t lose much nutrition over a few days:

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/123/115022.htm. However, fruit is so delicious, who can wait a few days before eating it?!

Japanese Veg Catering

Japanese cuisine has always offered a variety of veg options, but even better is news that we in Singapore can now enjoy Japanese vegetarian catering, with meals from Enso Kitchen, who are offering Shojin Ryori, a Japanese  vegetarian cuisine that originated from Zen temples, taking it from its origins in Japan to your home or office premises. This is a catering service, not a restaurant. For details: http://www.ensokitchen.com.

Full Page of Veg Options at Indo Restaurant

Indonesian is another veg-friendly cuisine. Further proof of this is that Istano Indonesian Restaurant, near the Merlion at One Fullerton #01-05, 1, Fullerton Rd, has a full page of veggie dishes priced from $12-$18. They also cater for strict vegetarians, such as Jains. Tel: 65381228, Lunch: 11.30am-3pm, Dinner: 6pm-10.30pm.

Grilled Veggies Are So Much Better than Grilled Meat

Here’s yet another article linking meat, in this case, grilled meat, and cancer. The link, according to The Cancer Project, is cancer-causing compounds called heterocyclic amines (HCAs). Most grilled meat has lots of HCAs, whereas grilled veggies have only negligible amounts. Learn more at http://www.cancerproject.org/media/news/fiveworstfoodsreport.php.

Pro-Biotic Fruit Juices at Barista Cage

Tom Low (9750.6092, ahealth@...) is offering his Pro-Biotic (from milk culture) fruit juices via Barista Express, #01-K2, Clifford Centre. Also, you can call 6536.6483 for office or home delivery.

Vegetorium Moves to Pasir Panjang

Vegetorium, the uniquely named veg restaurant, has moved from South Bridge Road to 124 Pasir Panjang Road. Hours: Mon-Thu, 7am-5pm; Fri-Sat, 7am-10pm; Closed Sun and public holidays. Email: vegetorium@..., Tel: 9155-0438. Buses: 10, 30, 51, 143, 176, 188. MRT: Pasir Panjong (when it opens).

Viewer Discretion Advised

A reader sent in these two video clips. No way to know how typical the scenes are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPlPPY8AP8U&search=animal%20cruelty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r-w70Li0FE

Remember: when the buying stops, the killing can too.

Travellers’ Tip

A reader was recently in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and reports that veg food is easy to find there. Plus, the city boasts two veg restaurants:

1. Wonderful Vegetarian House

Linju Lu (near Tibet University, West Gate),

Phone: +86-(891)-636-3494

+86-135-1897-1720 (mobile)

2. Holy Land Vegetarian Restaurant

Lin Kuo Dong Lu (Lin Kuo Eastern Road), near the

Lhasa Public Security Bureau and opposite Lebailong Supermarket

+86-(891)-636-3851

Review of New Book by Peter Singer

Here’s a review of one of Peter Singer’s new books, The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter - http://veganoutreach.org/enewsletter/eat.html.

Click here for a large list of vegetarian eateries

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#215 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:28 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 19 June 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 19 June 2006

www.vegetarian-society.org

VSS News

VSS Participates in Singapore Food Festival

More VSS VCDs Ready

Singapore Meatout Week Exhibition at Central Library

Other News

Vegetarians Come in All Colours

New Book Looks at the Veg Future

Additional Evidence that Veg Diets Help Us Achieve a Healthy Weight

Pesto Pasta Recipe

Talk on Biogenic Food – 25 June

Fresh Versions of ‘Love Us Not Eat Us’ Decal

Petition for a United Nations Declaration for Animal Welfare

Ringo Is Vegetarian Too

Sounds Like a Very Good Book

Year of the Turtle Seminar

Cooking Class and Health Talk on: What about Cheese?

VSS News

VSS Participates in Singapore Food Festival

This year’s Singapore Food Festival (SFF) (http://www.singaporefoodfestival.com) will be held the entire month of July. This is why Singapore Meatout Week (www.singaporemeatout.com) will also be held in July, 22-30. To highlight Meatout Week events, VSS took part in the SFF Media Conference on 15 June. At the conference, Bombay Restaurant chef Amit Verma was awarded 2^nd prize in the Indian new dish category for his creation, Kuri Mushroom.

VSS would like to thank the following for providing food for the VSS booth at the Media Conference: Five Loaves (swiss loaf and stolen [a German pastry]), Lotus Restaurant (dim sum), Quantum (vinegar drinks) and Yogi Hub (brown rice cake).

More VSS VCDs Ready

Recently, an industrious group of VSS members and supporters gathered to pack another 10,000 of our informative and hard-hitting SEEDS VCD. That brings the total to 80,000. The VCD is for free public distribution, and more than a few people have told us that SEEDS was the major reason why they went veg.

If you have ideas for how to get the VCD in the hands of those who would benefit from watching it, please write to info@....

Singapore Meatout Week Exhibition at Central Library

VSS will be holding an exhibition on the 7^th floor of the Central Library from 17-30 July. Opening hours are the same as those of the rest of the library 10am-9pm. The exhibition will be titled: ‘Seeds of a Joyous Heritage’. It will explore how the food choices we make today shape the heritage of future generations in four ways: our own health, the health of starving people, the well-being of the planet, and the happiness of our fellow animals, such as chickens. Panels, videos, sculpture, food demos and more provide food for thought on how Singapore can become a model for the world by enjoying food in a true way.

Other News

Vegetarians Come in All Colours

Fruits and vegetables come in all colours, and so do vegetarians. For example, you might like to visit the website of Black Vegetarians: http://www.blackvegetarians.org/index.htm.

New Book Looks at the Veg Future

The European Vegetarian Union (EVU) has published an exciting new book, Thirty-five authors - nutritionists, medical doctors, authors of bestsellers, founders of important organizations, researchers, IT specialists, philosophers, sci-fi fans, musicians and other talented individuals - contributed to this EVU fundraiser project. The authors share their unique perspectives on what tomorrow's vegetarian world will look like: http://www.european-vegetarian.org/lang/en/info/veggieworld.php.

Additional Evidence that Veg Diets Help Us Achieve a Healthy Weight

A review of 87 scientific studies found that plant-based diets can be effective for weight loss. Furthermore, the weight-loss effect does not depend on exercise or calorie-counting, and it occurs at a rate of approximately 1 pound per week. This research emphasizes that people can enjoy unrestricted portions of nutritious, high-fiber fruits, vegetables and whole grains and still maintain a healthy body weight without feeling hungry.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/04/vegetarian_weight_loss.html.

Pesto Pasta Recipe

Here, courtesy of our friends at Meatout (www.meatout.org), is a tasty pasta recipe.

Pesto is a classic Italian herb sauce typically prepared with basil and garlic -- ideal for use in pasta or salads. This dish demonstrates how basil can enrich any meal, bringing to it both flavour and nutrients. Basil is a notable source of vitamin A, iron, calcium and potassium. It also adds a bold, satisfying flavour to the dish, transforming pasta and veggies into an invigorating, low-fat meal.

Ingredients:

3 cups fresh basil (or 2 cups basil & 1 cup spinach)
3-4 large cloves garlic
1/4 cup walnuts, pine nuts, or raw cashews
1/2 container silken tofu (about 6 ounces)
2 Tbs. water
1/2 tsp. salt (or to taste)
1 lb. whole wheat pasta
1-2 large tomatoes, chopped
additional nuts (to taste)

Directions:

Cook pasta according to package directions and rinse with cool water.

In food processor, chop garlic and nuts until finely minced.

Add remaining ingredients and process until smooth.

Toss pasta with sauce and tomatoes (and any other seasonal veggies); sprinkle with nuts.

Talk on Biogenic Food – 25 June

Ms Sim Nget Seer has given many worthwhile public talks. Her next event is an introductory talk on the art and science of biogenic (life generating) food. Ms Sim is a biogenic health consultant and therapist (1980) with one diploma each in acupressure, anatomy, physiology/massage, and aromatherapy & sports massage, and a certificate in optimum nutrition.

Here are the details:

Date : Sun, 25 June

Time : 2pm-4pm

Organizer : Bodhi Yoga Studio & Lounge

Venue : 291 River Valley Road

Investment : Introductory rate of $50 per person

Registration : Early registration is required as numbers are limited to 20 participants. To reserve a place, please call Julia on 6235.5767 or email yoga@....

Fresh Versions of ‘Love Us Not Eat Us’ Decal

The colourful ‘Love Us Not Eat Us’ decal is now available in sticker form and in Chinese! The decal/sticker was developed here in Singapore but has been distributed to many other places, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Holland, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, the West Indies, the U.K., and the U.S.

All this has happened for free, thanks to the innovativeness and generosity of one person. To view the decal/sticker and to order copies, please visit: http://www.loveusnoteatus.com.

Petition for a United Nations Declaration for Animal Welfare

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has launched a new initiative called "Animals Matter To Me" to achieve global recognition that animals matter, that they can feel pain and can suffer and that we have a responsibility to put an end to cruelty around the world. Part of this campaign is a petition: http://www.animalsmatter.org.

Ringo Is Vegetarian Too

Of the two remaining members of the Fab Four, the Beatles, Paul McCartney is well-known as a vegetarian and advocate for our fellow animals. It seems that the other Beatles survivor, Ringo Starr, is also veg. In addition, he joined McCartney in Canada earlier this year to protest the killing of seals by the fur industry: http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/06/14/1631439.html

Sounds Like a Very Good Book

In Plant Roots Rex Bowlby weaves facts into 101 stories supporting the view humans are natural vegetarians:

http://www.rexbowlby.com/about-books-plantroots.html

Year of the Turtle Seminar

In addition to the year of the dog, we are also in the International Year of the Turtle. To celebrate, Nature Society (Singapore) will be hold a Year of the Turtle seminar featuring:

1) NIE's Prof Diong, turtle researcher & rescuer, who will give an account of Sea Turtles and Singapore: Biology, recent nesting, and conservation

2) Underwater World's Assistant Curator Wah Yap Hon who will share about Underwater World Singapore and Sea Turtle Conservation

3) AVA's Senior Wildlife Enforcement Officer Gerald Neo who will discuss the theory and practice of Singapore CITES and Sea Turtles

NParks' Senior Biodiversity Officer Jeffrey Low will facilitate.

Date: Sat 24 June 2006

Time: 3.00-5.00pm

Location: Imagination Room, Level 5, National Library Building, 100 Victoria Street

Webpage: http://dl.nlb.gov.sg/victoria/2006/06/year_of_turtle_2006.html

Cooking Class and Health Talk on: What about Cheese?

On Sun, 25 Jun, 4pm-6pm, Genesis Health Food Restaurant is sponsoring a cooking class and health talk. The health talk, by a registered dietician, addresses a question that many vegetarians ponder: What about cheese? Next, three dishes are demonstrated: Thai-flavored veg fish, guilt-free pizza and pimento cheese slices. Last but not least is dinner.

Location: 1 Lorong Telok (MRT: Clarke Quay and Raffles Place)
Tel: 6438-7118

Price: $40

Please register and pay in advance.

Click here for a large list of vegetarian eateries

Disclaimer: The information provided in this Newsletter is solely for the consideration of the subscribers, and does not constitute an endorsement by VSS.

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#216 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:29 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 27 June 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 27 June 2006

www.vegetarian-society.org

VSS News

Gala Dinner for Singapore Meatout Week

VSS Wellness Seminar - Fri, 30 June, 8-9.30pm

Please Donate to Production of VSS DVD

Letter to The Straits Times Forum Page

Other News

The ‘Inconvenient Truth’ about Meat and the Environment

Sushi Restaurant Offers Veg Menu

New Veg Stall with Brown Rice at Amoy St Market

Veg Food for Dogs

Yoga for Dogs and Other True Tales of Our Fellow Animals

VSS News

Gala Dinner for Singapore Meatout Week

Singapore Meatout Week 2006 kicks off on 22 July with a special dinner from 7pm-9.30pm at Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant. Titled, ‘The Art of Healthful Cuisine’, the dinner will showcase the fine art of vegetarian cuisine.

Venue: Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant
* 789 & 791 Upp Serangoon Rd
* Bus No. 80, 82, 107, 136, 153 from Kovan MRT
* After Chinese Temple, next to Hillside Drive

Tickets: $38 - early-bird purchase before 1 July (public) and VSS members; $45 -normal price (public). Booking via yywong4@...

Enquiries: kee_yew@... or 9362.7493 (Mr Wong)

VSS Wellness Seminar - Fri, 30 June, 8-9.30pm

What are essential oils/base oils?

What is aromatherapy?

Essential oil safety

Storage conditions

Methods of application

Quantities and dilution

Types of essential oils

Case studies on sinusitis, premenstrual tension (PMS) and insomnia

About the Speaker

Pauline Chau, UK ITEC certified therapist, with Diploma-level training in aromatherapy, reflexology and sports massage therapy. She has years of experience practicing aromatherapy and massage treatments in the chiropractic and spa industries. She has conducted numerous aromatherapy appreciation workshops on private and group bases. Her objective for this workshop is to share knowledge on how to apply essential oils for physical, emotional and mental purposes. Pauline is a believer in a holistic approach to improve well-being through proper diet and adequate exercise.

The seminar will be held Fri, 30 June, 8-9.30pm at Living Space, 17, Hong Kong Street, near Clarke Quay MRT, Tel: 65.340.340. Admission fee = $5 per person. Please email kee_yew@... to reserve your seats early.

Please Donate to Production of VSS DVD

As noted in our last newsletter, VSS has now distributed 70,000 copies of our free SEEDS VCD, with another 10,000 ready for distribution. We want to upgrade with new local videos and DVD format. The estimated cost is around $60K. Themes of the new videos include:

Invitation (3 to 5 minutes)

This is a vibrant video with a collage of snapshots of the food in Singapore. It features our multi-cultural environment and invites everyone to make Singapore a true food paradise… a place where we have food that is not only rich in variety and great in taste, but also food that is healthy, food that respects and celebrates life, and food that returns the kindness of the Earth

Prevention (30 minutes)

This video addresses some of the prevalent life-style diseases. Health experts explain why these diseases occur and reveal how they can be reduced if only we understand and make the right choices.

Reasons (8 minutes)

This video features the various compelling reasons for being a vegetarian. It includes personal accounts from celebrities, leaders, relevant professionals and average people.

Vision (4 minutes)

This video summarises the above points and emphasises the role of humans. It urges all to choose kindness and beauty with an awareness of the preciousness of life on Earth and with a perspective of the Cosmos.

To donate towards production of the videos, please make your cheques payable to ‘Vegetarian Society (Singapore)’ and send them to Vegetarian Society (Singapore), 190 Clemenceau Ave, #04-19/20 , Singapore Shopping Centre, S. 239924. This address is for correspondence only. Questions/Suggestion: info@....

Letter to The Straits Times Forum Page

Unfortunately, this letter by a VSS Exco member was not published.

I refer to the article ‘Food for thought: The ethics of eating meat’, in The Straits Times of 17 June, in which Professor Peter Singer explains how the modern meat industry treats our fellow animals as mere objects, rather than the thinking, feeling beings they are. We in Singapore are fortunate to have so many alternatives to eating meat. Indeed, Singapore boasts an enviable quantity of vegetarian restaurants and hawker stalls, large and varied supplies of fresh vegetables and fruits, and tasty vegetarian options at almost all non-vegetarian eateries. Plus, the situation continues to improve in at least two ways. First, vegetarian eateries are offering healthier fare. For example, a group of vegetarian food stalls now offers its customers brown rice. Second, non-vegetarian eateries are developing new vegetarian options. For instance, one group of sushi restaurants has introduced an extensive vegetarian menu at six of its outlets. Yes, we in Singapore can be a model for the world of how to enjoy tasty, healthy food without subsidizing the mistreatment of our fellow animals.

Other News

The ‘Inconvenient Truth’ about Meat and the Environment

Surprisingly, one of the top 15 movies in the U.S. is a documentary titled ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ on global warming featuring former vice-president and unsuccessful presidential candidate Al Gore. At the movie’s website, you can watch the preview: (http://www.climatecrisis.net). That website also contain ideas for how we can reduce global warming, including eating less meat: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/index4.html

Here’s more information on the link between meat, on one hand, and global warming and other environmental damage on the other: http://www.veg.ca/issues/e-climate-change.html.

Sushi Restaurant Offers Menu Veg

Sakae Sushi has 30 outlets in Singapore offering kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi, with the option of also ordering from a menu. At six of their outlets, there is now a special veg menu featuring 12 dishes, ranging from the traditional to the innovative. The six outlets are Changi Airport North T2 Viewing Mall, Eastpoint Mall, Funan Digitalife Mall, Lot 1 Shopper's Mall, North Point Shopping Centre and Parco Bugis Junction. For the exact location, operating hours, phone number and nearest MRT of each outlet: http://www.sakaesushi.com.sg/outlets.php. If the veg menu is a success at these outlets, it will be offered at all Sakae Sushi outlets.

New Veg Stall with Brown Rice at Amoy St Market

Amoy Street Market has several veg stalls. Now, there’s one with brown rice: Healthy Mixed Vegetarian Brown Rice, #02-90. Open Mon-Fri and only for lunch.

Veg Food for Dogs

A reader wrote in to spread the word about a vegetarian dog food available at Pet Lovers Centre @Bishan Junction 8. For details on the food: http://www.addictionfoods.com/singapore/prod_dog_zen.php. Here’s something from that web page: “[M]any vegetarians believe that killing animals is unethical and eating plant food rather than animals leads to better use of resources and better protection of the environment.”

Yoga for Dogs and Other True Tales of Our Fellow Animals

A reader sent in an online article about evidence that other animals might have souls: http://www.wie.org/j32/animal-souls.asp?ifr=hp-art. Included is information about dogs doing yoga, such as:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2004-03-18-doga_x.htm.

Click here for a large list of vegetarian eateries

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Date: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:19 am
Subject: S'pore MeatOut 2006 Dinner Event vegsocsg
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�Art of Healthful Cuisine� The SMO Gala Dinner.

Dear Valued Supporters,

This July, on the 22nd -30th, the Vegetarian Society (Singapore) is organising a Vegetarian Campaign " Singapore MeatOut Week", to encourage fellow Singaporeans to go healthy, eco-friendly and compassionate.

During the 9-day campaign, there will be a lot of interesting programs including the SMO Gala Dinner.

Hereby, the Vegetarian Society (Singapore) would like to invite you to be part of the Dinner and Campaign. We would be grateful if you could kindly promote this event to your family, friends and colleagues, so that the message could get across island-wide.

The fine-dining Dinner is very reasonable priced, taking into the consideration that it is also a fund-raising event for the Vegetarian Society. We hope you could enthusiastically support this meaningful charitable dinner and in return, enjoy the thrill of indulging in healthful and creative Vegetarian Cuisine on the evening of 22nd July.

For your kind reference:

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Date: 22 July

Time: 7pm-9.30pm

This Dinner will be a unique showcase of the Fine Art of Vegetarian Cuisine. In addition to the much-anticipated splendid presentation, "healthfulness" is also a major emphasis of the gastronomic event. It's hoped that this new-age dinner cum presentation will inject a new concept of in-depth Quality Living via Eco-friendly Gastronomy and establish a stronger foundation of healthy lifestyle among Singaporeans via the Art of Cuisine.

Venue:

Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant
* 789 & 791 Upper Serangoon Rd, S(534659)
* Bus No. 80, 82, 107, 136, 153 from Kovan MRT
* After Chinese Temple
* Next to Hillside Drive

Price of tickets:

SGD 38 >> early-birds purchase before 1 July (public) and VSS members

SGD 45 >> normal price (public)

Tickets available @ designated outlets (TBA on website) and VSS

Booking via yywong4@...

All Enquiries: kee_yew@... or 9362 7493 (Mr Wong)

Website: www.singaporemeatout.org

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#218 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Sun Jul 2, 2006 10:55 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 3 July 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 3 July 2006

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VSS News

Gala Dinner for Singapore Meatout Week

Spoke Too Soon – Letters to the Newspapers

Other News

Celebrity Vegetarians

Learn Veg Cooking from a Champion

Want Strong Bones? Eat Your Fruit & Veg

Singapore: Veg Capital of the World?

New Indian Restaurant on Cecil St

VSS News

Gala Dinner for Singapore Meatout Week

Venue: Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant
* 789 & 791 Upp Serangoon Rd
* Bus No. 80, 82, 107, 136, 153 from Kovan MRT
* After Chinese Temple, next to Hillside Drive

Tickets: $38 – for VSS members; $45 – general public.

Booking via yywong4@...

Enquiries: kee_yew@... or 9362.7493 (Mr Wong)

At the end of last year, VSS organised a very popular 1-Day organic tour to organic farms, shops and restaurants. For Singapore Meatout Week 2006, the event is being repeated on 29 July, 8am-8pm.

This is an educational bus tour for beginners who are learning to adopt a healthy lifestyle. The farm visits in the morning will allow participants a chance to break away from the hectic atmosphere of the city, breath in revitalising rural fresh air, and understand the hardship of the farmers raising organic produce for the general well-being of people in Singapore. The afternoon section of the trip includes practical sessions for beginners to learn where and what to buy for healthy home-made vegetarian food preparation. The trip also features visits to two delicious, healthy vegetarian cafeterias/restaurants which will surely provide a lot of cooking ideas and healthy tips for the beginners.

Price: $50 (public and VSS members)

Booking via yywong4@...

Enquiries: www.singaporemeatout.org ; kee_yew@... or 9362.7493 (Mr Wong)

Spoke Too Soon – Letters to the Newspapers

The previous VSS eNewsletter said that a letter to The Straits Times Forum Page from a VSS Exco member had not been published. Well, later the letter did appear, in The Sunday Times of 26 June, p. 38. This past week’s Sunday Times (2 July) also featured a letter (p. 44) supporting vegetarianism, as did an issue of Today earlier in the week.

Letters to the forum pages – both print and online – offer a way to spread the veg message. Please consider writing such letters. If you’d like help with proofreading, please send to info@....

Other News

Celebrity Vegetarians

For all of you who don’t read the gossip columns as much as you should, here’s an update on some of the many celebrity veggies: http://channels.netscape.com/celebrity/becksmith.jsp?p=bsf_vegging. Gossip columnists don’t specialize in accuracy; Simon Cowell, the infamous judge from American Idol is listed as being veg, although apparently all he did was to try it for a week and promise to eat more veg: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/news/2002/0204nast.htm.

Learn Veg Cooking from a Champion

David Jackson Tan won the Flavors of the World Cooking Competition at the Singapore Food Expo held 28 May at Singapore Expo. Organizers were Health Promotion Board, People's Association and the Singapore Food Manufacturers' Association. David’s entry was one of the two vegetarian dishes, that were competing with 10 non-vegetarian dishes in terms of taste. David's winning combination was Stuffed Portobello Mushroom, Bubble & Squeak (Mash Potato) and Colourful Vegetables (Stir-Fried).

David will be doing a Vegetarian Cooking Demonstration on:

Date: July 9, 2006 (Sunday)

Time: 4pm to 6pm (Dinner provided)

Fee: $10.00 per person

Place: 6 Ashwood Grove (Near Singapore American School)

Organizer: Mark Chan, Director of the Home Health Education Service For registration: Please call or sms 97438362

On that day, David will be demonstrating Stuffed Portobello Mushroom, Apricot Mousse, Wild Rice, Vegetarian Promfet, Presto Herbal Pasta and Vegetarian Rojak.

David J Tan is a freelance vegetarian fine-dining cook at his own residence at 148 Minton Rise at Hougang St 11. By appointment only, he serves 5-course vegetarian fine dining meals for up to 20 people. He can be reached at 9710.0080.

Want Strong Bones? Eat Your Fruit & Veg

In a study reported in the 2006 volume of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers at the University of Surrey, UK, explored the association between fruit and vegetable intake and bone mineral status in a cross-section of people, including participants from five age and sex cohorts (adolescent boys and girls, young women and older men and women). They found that increased fruit and vegetable consumption may strengthen bones.

To read the article abstract from the journal: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/83/6/1420?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=mishra&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT.

Singapore: Veg Capital of the World?

An happy reader wrote to say, “Singapore now lays claim to being the vegetarian capital of the world. According to the VSS web’s list of veg food outlets, there are 311 eating places exclusively serving vegetarian food. This works out to one eatery every 2.2sq.km, or more than one eatery for every square mile. Not only are the numbers impressive, but the sheer variety of veg food choices is astounding.”

The reader proudly continues, “Imagine the above as a headline resulting from a press conference. Our government and Tourist Board would love another first. It would give food publications something to quote about our fair isle. Visitors coming for the IMF-World Bank conference, the Integrated Resorts, and various MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions & Exhibitions ) could be informed.”

New Indian Restaurant on Cecil St

Mantra Vegetarian Bistro is the name of a new outlet “devoted to providing excellent food with the right ambience for the business community in the downtown area”. The food is mostly Indian, but there are Chinese dishes as well.

Address: 138 Cecil Street, #01-02 Cecil Court

Open: M-F, 8am-9pm; Sat 8am-6pm

Contact: Ramkumar at 9815.9646

Web: http://www.mantra.com.sg

Email: shriram@...

MRT: Raffles Place

Bus: alight in front of SIA Bldg on Robinson Rd, or GB Bldg on Cecil St

Click here for a large list of vegetarian eateries

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Date: Sun Jul 9, 2006 2:45 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 10 July 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 10 July 2006

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Singapore Meatout Week (22-30 July)

Coming Soon!

Singapore Meatout Week News

Gala Dinner for Singapore Meatout Week – Sat, 22 July

Discounts at 20+ Eateries during Singapore Meatout Week

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip – Sat, 29 July

National Library Exhibition – 15-30 July

Ask a Non-Veg to Sign the Meatout Pledge

JC Essay Writing Contest – Great Prizes, Great Theme

Other VSS News

VSS Wellness Seminar for July

In the Newspapers

Singapore Meatout Week News

Gala Dinner for Singapore Meatout Week

Venue: Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant
* 789 & 791 Upp Serangoon Rd
* Bus No. 80, 82, 107, 136, 153 from Kovan MRT
* After Chinese Temple, next to Hillside Drive

Tickets: $38 – for VSS members; $45 – general public.

Booking via yywong4@...

Enquiries: kee_yew@... or 9362.7493 (Mr Wong)

Discounts at 20+ Eateries during Singapore Meatout Week

Here’s a complete list of what and where to find special Singapore Meatout Week discounts. It’s a great excuse to Take a Meat-Eater for a Meal.

*Bombay Woodlands Restaurant* #B1-01/02 Tanglin Shopping Centre Tel: 6235 2712	20% on weekdays & 10% on weekends on the entire bill. Welcome Drink for All Veg Society Members Signature Dishes Paper Masala Dosa Patura with Channa (fried Indian Bread w/chip peas curry) Pav Bhaji (Bread with mixed veg curry)�
*Chyuan Shiang E.L. Tech. Pte Ltd* 92 Lorong 27 Geylang Road Tel: 6745 5367, 6746 7463	10% discount on all products Signature products Natural fermented enzymes, vinegars
Create Healthy Lifestyle Middle Road, Fortune Centre #02-17� Tel: 6336 4355	10% discount on selected Organic Dry Food Stuff Signature dishes Organic Vegetable Sushi Tau Pok Salad (Organic Vegetable) Nasi Biryani (selected weekday only)
*Genesis Vegetarian Health Food Restaurant* 1 Lorong Telok S049014 Tel: 6438 7118	10% discount on all dishes Signature dishes Wholemeal Dumpling
*Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant* 789 & 791 Upp Serangoon Rd S534659 Tel : 6282-8022	Discount on ala carte food menu 10% by cash payment 5% by credit card payment Signature dishes Xiang Su Kao Fang Vegetarian Abalone Yi Fang Fong Xu
*Just Green's Food Pte Ltd* 283 New Bridge Road S088754 Tel: 6222-2039 49-51 Joo Chiat Place S427773 Tel: 6345-0069	10% discount on ala carte menu food only (with every S$50 spent) Signature dishes Three Kinds Vegetables & Three Kinds Mushrooms Honey Dew with Mixed Vegetables Pan Fried or Cold Dish "Yam" & Medlar
*Livalife Frozen Dessert Caf�* 3 South Bouna Vista Rd #02-14 The Village Centre	20% discount on all Frozen Desserts and Vegetarian Meals Recommended dishes Ice Soya (100% soya base frozen desert) Gelato Italian Ice Cream (contains diary)
*Living Space* 17 Hong Kong St S059660 Tel: 6534 0340	1-for-1 offer all vegetarian main course Signature dishes Organic Hotpot
*Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant* Quality Restaurant 2nd Level Tel : 6254-0090	15% discount on buffet, ala carte menu Signature dishes Varieties of delicious Dim Sums Wheat Protein with Soya Crumbs Soya Protein with Asparagus in Thai Style
*Miao Yi Vegetarian Restaurant Pte Ltd* #03-01/02 Coronation Shopping Plaza Tel: 6467-1331, 6467-1511	10% discount on ala carte menu food only Recommended dishes Crispy Skin Xian Ping 3-in-1 Stir Fried Vegetarian Oyster
*New Fut Kai Vegetarian Restaurant* 153/155 Kitchener Rd S208528 Tel: 6398-0836	10% discount on ala carte menu food only Recommended dishes Nyonya Curry Mock Fish Cereal Mock Prawn Vegetarian Abalone with broccoli
*Original Sin(Vegetarian/Mediterranean Cuisine)* Blk 43 #01-62 Jalan Merah Saga Chip Bee Garden S278115 11:30 - 2:30 lunch time (rest on Mon) www.orginalsin.com.sg	1-for-1 offer for all dishes (full discount on the next dish of equal or less value) Signature dishes Principessa Salad Bosco Misto Magic Mushroom
*Sakae Sushi* Changi Airport North T2 Viewing Mall #036-085 Eastpoint Mall #04-11 Funan Digitalife Mall #04-32 Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall #03-10 Northpoint Shopping Centre #B2-04 Parco Bugis Junction #02-54	1 FREE Vegetarian Benton with every 2 Vegetarian Bento Purchased, at designated outlets Signature dishes Soba Salad Combi,� Shimeji Gunkan
*The Brownie Factory* B2 08-4A Food Hall Takashimaya Department Store, 391 Orchard Road S238873 Operating Hours: 10am - 9:30pm daily	15% discount on 2 types of egg-free Vegetarian Chocolate Brownies Signature cake Vegetarian Chocolate Brownie (topped with crunchy walnuts & chocolate chips - eggless) Vegetarian Triple Chocolate Fudge Brownie (frosted with a layer of Chocolate Fudge topped with chocolate chips - Nutless, egg-free)
*The Whole Earth Vegetarian Restaurant* 593 Geylang Road S389532 Tel:	10% discount on ala carte menu food only Signature dishes
*Yang Sheng Vegetarian Hub* 532 MacPherson Road S368219� Tel: 6748 8900	Healthy set meal consist of pineapple rice set (includes detox soup & plum vinegar enzyme) at S$6.00 (Normal price at S$12.00) Signature dishes Home-made Tofu Yi-Pi Claypot Vegetarian Prawn coated with Cereal
*Yogi Hub Pte Ltd* 16 Madras St� Tel : 6298-8198	10% discount on ala carte menu food only (min $20 w/min 2 diners) subject to 10% service charge Signature dishes Healthy Brown Rice Set Wholemeal Sandwich (with various choices of healthy fillings)
*Yogi Hub Pte Ltd* 28 Stanley Street S068737 Tel: 6220 4344	1 FREE IN-HOUSE DESSERT per MeatOut voucher 10% discount on organic dry products Signature dishes Healthy Brown Rice Set Avocado Dessert
*Yuan Xiang Vegetarian Food* No. 2, 143 Victoria Street S1879995	10% discount on ala carte menu food only Signature dishes Salad Vegetarian Prawn Yuan Xiang Shark Fin BBQ Fish
*Indinine* #03-16 Suntec City Mall T2 Tel: 6238-6755	15% discount on total bill Recommended dishes Portobello Supreme Papadum Surprise Chendol with a Twist
*Classic Lao Di Fang* 2 Havelock Road #01-38 Apollo Centre 33 S059763 Tel: 65338959	15% discount on all dishes

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip – Sat, 29 July
This is an educational bus tour for beginners who are learning to adopt a healthy lifestyle. The farm visits in the morning will allow participants a chance to break away from the hectic atmosphere of the city, breath in revitalising rural fresh air, and understand the hardship of the farmers raising organic produce for the general well-being of people in Singapore. The afternoon section of the trip includes practical sessions for beginners to learn where and what to buy for healthy home-made vegetarian food preparation. The trip also features visits to two delicious, healthy vegetarian cafeterias/restaurants which will surely provide a lot of cooking ideas and healthy tips for the beginners.

Price: $50 (public and VSS members)

Booking via yywong4@...

Enquiries: kee_yew@... or 9362.7493 (Mr Wong)

7.30am: Gathering @ Outram Park MRT

8.00am: Departure

8.30am: Oh Chin Huat Herbal Farm
[guided tour to learn about herbs; each participant is entitled a pot of herb/ hydroponic veggie for free]

10.30am: Green Circle Farm
[guided tour on organic farming; fresh produce shopping]

1.00pm: Lunch @ Synbiotics, Tanjong Pagar
[learn why biogenic and bioactive foods are important to health]

2.30pm: Shopping @ Organic Paradise, Chinatown
[10% discount for non-promotional items storewide]

4.00pm: Shopping @ Chyuan Shiang, Aljunied
[enjoy some hearty snacks and a short Mandarin Veggie Talk]

6.00pm: Dinner @ Yogi Hub, Tanjong Pagar
[creative and wholesome dinner, in an exclusive and cosy dining atmosphere]

7.30pm: Drop off at Raffles Place MRT

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**itinerary subject to change, in unforeseen circumstances, without prior notice

National Library Exhibition – 15-30 July

VSS will be holding an exhibition on the 7^th floor of the Central Library from 15-30 July. Opening hours are the same as those of the rest of the library 10am-9pm. The exhibition is titled: ‘Seeds of a Joyous Heritage’. It explores how the food choices we make today shape the heritage of future generations in four ways: our own health, the health of starving people, the well-being of the planet, and the happiness of our fellow animals, such as chickens. Panels, videos, a sculpture, food demos and more provide food for thought on how Singapore can become a model for the world by enjoying food in a true way.

Ask a Non-Veg to Sign the Meatout Pledge

Meatout Week is designed to be a time when meat-eaters give it a try to go without meat for at least a day. One vehicle for promoting this give-it-a-try attitude is the Meatout Pledge. People can sign online or download the pledge to collect signatures. Either way, pls visit: http://www.singaporemeatout.org/pledge.

JC Essay Writing Contest – Great Prizes, Great Theme

The deadline for submissions is 15 July. Pls remind any JC students you know to visit http://www.singaporemeatout.org/SMO%20Writing%20Contest.doc for details.

Other VSS News

VSS Wellness Seminar for July

The VSS Wellness Seminar for July focuses on chiropractic health treatments. On Sun, 30 Jul, 3pm-4.30pm, Dr Serene Ng (MChiro, UK) will be speaking at the Living Space, 17 Hong Kong St (near Clarke Quay MRT), Tel: 65 340 340.

Chiropractic is a treatment modality believed to be effective in resolving musculoskeletal complaints. Apart from treating structural and muscular complaints and reducing pain levels, people receiving chiropractic care have reported better sleep, better appetite, and better management of stress levels.

About Speaker:

Dr Serene Ng achieved her second degree in chiropractic studies (MChiro) at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, Bournemouth. In the past, she provided consultations to numerous nurseries and schools in Bournemouth. As Dr Ng is also a believer in improving one's health through healthy living and natural therapy, she currently provides nutritional support and exercise therapy in conjunction with spinal manipulative therapy to keep her patients in optimum health.

# Admission fee = $5 per person. Please email kee_yew@... to reserve your seats early.

In the Newspapers

Recently, two outspoken vegetarians published letters in the two local newspapers taking issue with a bus ad promoting a hamburger as a Vegetarian’s Nightmare. This past Sunday in The Sunday Times, a reader wrote in to respond, placing the blame for children’s health problems on parents, not eateries. We agree, in part. We should all be responsible consumers, learn as much as possible about good health (for example, at the Health Promotion Board’s website - http://www.hpb.gov.sg) and other consequences of food, and let our food dollars be a tool for change.

Another bit of news from the newspapers is that last week, two VSS Exco members were interviewed by two reporters, one from The Straits Times and the other from the Wednesday Straits Times supplement Mind Your Body.

Please consider writing about veg issues to the various newspapers, both print and online versions. If you want help crafting your letter, please send your draft to info@....

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Date: Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:16 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 17 July 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 17 July 2006

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Singapore Meatout Week 2006 News

Gala Dinner for Singapore Meatout Week

Meatout on the Radio – Mon, 17 Jul, 11am-12noon, 938Live

Call in Radio Show about Veg - Fri, 21 Jul, 12.10-12.27, 938Live

Exhibition at Central Library Opens

Discounts Galore at Veg Eateries

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip – Sat, 29 July

Ask a Non-Veg to Sign the Meatout Pledge

Other News

Kampung Senang Family Detox Camp

New Veg Caf� with Live Music

Annalakshmi Restaurant Temporarily Closes

Indian Veg Near Amara Hotel

Just Before the Meatout Gala Dinner, A Veg Cooking Class� – 22 Jul

Fasting Camp at the End of Singapore Meatout Week – 29-30 Jul

How I Became a Vegetarian

Singapore Meatout Week 2006 News

Gala Dinner for Singapore Meatout Week

Tickets are going fast for the Gala Dinner that kicks off Singapore Meatout Week 2006 on 22 July, 7pm-9.30pm, at Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant. Titled, ‘The Art of Healthful Cuisine’, the dinner will showcase the fine art of vegetarian cuisine. There are only 300 seats total.

Venue: Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant
* 789 & 791 Upp Serangoon Rd
* Bus No. 80, 82, 107, 136, 153 from Kovan MRT
* After Chinese Temple, next to Hillside Drive

Tickets: $38 – for VSS members; $45 – general public.

Booking via yywong4@...

Enquiries: kee_yew@... or 9362.7493 (Mr Wong)

Meatout on the Radio (938Live) – Mon, 17 Jul, 11am-12noon

Tune in to hear VSS members and supporters talking about Singapore Meatout Week. And, if the fancy strikes you, pls do call in to 6691.1938 with a question or a word of support. It’s Mon, 17 Jul, 11am-12noon on radio station 938Live, at 93.8 on the FM dial.

Call in Radio Show about Veg - Fri, 21 Jul, 12.10-12.27, 938Live

The topic will be: “Would you consider abandoning meat forever and embracing vegetarianism?” The format is a host and callers, with no guests. The number to call is 6691.1938, and the place to listen is at 93,8 on the FM dial.

Exhibition at Central Library Opens

The two-week (15-30 July) Singapore Meatout Week exhibition has opened at the Level 7 Promenade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library of the National Library on Victoria Street. The exhibition can be viewed every day from 10am-9pm. In addition to colourful, informative posters, you can watch a range of videos.

Discounts Galore at Veg Eateries

More than 20 outlets are offering Singapore Meatout Week discounts from 22-30 July. For a complete list and to download vouchers, please visit http://www.singaporemeatout.org/outlets.html.

Price: $50 (public and VSS members) – Not many tickets left

Booking via yywong4@...

Enquiries: kee_yew@... or 9362.7493 (Mr Wong)

Ask a Non-Veg to Sign the Meatout Pledge

Other News

Kampung Senang Family Detox Camp

The objective of Kampung Senang’s family detox camp is to enable people to fast with organic fresh vegetable & fruit juice so as to clean and detox the body and mind.

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Date (tentative): 7pm, Fri, 13Oct to 1pm, Tues, 17Oct

Venue: Civil Service Aloha Loyang Resort, Jalan Loyang Besar

Fee: $430 for Kampung Senang members /Active Volunteers / Sponsors / Staff / GNFS Members; $480 for others (includes accommodation, basic organic ingredients and supplements used in the detox camp - financial assistance is available for needy cancer patients).

Closing Date:� 20Sep

The previous detox camp held in Mar 2006 was met with overwhelming response. Please call 6785.2568 for registration and enquiry.

New Veg Caf� with Live Music

The Ark Caf� offers an exciting new experience for vegetarians, with live music to accompany the wide variety of Local and Western dishes. Unlike other places with live music, cigarette smoke and alcoholic drinks are not part of the ambiance.

Here are the details:

Ark Caf�, 29 Carpenter St, SAFRA Town Club #02-00, near Clarke Quay MRT.
Tel: 6538 0366; Email: thearkclub@...; Web: http://www.theark.com.sg

Open: Mon-Sat: 12.30pm-Midnite; Music: Mon-Thu, 7.30pm-10.30pm; Fri, Sat, Holiday Eves 8pm-11pm.

Annalakshmi Restaurant Temporarily Closes

Annalakshmi Restaurant at Excelsior Hotel, one of Singapore’s best-known veg restaurants, has temporarily closed, as their lease expired. They are looking for a new location: http://www.annalakshmi.com.sg. In the meantime, you can experience their food and their “pay as much as you wish” policy at their food court outlets at Biopolis, PUB Building and Lau Pa Sat.

Indian Veg Near Amara Hotel

A new Indian veg outlet has opened at the food court in the same building as Amara Hotel. The outlet has the tempting name ‘Veggie Delights.’ Here are the details.

Address: 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, #04-01, Tanjong Pagar Food Court, next to Amara Hotel, 3 mins walk from Tanjong Pagar MRT

PIC: Ms Anita, 9781 1393

Hours: Mon-Fri: 11am-3.30pm

Just Before the Meatout Gala Dinner, A Veg Cooking Class – 22 Jul

Sat, 22 Jul, Ananda Marga will be doing a vegetarian cooking, 4pm-6.15pm, just in time to leave for the Singapore Meatout Week’s Gala Dinner. Ananda Marga also participated in Singapore Meatout Week 2005.

Here are the details on the cooking class.

Teachers: Dada Udvelananda and Prema

Place: 21 Jln. Pokok Serunai (off Upper East Coast Rd., near Bayshore Condos)

Date: Sat, 22 Jul, 16:00 – 18:15

Fee: S$ 20.

Registration: 6344-6519 or 6444-4576

Highlights: sprouting and natural ice cream

Fasting Camp at the End of Singapore Meatout Week – 29-30 Jul

With all the special discounts that outlets are offering during Singapore Meatout Week, a fasting camp might be just what people need. Fortunately, Ananda Marga is organizing one. Here are the details:

Teachers: Dada Udvelananda and friends

Place: 21 Jln. Pokok Serunai (off Upper East Coast Rd., near Bayshore Condos)

Date: Sat, 29 Jul, 8am – Sun, 30 Jul, 10am

Fee: $60

Registration: 6344-6519 or 6444-4576

Highlights: Workshop on the beach and personal consultation

How I Became a Vegetarian

Danny Choo is founder of Enso Kitchen (www.ensokitchen.com), mentioned in an earlier issue of this newsletter. For more on Danny and his Japanese veg catering, see this article from Business Times: http://www.ensokitchen.com/media.htm

Many years ago, I was sitting next to an American [F1] lady on a flight. After seeing the VGML sticker on her meal, I asked her what had made her become a vegetarian.

She talked about the bad energy and chemicals produced when animals are slaughtered and how these harm us. I didn’t switch right away to the veggie option, but she got me thinking.

The message was reinforced when I met a client in my last job who manufactured machines that produce chicken feed. He told me how the chickens were given chemicals and inhumanely treated in order to produce the maximum output to meet the growing demand within the shortest possible time. This got me thinking a bit more.�

Then, three years ago, I met the Dalai Lama, a great advocate of vegetarianism. I listened to him speak about compassion and the Buddhist principle of no killing, and I will always remember him saying that compassion ends the moment we touch meat. Compassion is respect for every being’s right to be happy.

That was it. I decided to become vegetarian - a lifestyle and an attitude towards life that accords with my values.

Click here for a large list of vegetarian eateries

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[F1]Put in what nationality she was. Caucasian sounds too scientific.

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Date: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:44 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 21 July 2005 - for Singapore Meatout Week jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 21 July 2006

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Singapore Meatout Week (22-30 July)

Starts Tomorrow!

Singapore Meatout Week News

Discounts Galore during Singapore Meatout Week

Gala Dinner and Organic Tour Completely Sold Out

Food Demos at National Library

Call in Radio Show about Veg - Fri, 21 Jul, 12.10-12.27, 938Live

VSS Wellness Seminar for July

New VSS T-shirt

Meatout on the Online Forum Page

Other News

Cooking Class with Talk on Lycopene-Rich Foods

Singapore Meatout Week News

Discounts Galore during Singapore Meatout Week

More than 20 food outlets are offering discounts during Singapore Meatout Week (22-30 July). For a complete list, visit http://www.singaporemeatout.org/outlets.html. On the same page, be sure to also download and print the Meatout voucher. You will need it to claim your discount at Original Sin, Livalife, Just Green, Yogi Hub, Classic Laodifang, and participating Sakae Sushi outlets. These discounts give us a great excuse to Take a Meat-Eater for a Meal.

Gala Dinner and Organic Tour Completely Sold Out

Both the Gala Dinner on 22 July and the Organic Tour on 29 July are completely sold out, with people already on the waiting list. Thanks for the support. VSS may organize similar events in the future.

Food Demos at National Library

For Singapore Meatout Week, VSS has organized an exhibition at Level 7 Promenade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library of the National Library on Victoria Street. This weekend, 2 food demos will be held there at Level 7:

Saturday, 22 July, 3pm-4pm, Make Your Own Healthy Rojak
Rojak can be healthy too, with lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. Learn how to make it at home.
In Mandarin (with English translation) by Mdm Yeo

Sunday, 23 July, 2pm-3pm, Pesto Zucchini Pasta
Learn how to make your own tangy pesto sauce to accompany raw pasta made from zucchini. You have to see it and taste it to believe it!
In English by Chris Turner

Call in Radio Show about Veg - Fri, 21 Jul, 12.10-12.27, 938Live

Last Monday, Radio 938Live had a show about Singapore Meatout Week. Today, another show will deal with the topic: “Would you consider abandoning meat forever and embracing vegetarianism?” The format is a host and callers, with no guests. The number to call is 6691.1938, and the place to listen is 93,8 on the FM dial.

VSS Wellness Seminar for July

About Speaker:

# Admission fee = $5 per person. Please email kee_yew@... to reserve your seats early.

New VSS T-shirt

Just in time for Singapore Meatout Week, VSS has just come out with a brightly coloured t-shirt. The purple t-shirt with yellow lettering and trim has the VSS URL on the back. On the front, it reads “For Your Health, For the Animals, For the Planet: GO VEG.” Our next eNewsletter will show photos of the t-shirt, which will be on sale. Meanwhile, our friends at ACRES have t-shirts, as well as stickers, for sale: http://www.acres.org.sg/shop.html.

Meatout on the Online Forum Page

Yesterday, Thu, 20 Jul, a letter from a VSS member in the ST Online Forum (http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum) about meat eating and the environment invited people to participate in this year’s Meatout. Below is what the letter said. Please keep up the letter writing.

In their letters in the ST online forum of July 10, writers Anthony Lee Mui Yu, Dudley Au and Phillip Ang Keng Hong each discuss various reasons why we should eat less or no meat (including fish and seafood). One reason that deserves greater attention concerns the environmental damage caused by meat eating. This damage has three main roots: inefficiency, pollution, and disruption of the web of life in the seas.

The first two reasons why meat eating is bad for the environment relate to the inefficiency of meat eating. We feed our fellow animals about 5kg of food for every 1kg of meat produced. Just think about human children. How much food does it take for them to gain a kilogram of weight? Animals on factory farms gain weight faster, as they are fed growth hormones and endure restricted activity due to crowding and confinement, but still the inefficiency is clear: So much food, not to mention water, to produce much less meat. If we instead eat the plant food fed to our fellow animals, we wouldn't need as much food. Thus, fewer rainforests would have to be cut down, and less carbon dioxide would be released into the atmosphere.

If animals, such as cows, only produce 1kg of meat for every 5kg of food, what happens to the other 4kg?

This leads us to the second reason why eating less or no meat is good for the environment. Much of the other 4kg becomes waste which pollutes the surrounding air, soil and water. Indeed, the more than 50 billion animals which we eat every year produce more waste than the entire human population. And, many people are not aware that some of this waste contains high levels of methane, a greenhouse gas much more potent than carbon dioxide.

A third environmental reason to move towards a plant-based diet relates specifically to fish and other marine animals, such as crabs and prawns. Large-scale commercial fishing has wreaked havoc on the eco-systems of the Earth's seas. For example, Mr Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recently described how the fishing of cod has drastically altered the web of life in the North Atlantic (www.seashepherd.org/editorials/editorial_050611_1.html).

Furthermore, many people are not aware that an increasing amount of the fish and seafood they eat never swam free but are products of the same horrid factory farming model suffered by chickens and pigs.

Thus, reasons one and two apply to eating marine animals as well.

July 22 to 30 is Singapore Meatout Week 2006 (www.singaporemeatout.org), a time for people to try changing their diets. With all the good reasons to eat less or no meat, let's hope more people do try.

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Cooking Class with Talk on Lycopene-Rich Foods

Genesis Health Food Restaurant is sponsoring a cooking class + health talk. The talk explains about lycopene-rich foods. Here are the details.

Location: Genesis Health Food Restaurant, 1 Lorong Telok (near Raffles Place and Clarke Quay MRTs.
Date: Sunday, July 30, 2006
Time: 4 pm to 6 pm
Tel: 6438-7118
Fee: $40 pax

Part 1: Health Talk on Lycopene-rich Foods
Part 2: Cooking Demo of:
1. Eggplant Parmigiana
2. Sunny Salad Dressing

3. Apricot Health Candy
Part 3: Dinner (full meal)

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Date: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:42 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 28 July 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 28 July 2006

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VSS News

Last Days for Discounts during Singapore Meatout Week

Feedback on the VSS Exhibition at National Library

More Food Demos at National Library

JC Essay Contest Winners

VSS Wellness Seminar for July

Other News

Citrus May Fight Arthritis

New Veg Outlet on Jalan Bukit Merah

Another Brown Rice Sighting

Killer Chick Ad

CSI Star Finds Evidence against Meat

Veg Cooking Class in Mandarin

Why We Don’t Need to Eat Fish to Get Omega 3

All Vegetarian Punjabi Mondays

Italian Veg in AMK

Classic Lao Di Fang’s New Outlet

Not Veg – But Worth a Look

VSS News

Last Days for Discounts during Singapore Meatout Week

Feedback on the VSS Exhibition at National Library

The VSS exhibition has been on at the Level 7 Promenade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library of the National Library on Victoria Street since 15 July, and the final day is this Sun, 30 July. See the next news item for more on this.

Here’s a bit of feedback from viewers of the exhibition:

Wow! What you’re doing is cool. This could be an art exhibition! Well, I’ve just pledged for a day. It couldn’t hurt to try, right? Lol!

Well researched and an eye opener, as to the horrible world of battery chickens. Librarian, Singapore/Australia

I must admit I was lucky to bump into this exhibition and videos at National Library. Somehow I feel in my soul that we should eat less meat and more plant foods. Human greed for meat all around the world is actually destroying our bodies. I am very sad at the way we KILL all these innocent animals and eat them greedily – this might be the reason why we get so many kinds of diseases. I hope your videos will circulate to schools.

More Food Demos at National Library

For Singapore Meatout Week, VSS has organized an exhibition at the Level 7 Promenade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library of the National Library on Victoria Street. The exhibition’s last day is this Sunday, 30 July. This weekend, 2 food demos will be held there at Level 7:

Saturday, 29 July, 4pm, Choc Fudge in the Raw
Chris Turner is back by popular demand. Below are the ingredients. Come along to enjoy a taste of this treat.

Raw carob powder
Almonds, chopped & soaked
Coconut Oil (raw extra virgin)
Vanilla bean, powdered
Sun-dried apricots, soaked

Sunday, 30 July, 3pm, Super Salad
Watch as Lily Ko, the brains behind the delicious treats at Yogi Hub restaurant on Madras St, whips up a great tasting salad. BTW, Lily did the salads, etc. for last weekend’s Gala Dinner.

JC Essay Contest Winners

The winners of the Singapore Meatout Week 2006 JC Essay Contest will receive their prizes this Sunday after the food demo that is part of the Meatout exhibition at Level 7 Promenade, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library of the National Library on Victoria Street. The essay topic was “Love Us, Not Eat Us: All Lives Are Precious”. Winning essays will be displayed soon at www.singaporemeatout.org.

VSS Wellness Seminar for July

About Speaker:

# Admission fee = $5 per person. Please email kee_yew@... to reserve your seats early.

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Citrus May Fight Arthritis

UK researchers report that Increasing intake of the carotenoid beta-cryptoxanthin, found in citrus fruits, may reduce the risk of developing inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis: http://www.labtechnologist.com/news/ng.asp?n=61799-citrus-carotenoid-may.

New Veg Outlet on Jalan Bukit Merah

Vegetarian Pureland (Xiang Xiang Xiao Chi) is the name of a new veg restaurant and provisions shop located at Blk 11 Jalan Bukit Merah #03-4460. Nearest MRT: Red Hill. Open 6am-8pm, but closed Sundays. No telephone.

Among the outlet’s offerings are organic vegetables, natural health products, porridge, soup, organic vegetable tofu salad, chee cheong fun, brown rice set, vegetable and fruit juices, and cut fruits.

Another Brown Rice Sighting

A reader who visited MOE HQ, next to Buona Vista MRT happily reports finding a veg stall in the canteen, and even more happily reports that the stall serves brown rice at lunch time. The canteen is at Level 2 of the podium and is open M-F 7am-6pm.

Killer Chick Ad

In MRT stations and elsewhere, you have may have seen the Readers Digest ad featuring a big picture of a baby chick with the word “Killer” written across the chick. The ad goes on to discuss the bird flu danger, blaming chickens for the threat of a pandemic. To see the ad and one netizen’s response, visit http://www.moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=717.

CSI Star Finds Evidence against Meat

Jorja Fox, who plays Sara Sidle on the hit TV show CSI is a strong advocate of vegetarianism. Here’s a quote: “[I]f you just cut down [on meat] or tried [vegetarianism], you might find that you love it. And the list of things that you’d be doing positively to affect the planet and the next seven generations that come after you is humongous.”

Veg Cooking Class in Mandarin

New Green Pastures Restaurant, 190 Middle Road, #04-22, Fortune Centre, is sponsoring a 4-session veg cooking class in Mandarin beginning 20 Aug for 4 Sundays, from 3-6pm. Learn from cooking guru Mdm Sophia Teh. Here are the details:

Investment: SGD200 (4 classes, includes dinners)

To register: Call 6336 8755 or 9451 2799

20 Aug

Fragrance Rice in Lotus Leaf

Sprouty Sushi

Wakame Delight

27 Aug

Slurpy Hor-fun

Butter Pumpkin

Bitterguord-in-Black

3 Sep

Cabbage Roll con Mushroom

Vegetarian Chicken Rice

Cloud-9 Hand-made Noodle

Prosperous Nori Soup

10 Sep

5-Spice Pumpkin Rice

Beancurd Pillow

Mr Bean Returns

Why We Don’t Need to Eat Fish to Get Omega 3

Here, courtesy of our friends at Meatout in the U.S., is an article on the benefits of flax, followed by a couple URLs with details. You can buy flax at health food stores and even at supermarkets, such as FairPrice. If you’d like a free subscription to the Meatout Monday eNewsletter, visit: http://www.meatoutmondays.org/signup.php.

Flax, a grain that has been used for thousands of years in food and linen, is finding new popularity for its numerous health benefits. Studies have suggested its usefulness for a number of ailments, including heart disease, clogged arteries, certain cancers, constipation and Alzheimer’s.

Flax seeds and oil contain essential Omega-3 fatty acids, which are potent antioxidants that play a vital role in active brain tissues. Since the body does not produce these essential fatty acids on its own, they must be consumed as part of a healthy diet. As a whole grain, flax contains high levels of both soluble and insoluble fibre, which has been recognized by the National Cancer Institute (US) as an essential part of a balanced diet for the prevention of some forms of cancer.

Some researchers recommend adding a daily dose of flax to your meals. Be sure to eat it milled or ground to allow for proper absorption of nutrients. A spoonful of ground flax can be added to a smoothie or sprinkled on porridge, cereal, salad, or many other dishes.

Learn more at http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/prevention/nutrition/flax1_02.htm, or http://depts.washington.edu/nutrpeds/faq/general/flax.htm.

All Vegetarian Punjabi Mondays

Mustard Restaurant (6297.8422) at 32 Race Course Road is starting All Vegetarian Punjabi Mondays. On other days, they offer veg and non-veg.

Italian Veg in AMK

Just in time to celebrate Italy’s World Cup victory, Roma’s Cuisine is now in Ang Mo Kio, offering a range of Italian food: http://www.romascuisine.com. The address is Blk 163 Ave 4 Ang Mo Kio #01-428. Nearest MRT = Ang Mo Kio. Buses = 268, 76, 266; Alight after you see Kebun Bahru CC. Contact: 6554 3403; grace_tan@...; supping@...

Classic Lao Di Fang’s New Outlet

Classic Lao Di Fang already has a restaurant at 2 Havelock Road, Apollo Centre, #01-38, open 7 days a week from 10am-10pm and offering a daily buffet, as well as being available for wedding dinners and other special occasions. The nearest MRT is Clarke Quay.

That’s not news. What’s news is that they now have a food court stall at Fung Lik Food Street at Shaw Towers, 100 Beach Road #01-26/38 Shaw Leisure Gallery. Open every day from 11am-9pm. Nearest MRT is City Hall. The phone numbers for either outlet are 6533.8959 or 6535 2513.

Not Veg – But Worth a Look

In countries like the U.S., non-veg places, such as steak houses, sometimes have excellent salad bars for vegetarians who can put up with the smell of grilled cow. Such places have also been seen in Singapore. A new place, Juiced Rawbars at #B1-08 Republic Plaza, now offers raw salads, without the meat smell. It’s not 100% veg, but the soups are veg. One of the founders used to work at Original Sin and, thus, is sensitive to the needs of vegetarians. Tel: 6535.3230. Hours: M-F 8am-8pm, Sat 10am-2pm.

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Date: Sat Aug 5, 2006 2:13 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 7 Aug 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 7 Aug 2006

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Happy National Day

VSS News

Singapore Meatout Week 2006 Comes to a Successful Close

Our August Wellness Seminar

VSS T-Shirt Now Available

Other News

New Study Suggests Change in Diet Treatment for Diabetes

Sophia’s Cooking Class (in Mandarin)

Vegan Ultramarathoner Wins Again, and Again

Veg Stall Opens in Woodlands

Class on Natural Remedies

Learn to Make Vegetarian Kimchi

Cooking Classes at CCs

The Wonders of Watermelon

VSS News

Singapore Meatout Week 2006 Comes to a Successful Close

Cutting meat consumption in Singapore is an urgent task, because decreased meat consumption can provide a range of benefits, including improved health, reduced suffering by other animals, a healthier environment, and more food available to the millions of people without food. This year’s Singapore Meatout Week will be remembered for the many steps forward that were taken.

Familiar food outlets once again offered Meatout discounts, new ones joined the list, and others contacted us about being included next year.

Our first-ever library exhibition at the National Library provided a focal point for people to learn about vegetarianism and VSS, and we’ve been asked to do an exhibition at Woodlands Regional Library later this year.

The Meatout dinner at Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant saw a largest-ever turnout of 300.

The Organic Tour sold out quickly, and now a tour company wants to organize more of the same for us.

The JC Essay Contest was another first-time event. The quantity of entries was disappointing, but please have a look at the winners at and see if you don’t agree that their quality helped compensate for lack of quantity: http://www.singaporemeatout.org/winners.htm.

Meatout received lots of publicity on various radio stations in a number of languages plus extensive coverage in The Straits Times supplement “Mind Your Body.”

Please send your own feedback on Singapore Meatout Week 2006 and your ideas for next year to info@.... We want to start early on the planning for Singapore Meaotut Week 2007.

Our August Wellness Seminar

The August VSS Wellness Seminar presents two videos that dramatically illustrate powerful reasons to go veg. The first video, Race for Life, highlights a woman in the U.S. who recovered from breast cancer by switching to a proper veg diet and doing lots of exercise. Not only did she beat cancer, she also went on to win triathlon races in her age group. In the second video, Devour the Earth, Sir Paul McCartney explains how our dietary choices affect the well-being of the environment. He pinpoints damage done by modern factory farming of our fellow animals for meat.

A short discussion and light organic refreshments follow the video screenings. Here are the details:

Date: 26 Aug (Sat)

Time: 2.30pm ~4pm

Venue: Living Space, Level 5, 17, Hong Kong Street (5min from Clarke Quay MRT)

Fee: $5 per person, light organic refreshments free

Registration: kee_yew@...; Pre-registration required.

VSS T-Shirt Now Available

The purple and yellow VSS t-shirt is now available for purchase. To see pictures of the front and back of the t-shirt, and to find out how to order, pls visit the new T-Shirt page on the VSS web: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=t-shirt.htm.

And if you have ideas for other VSS products, please let us know: info@....

Other News

New Study Suggests Change in Diet Treatment for Diabetes

A low-fat vegan diet treats type 2 diabetes more effectively than a standard diabetes diet and may be more effective than single-agent therapy with oral diabetes drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Diabetes Care, a journal published by the American Diabetes Association. Study participants on the low-fat vegan diet showed dramatic improvement in four disease markers: blood sugar control, cholesterol reduction, weight control and kidney function. The randomized controlled trial was conducted by doctors and dieticians with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), the George Washington University, and the University of Toronto with funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation.

Sophia’s Cooking Class (in Mandarin)

Investment: SGD200 (4 classes, includes dinners)

To register: Call 6336 8755 or 9451 2799

20 Aug

Fragrance Rice in Lotus Leaf

Sprouty Sushi

Wakame Delight

27 Aug

Slurpy Hor-fun

Butter Pumpkin

Bitterguord-in-Black

3 Sep

Cabbage Roll con Mushroom

Vegetarian Chicken Rice

Cloud-9 Hand-made Noodle

Prosperous Nori Soup

10 Sep

5-Spice Pumpkin Rice

Bean Curd Pillow

Mr Bean Returns

Vegan Ultramarathoner Wins Again, and Again

An ultramarathon is defined as any race longer than the marathon distance of 42.195 km (26+ miles). Probably the world’s top ultramarathoner is Scott Jurek, a vegan. Scott’s latest victory was in a race that covered 135 miles over 13,000 vertical feet from Death Valley to the base of Mount Whitney in the U.S., with temperatures often over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

We first heard about this from an electronic newsletter published by Karen Dawn who also does radio shows on animal topics: http://www.dawnwatch.com/index.htm.

Here’s what one newspaper wrote about Jurek:

Tall and trim but a bit less lanky than many hard-core runners, Jurek logs 55-70 miles a week on average, and 100-120 as he’s peaking before a big race – running as many as he can on wooded trails. In recent years, he’s added yoga, weightlifting and a vegan diet to his training regimen.

Instead of milk, eggs, steak and other staples of many meat-eating runners’ diets, Jurek eats a lot of tofu, tempeh (a high-protein food made of cooked soybeans) and whole grains, and adds things such as almonds, hemp seed and protein powder to the smoothies he often blends up for breakfast.

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060706/NEWS/60706001/1005

Veg Stall Opens in Woodlands

SAN DE Vegetarian

Address: Blk 892C, Woodlands Ave 2.

In the 24hrs coffee shop at basement of the multi-storey carpark, but open from 6am-8pm.
Just opposite the Causeway Point. About 5 mins walk; have to cross over the bridge.

Class on Natural Remedies

Learn from the folks at Genesis Health Food Restaurant (#1 Lorong Telok, Raffles Place MRT) about natural ways to treat such problems as diarrhoea, flatulence, nausea, sore throat and ear infections. Sunday, 13 Aug, 4-5pm, $20, 6438-7118, genesishf@.... Pre-registration recommended.

Learn to Make Vegetarian Kimchi

Kimchi, spicy pickled cabbage, is the national dish of Korea. Attend this workshop to learn how to make healthy vegetarian kimchi. Here are the details:

Date: 12 Aug (Sat)

Time: 3pm ~ 5pm

Venue: Chyuan Shiang, 92, Lorong 27, Geylang Road, (3min from Aljunied MRT).

Fee: $5 per person, all materials provided

Registration: Call Ms Yeo @ 67-4553-67; 674-674-63.

Cooking Classes at CCs

Many CCs offer vegetarian cooking classes. PA has kindly provided this list of classes to be held later this year. Please contact the respective CC for details. A list of CCs can be found at http://160.96.187.35/NASApp/cconline/centerMain.do?GXHC_JSESSIONID=39e7408eedc4c6b7&.

Jurong Spring CC: 15 Aug, 2-5pm,

Jurong Spring CC: 29 Aug, 7-10pm

Gek Poh Ville CC: 04 Aug, 2-5pm

Ulu Pandan CC: 06 Sep, 7.30-9.30pm
Lam Soon CC: 17 Nov, 7.30-9.30pm

The Wonders of Watermelon

Watermelon is inexpensive, easy to find at most fruit stalls, sweet and great for cooling off on a hot day. Now, more evidence is emerging of watermelon’s health benefits, including that it’s rich in the phytochemical lycopene. Tasty and healthy too? Is that possible? Looks like it is: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jun02/lyco0602.htm.

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Date: Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:33 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 14 August 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter Aug 14 2006

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VSS News

August Wellness Seminar

Join the VSS Giro Scheme

Vegetarian Magazine Plans Name Change

Other News

Saute with Fruit Juice

More on Kimchi

Fair Trade Veg Products

Veg Cooking Class in Mandarin

Colon Cancer and Meat

VSS News

August Wellness Seminar

The August VSS Wellness Seminar presents two videos that illustrate powerful reasons to go veg. The first video, Race for Life, highlights a woman in the U.S. who recovered from breast cancer by switching to a proper veg diet and doing lots of exercise. Not only did she beat cancer, she also went on to win triathlon races in her age group. In the second video by the International Vegetarian Union (IVU), Devour the Earth, Sir Paul McCartney explains how our dietary choices affect the well-being of the environment. He pinpoints damage done by modern factory farming of our fellow animals for meat (for a transcript of the IVU video: http://vegetarismus.ch/video/vsuk_skripte.htm).

A short discussion and light organic refreshments follow the video screenings. Here are the details:

Date: 26 Aug (Sat)

Time: 2.30pm ~4pm

Venue: Living Space, Level 5, 17, Hong Kong Street (5min from Clarke Quay MRT)

Fee: $5 per person, light organic refreshments free

Registration: kee_yew@...; Pre-registration required.

Join the VSS Giro Scheme

To provide regular support for VSS’s activities, such as the recent Singapore Meatout Week 2006 – http://www.singaporemeatout.org – please consider signing up for the VSS giro scheme: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/downloads/vssgiro.pdf. Any amount – even $5/month – is appreciated. VSS is a non-profit, non-religious, registered charity.

Vegetarian Magazine Plans Name Change

The main benefit of VSS membership is knowing that your $30/year supports the Society’s education efforts. Another benefit is that you can subscribe at a reduced price to a veg magazine published in Australia: New Vegetarian & Natural Health:

http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=/membership.htm#5. This offer is only open to VSS members. If you want to subscribe to the magazine without being a VSS member: http://www.veg-soc.org/html/mag-issues/current-issue.html.

The magazine is planning to change its name. Here are the five candidates. If you have an opinion, please send it to the magazine’s editor, Mark Berriman at

avs@....

1. Natural Health and Today's Vegetarian

2. Natural Health and (the) Modern Vegetarian

3. Natural Health and Vegetarian Lifestyle

4. Natural Health and Vegie Living

5. Natural Health and Vegetarian Living

Other News

Saute with Fruit Juice

Here are some tips from the Mayo Clinic on why and how we should increase our fruit consumption. Among the tips is saut�ing with fruit juice instead of oil. Why not give it a try! http://health.yahoo.com/topic/nutrition/overview/article/mayoclinic/EF7CCB6D-D9D3-42BF-80E7D730CB0EC115

More on Kimchi

Our last issue mentioned a kimchi-making workshop, and one reader wrote to ask for more information. Here you go, plus some recipes: https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2004issue2/vj2004issue2kimchi.htm and

http://www.vegetariantimes.com/document_display.cfm?section_id=22&document_id=190.

Fair Trade Veg Products

Fair Trade is a concept that promotes fair prices for small-scale producers in poor countries when they sell their handicrafts and agricultural goods for use in developed countries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Trade.

Villagexchange is Singapore’s first Fair Trade organization: http://www.villagexchange.org. They “promote Fair Trade as an equitable and sustainable form of exchange for alleviating global poverty, and offer fairly traded products from poor producers of less developed countries.”� Currently, there are only a small number of items for sale via their website, but they plan to expand. All of the items presently available are vegetarian.

Veg Cooking Class in Mandarin

Investment: SGD200 (4 classes, includes dinners)

To register: Call 6336.8755 or 9451.2799

20 Aug

Fragrance Rice in Lotus Leaf

Sprouty Sushi

Wakame Delight

27 Aug

Slurpy Hor-fun

Butter Pumpkin

Bitterguord-in-Black

3 Sep

Cabbage Roll con Mushroom

Vegetarian Chicken Rice

Cloud-9 Hand-made Noodle

Prosperous Nori Soup

10 Sep

5-Spice Pumpkin Rice

Bean Curd Pillow

Mr Bean Returns

Colon Cancer and Meat

This article, from the American Institute for Cancer Research, highlights continuing research suggesting that meat consumption, along with obesity, fibre and exercise, may be a key factor in colon cancer:

http://www.aicr.org/site/News2?abbr=pr_&page=NewsArticle&id=10150.

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Date: Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:36 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 21 August 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS News

IVU Congress in Goa

National Youth Environment Forum 2006

Meeting with Indonesian Veg Organisation

Other News

True Health Anniversary

Heavy Metal Goes Veg

Another Band Sings Veg

Indian Vegetarian Lunch Delivery to Offices and Homes

New Vegetarian Caf� at Serangoon North

Non-Leather Athletic Shoes

Is It Really Whole Grain?

VSS News

IVU Congress in Goa

VSS is a member of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU). You can read a recent self-report on some of the IVU’s activities at http://www.ivu.org/news/IVU_Annual_Report_2006.pdf.

IVU organizes the World Vegetarian Congress every two years. In 2004, it was in Brazil; in 2008, it will be in Germany. This Sep, 10-16, it’s in India: Goa to be exact. Details and online registration are now available at http://www.ivu.org/congress/2006. At least one VSS member will be attending. Please let us know if you will be attending: info@....

National Youth Environment Forum 2006

VSS will be participating in the National Youth Environment Forum 2006 on Sat, 2 Sep, 8am-6pm, at SMU: http://www.eco-singapore.org/forum. In particular, we will be highlighting the role of meat eating in environmental destruction and world hunger. Guest of Honour: Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources.

Meeting with Indonesian Veg Organisation

Last Tuesday, some VSS Exco members met with a group of visitors from KVMI (Keluarga Vegetarian Maitreya Indonesia): http://www.kvmi-online.org. Their website, mostly in Indonesian, contains a list of veg restaurants in various parts of Indonesia.

Among the topics discussed was VSS participation in an event in Batam to mark World Vegetarian Day: http://worldvegetarianday.org. Check this newsletter for more information as the date approaches.

Some online greeting card companies have special World Vegetarian Day e-cards: http://www.123greetings.com/events/world_vegetarian_day/index_ajax.html.

Other News

True Health Anniversary

True Health is a Catholic organization that promotes vegetarianism and other behaviours that are healthy for people and the planet. The organization celebrates its first anniversary on Sat, 26 Aug, from 10am to 3pm in the chapel of the Church of St Peter and Paul, 225A Queen St. The event includes an address by True Health’s spiritual leader, Father Anselm Phang, who has a recipe in the VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions Vegetarian Cookbook, and a lecture “Towards a Healing Life” by Sebastian Liew, a naturopathic doctor, who also has a recipe in the cookbook. Afterwards an exotic vegetarian lunch will be served, to be followed by an exhibition that includes VSS, ACRES (http://www.acres.org.sg) and NSS (http://nss.org.sg). Tickets are $15. For more info: www.true-health.com.sg.

Heavy Metal Goes Veg

Cattle Decapitation is the name of a heavy metal band that advocates vegetarianism. Their website displays some of their album covers and lyrics. Warning – the site is not for the faint-hearted: http://www.cattledecapitation.com. Alternatively, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_Decapitation.

Another Band Sings Veg

Goldfinger (no connection to the James Bond movie) is a ska-punk band whose lead singer is a vegan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger_(band). They did a song for a PETA video: http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=free_me&Player=wm&speed=_med. In the video, Goldfinger sings “Free Me” while we see gory video from factory farms and slaughterhouses. Warning: explicit lyrics.

Indian Vegetarian Lunch Delivery to Offices and Homes

Monday through Friday, except public holidays, you can contact Mr Velu for delivery of Indian vegetarian lunches. For $5, these lunches typically include:

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- steamed rice

- 3 side dishes

- curry /dhal

- 2 chappatis or other bread items such as poori.

Dishes include no onion or garlic. The menu changes daily. For more information: 6746.4164.

New Vegetarian Caf� at Serangoon North

Ci Ying Vegetarian House is a new vegetarian cafe at Serangoon North. Some of their specialties include dim sum, such as soon kueh, rice kueh, and carrot cake (1 pc type). Among their other dishes are: breakfast - dried minced meat noodles, char siew noodles, laksa, brown rice porridge; lunch - economical rice; dinner - cze char.

The caf� opens at 0700 and closes at 2030, but is closed between 1430 to 1630 for preparation time. Exact address: Blk 152 Serangoon North Ave 1 (opp two temples & Blk 114, just above 315 bus stop). Nearest MRT: Hougang.

Non-Leather Athletic Shoes

Some vegetarians also try not to wear clothing that comes from dead animals, such as leather shoes. Fortunately, this seems to be getting easier to do. For example, New Balance now has a range of athletic shoes made with synthetic leather. To find out the item numbers of the shoes, email New Balance at customer.service@.... Their website (http://www.newbalance.com) also tells where to find stores that carry their shoes.

Is It Really Whole Grain?

The following is from the newsletter of the Vegetarian Resource Group: http://www.vrg.org/vrgnews/index.htm.

We recently received the following question, "I heard that some 'whole wheat' pastas do not have enough fiber. Are the labels misleading?"

Blythe Tucker, a dietetic student, along with Reed Mangels, Ph.D., R.D.

answered: "When we think of whole wheat or grain products there is an automatic assumption that they are a healthier product. Yet, some whole wheat or whole grain products have a similar fiber and sugar content as the regular product made with refined white flour. You should be wary of just relying on the text on the front of the box.

There are products that have misleading text on them. The Whole Grain Council says producers print 'whole grain' on products which contain only minuscule amounts of whole grains. They recommend looking for their stamp on the front of the box or statements like 'Good Source of whole grain, 'Excellent Source of whole grain' or '100% whole wheat.'

The best possible way to ensure that you are getting the most wholesome product possible is by taking the product off the shelf, flipping it over, and reading the nutritional label. The Whole Grain Council lists the following ingredients as indicators that a product is whole grain: whole wheat, whole grain [name of grain], whole wheat, whole [other grain], stone ground whole [grain], and brown rice. Just make sure that these ingredients are the first to be listed, that shows that they are dominant in the product.

"If your main goal in eating whole wheat or grain products is a product with higher fiber content, then you should go a step beyond and read the total carbohydrates in your product, where fiber is listed. White pasta averages one to two grams of fiber per two ounce serving. Good wholesome, whole wheat pasta should have considerably more. I recommend brands with at least five grams of dietary fiber per two ounce serving.

"It is valuable to your body to reach for the pastas, breads, and cereals made from whole wheat or grain. For the best possible product make sure that that they are not loaded with refined sugar and have a high fiber content. The average adult man should consume between 31 to 38 grams of fiber and the average adult woman should consume 21 to 25 grams daily. Consumption of this amount of fiber can help ward off heart disease, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, constipation, and obesity. By eating three to five servings of whole wheat or grain products, you should be able to easily meet these requirements."

This information is not intended to provide personal medical advice.

Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional.

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VSS eNewsletter 25 Aug 2006

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VSS News

Running on Plant Power

VSS Flyers on the Web

Leafleting at WOMAD

Our Exhibition Posters Online

If You Stop Receiving This Newsletter

Other News

Corn, Olive and Cabbage Treats

More Veg Options for Lovers of Japanese Food

Veg Out at the Golden Arches?

Annalakshmi Reopens

Might Cows Moo with a Singlish Accent?

Cooking Classes from Palate Sensations

VSS News

Running on Plant Power

The SAFRA Sheares Bridge Run & Army Half Marathon is Singapore's largest mass-running event: https://www.safra.sg/safrasbr&ahm.

At this year’s event, Sun, 27 Aug, a group of vegetarian runners will be wearing a top with a message promoting vegetarianism. Supporting them will be Singapore's record holder for the marathon, M. Rameshon. Though Rameshon will not be wearing the vegetarian message top while running, as he is sponsored by Adidas, he will wear it after he finishes the race.

If you are interested in spreading the veg message at other such events, contact info@....

VSS Flyers on the Web

Won’t be a WOMAD or any of the other events where VSS will be and you want a copy of the VSS flyers: Why Vegetarian or What Is a Healthy Vegetarian Diet? Now, you can download them from the VSS web at:

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http://www.vegetarian-society.org/download/Yveg_b.jpg.

The flyers are not copyrighted; you are encouraged make your own copies. We have the same policy with our VCD. That is not yet on the Web, but we are planning to revamp our website and include a page for videos.

Leafleting at WOMAD

WOMAD, the World Music Festival, is taking place again this year at Fort Canning, on the evenings of 25-27 Aug, Fri-Sun. We will be distributing VSS flyers, thx to the generosity of our friends at The Brownie Factory B2 Food Hall, Takashimaya, tel: 6835-9579; opening hours - 10am-9.30pm daily.

Our Exhibition Posters Online

VSS has a wide variety of colourful posters with captions in Chinese and English. Most recently, we used them at our exhibition at the National Library during Singapore Meatout Week 2006. Some of the posters are now available for viewing online at: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/downloads/poster/index.htm.

If you have suggestions for a place to exhibit the posters, please let us know: info@.... For instance, a yoga society will be borrowing some of the posters for an exhibition in Sep.

If You Stop Receiving This Newsletter

This electronic newsletter is sent out via Yahoo! Unfortunately, there’s a strange flaw in the Yahoo! system which causes Yahoo! to stop sending newsletters to some people, including even the editor of this newsletter.

Point being: if you stop receiving this electronic newsletter for a couple weeks, Yahoo! may have ‘bounced’ you. No worries, just write to info@..., and we’ll set things right. Plus, you can always read back issues of the newsletter at www.vegetarian-society.org.

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Corn, Olive and Cabbage Treats

The experts at Genesis Health Food Restaurant, 1 Lorong Telok, are offering another of their informative and tasty cooking classes, this Sun, 27 Aug, from 4-6pm. As usual, the class begins with a health talk. This session, the topic is “What’s Nutritious about Corn, Olives and Cabbage?” Following the talk is a cooking demonstration of cream of corn soup, olive rice and Thai cabbage soup. Last, but not least, dinner is served!

Price = $40/pax. Contact info: phone: 643-87118n or genesishf@....

More Veg Options for Lovers of Japanese Food

Sakae Sushi, a chain of sushi restaurants with outlets all over the island, has expanded and revised its veg offerings:

http://www.sakaesushi.com.sg/promo%20-%20vege.php.

Veg Out at the Golden Arches?

A reader reports that Mcdonald’s has a Veg Out day on the 1st of every month. This means that some fruit and vegetable items, such as corn, apple slices, and salads, are sold at reduced price. There’s nothing about this on the McD’s Singapore website, and an email to McD’s Singapore has yet to be answered, but another reader visited a McD’s outlet and was told that Veg Out will happen the 1^st of Sep. A sign of the times?

Annalakshmi Reopens

Annalakshmi Restaurant has reopened at 104, Amoy Street. It’s near Raffles Place, Tanjong Pagar, and Chinatown MRTs. The hours are 11am-7pm, Mon-Sat, closed Sun, except for special reservations. Find out about their delivery service by visiting their web - http://www.annalakshmi.com.sg/index.htm - and clicking on Lunch Pack. Tel: 6223-0809. Plus, rumour is that Annalakshmi may be opening another restaurant in time for Deepavali.

Might Cows Moo with a Singlish Accent?

It seems that the way in which cows moo may vary according to where they live:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060823/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_cows_accent. Just like humans, cows’ behaviors are affected by their environment. Let’s hope that more people eat less meat so that more cows’ moos can be contented ones.

Cooking Classes from Palate Sensations

Palate Sensations Cooking School (www.palatesensations.com), 1 Whitchurch Road #03-05, opposite Col Bar, off Portsdown Road offers a wide variety of classes, veg and non-veg, as well as other services. In Sep, they are offering veg classes by people whose names will be familiar to readers of this newsletter, Danny Chu and Julia Jus. Here’s the info.

Shojin Ryori Japanese Vegetarian Cuisine by Danny Chu, Enso Kitchen

25 (Mon) and 30 Sep (Sat), 11am-2pm. Experience the cooking method taught in Zen temples, participate and present a vegan friendly meal which includes soymilk soup, scattered vegetable vinegared rice, lotus root tofu dumpling, ginger & mushroom tempura.

Fee: $85/pax or $160/2 pax

Raw Food with Julia Jus

15 Sep (Fri), 7pm-8.30pm: Why Raw. In this talk & demonstration, learn the following about Raw Food: how we are biologically adapted to the raw foods diet; the effects of heat and cooking on proteins, fats, micronutrients, and enzymes; the raw vegetarian food groups; food combining for better digestion.

Learn to make almond pesto cheese torte, caramel candies, chocolate mousse parfaits.

Fee: $50/pax

16 Sep (Sat), 11am-1pm: Forget Cooking. "Forget Cooking" will teach people how to create delicious foods out of whole, unprocessed, organic, raw ingredients. Learn to make almond milk, cream of zucchini soup, Mediterranean kale salad, not tuna salad, vegetarian sushimaki, zucchini noodles marinara, chocolate mousse.

Fee: $75/pax

17 Sep (Sun), 11am-2pm, Raw Basics. Learn how easy it is to transition to a raw diet with easy recipes for people on the go! In this class learn how to make seed and nut cheeses, appetizers, soups, dressings, Italian pasta and marinara, salad and dessert. These foods will impress even the most skeptical!

$75/pax

Enrollment for all classes: info@... or 6479.9025

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URL Correction for VSS Flyers

Friday’s eNewsletter gave incorrect URLs for the two VSS flyers. There are two separate URLs for each of the two flyers. If the font is too small, you should have a way to enlarge the jpg file.

Also, the Download page on the VSS website has other materials you may find of interest. We apologize for the mistake in the previous issue of this eNewsletter.

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Date: Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:36 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 1 Sep 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 1 Sep 2006

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VSS News

Seeds VCD Goes Google

URL Correction for VSS Flyers

Woodlands Regional Library Exhibition Rescheduled to Jan07

Other News

The Amazing Eight Immortals

Veg BBQ and Movie

More on McD’s

Vegetarian Becomes CEO of Multinational Company at the Age of 17

Another Inconvenient Truth – Meat and Global Warming

New Veg Outlet Near Aljunied MRT

Mandarin Cooking Class Set for October

Crocodile Goes Veg

DOA Chickens

Brown Rice Sighting – Yew Tee

VSS News

SEEDS VCD Goes Google

VSS’s Seeds for a Better World VCD is now available on Google: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6603580570697459568&q=seeds+for+a+better+world. Someone must have copied it and put it there, which is great. We encourage people to mass produce Seeds and plant it everywhere they can.

To date, VSS has distributed almost 80,000 of this free VCD, and we’ll be printing another 10,000 later this month. Plus, we’re raising funds to produce a DVD with new content and higher quality images. Do donate, contact info@....

URL Correction for VSS Flyers

Here are the correct URLs for the two VSS flyers. We apologize for the mistake in the previous issue of this eNewsletter. After you open the hyperlinks, you will probably need to click to enlarge the size of the font.

Woodlands Regional Library Exhibition Rescheduled to Jan07

After our Singapore Meatout Week 2006 exhibition at the Central Library on Victoria St., VSS was invited to do a similar exhibition later this year at Woodlands Regional Library. However, the only space available then was on Level 4. Fortunately, NLB has kindly allowed us to have our exhibition on Level 1 in Jan (8-21 Jan).

Other News

The Amazing Eight Immortals

Eight Immortals is the name of a chain of 24 veg food stalls and one restaurant (at Jurong Reptile Park, 6265-2290). Eight Immortals was founded by Hum Wee Song, a former engineer with Phillips, and his wife. Both are long-time vegetarians.

Their stalls are mostly in shopping centres near MRT stations, but they are also at SMU, KK Hospital, SGH, Tan Tock Seng, Suntec (Basement 1), and Lau Pa Sat. The usual hours are 10am-10pm, but there are exceptions. Also, many of their outlets offer brown rice. There are no phone numbers for the outlets. Consult the list of veg food outlets on the VSS web for more info: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=listing_area.htm.

Veg BBQ and Movie

Ananda Marga Yoga Society’s Project Youth Club is putting on a vegetarian BBQ, followed by an entertaining movie (to be announced) and more on Sat, 9 Sep, beginning at 5pm at 21 Jalan Pokok Serunai, (near Bayshore). Fee: $10.00. Contact: Rohita @ 97692746 or Shukla @ 90600926. VSS will be participating. Youth (15-25 yrs old) are particularly welcome.

More on McD’s

Here’s more on McDonald’s Veg Out days. In the excerpt below from an email from McD’s S’pore, ‘Fresh Sidekick’ refers to Corn Cup, Fresh Salad and Apple Dippers (served with low-fat caramel dip).

To further encourage our customers to eat more greens, we recently launched VEG OUT DAY in support of the Health Promotion’s Board “eat 2 servings of fruit +2 servings of vegetables” initiative. Essentially, on the 1^st day of every month, customers can purchase their choice of Fresh Sidekick at only $1 (versus usual price of $2.50) – no other purchase required. This message is being communicated on door decals in all McDonald’s restaurants.

Vegetarian Becomes CEO of Multinational Company at the Age of 17

Read about Suhas Gopinath, a life-long vegetarian and supporter of the welfare of our fellow animals. At the age of 17, he become CEO of a multinational company:

http://www.petadishoom.com/page3/wo_suhas-gopinath.asp.

Another Inconvenient Truth – Meat and Global Warming

A reader sent in this article from E/The Environment Magazine

http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3312&src=. She also told us about a place to go to discuss the article: http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/40639, but you’ve got to sign up to post: the yahoogroup's email is envstu@....

You can also discuss veg issues at VSS’s forum: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/forums/

New Veg Outlet Near Aljunied MRT

The area around Aljunied MRT is another one of Singapore’s veg oases, with lots of veg outlets, including Whole Earth Vegetarian Restaurant at 593 Geylang Rd, near Lorong 32. A reader wrote to tell us about another one:

Rice House (Vegetarian)
Blk 129 Geylang East Ave 2 #01-102
Tel: 6747.3739

Mandarin Cooking Class Set for October

Bright Hill Temple, a.k.a. Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, is launching a Mandarin, 8-lesson veg cooking class on Sun, 1 Oct at the temple. The class will meet every Sunday at 3.30pm. Mdm Tan Boo Bay is the instructor. Here’s the lineup of delectable dishes:

Lesson 1: 3 Types of Moon Cakes

Lesson 2: Soon Kway, Fa Gao, Sesame Ball

Lesson 3: Thai Green Bean Kway, Wah Kor Kueh, Fried Apple Pie

Lesson 4: Pumpkin, Crystal Bun, Aga Aga

Lesson 5: Steam Rice Kway, Curry Puff, Red Peach Kueh

Lesson 6: Oneh Oneh Cake, Watermelon Sago, Dessert Fragrance of Nirvana

Lesson 7: Half Fry Dumpling, Pizza, Yam & Pumpkin Cake

Lesson 8: Ang Ku Kway, Fragrant Coconut Vegetarian Cake, Sesame Roll

Fee is $60/pax. To register, call 6849.5332. Note: their last class had more than 100 people; so, please sign up early.

Crocodile Goes Veg

Here, from Kerala state in India, is the story of a crocodile who just eat red rice:

http://www.ndtv.com/environment/Wildlife.asp?id=92175&callid=1.

DOA Chickens

A piece in the meat industry journal, Watt Poultry (Aug. 2006), summarizes a study of dead-on-arrival broilers (chickens raised for their flesh). [Click the ‘Watt Poultry’ link above to read the entire summary.] DOA means that the individual died in transport from the factory farm to the slaughterhouse. According to the summary, the number of DOAs varies from a few dozen per load to a substantial percentage of the birds.

The study also found:

ü Microscopic pathological lesions (large, visible injured patches of skin caused by a disease) in 89.4% of carcasses

ü Signs of infectious diseases in 64.9%

ü Heart/circulation disorders in 42.4%

ü Trauma in 29.5%

Brown Rice Sighting – Yew Tee

A reader reports that the veg stall in the Family Food Courts on Level 2 of Yew Tee Shopping Centre not only has brown rice but they even have a sign in Chinese and English proudly proclaiming that fact. Please encourage your favourite outlets to offer brown rice and to advertise that fact. The Yew Tee stall is open 7am-9pm daily. In addition to the usual dishes, they also offer veg versions of laksa, chicken rice and nasi lemak. They try to use MSG sparingly. Contact: 9487.3755.

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Date: Fri Sep 8, 2006 4:33 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 9 September 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 9 Sep 2006

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VSS News

Check Out the VSS Forum

VSS Website Revamp by Mar07

Subscriber # Nears 2500

Other News

Veg BBQ and Movie

New Veg Outlet in Yishun

Another Veg BBQ – Benefit for ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre

Mag’s Bilingual Cooking Class at Kampung Senang near Aljunied MRT

Two Articles on Veg Kids

VSS News

Check Out the VSS Forum

Some people tell us that the best part of the VSS website – www.vegetarian-society.org – is the Forum - http://www.vegetarian-society.org/forums. Registration is required, but it’s free.

VSS Website Revamp by Mar07

A team of Singapore Poly students has agreed to revamp the VSS website as a final-year project. They plan to finish by early 2007. If you have ideas for how to improve the site, pls send them to info@....

Subscriber # Nears 2500

There are now about 2400 insightful souls who receive the VSS free eNewsletter that you are now reading. Let’s see if we can push the number above 2500 soon. The eNewsletter is a great way to give ourselves a regular reminder about why and how to be veg and to influence others towards veg. Folks can sign up at http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=vssgrp.htm.

Other News

Veg BBQ and Movie

New Veg Outlet in Yishun

Here’s the details on a new veg outlet in Yishun.

Name of Outlet: Cai Gen Xiang Vegetarian Cuisine

Address: Blk 236 # 01-1000 Yishun Ring Road

Nearest MRT: Yishun

Buses: 800 or 801 from interchange

Days Open: Every day except Mon

Hours: 7am to 915pm

Special dishes: Western and oriental cuisine

Brown rice: No

Organic: No

MSG: Yes

Onion & Garlic: No

Egg: No

Phone number: 6758.8588

Do they deliver?: They cater parties and birthday dinners

Another Veg BBQ – Benefit for ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre

On the evening of Sat, 30 Sep, in aid of the Acres Wildlife Rescue Centre, ACRES (www.acres.org.sg) will be holding a vegetarian barbeque, along with some fun activities and games. Tickets, at $20, may be purchased in advance or on the night. However, you will need to confirm your attendance by 27Sep. To purchase a ticket, please call Acres on 6581.2488 or send an email to charlene@.... All proceeds will go towards the establishment of the wildlife rescue centre.

Mag’s Bilingual Cooking Class at Kampung Senang near Aljunied MRT
If you are interested to learn how to cook delicious vegetarian dishes and pickup some nutritional tips to benefit your family, this may be the class for you. Here’s the lineup:

Fragrant Vegetarian Chicken Rice
Vegetarian Chicken Drumstick
Tofu Wrap
Soup – simple yet delicious soup to go with the Chicken Rice
Stir-fried vegetables with Shitake Mushroom

Every participant will have a chance to make their own dishes.

Date:            Sun, 17 Sep
Time:            2.30 to 5.30 pm
Fee:             $45 per participant
Location:       Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Blk 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-205
Registration: 6749.8509

Two Articles on Veg Kids

The first piece, from a U.S. newspaper, is on veg teens. One interesting point made in the article is that going veg can help kids pay more attention to what they eat, thus, helping them to choose healthier diet options. The second article, a short piece from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, looks at the moral reasons behind younger kids’ choice to go veg.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/features-1/115694948754550.xml&coll=6

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2006/08/08_hussar.html

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Date: Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:18 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 20 September 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 20 Sep 2006

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VSS News

Sept’s VSS Wellness Seminar

Another 10,000 VCDs

VSS Rep Attends International Vegetarian Union’s World Congress

For Next World Congress, IVU Returns to Dresden after 100 Years

Other News

Cucumbers Are Cool

B6 and Parkinson’s Disease

More Details on Rice House near Aljunied MRT

Tom Low’s Workshop at Fort Canning

Asian Vegetarian Union Announces 2007 Conference

Award-Winning Veg Chef Holds Workshop

VSS News

Sept’s VSS Wellness Seminar

September’s VSS Wellness Seminar features a video that captured a lot of attention when it was shown at the Meatout exhibition at the National Library. The video, entitled Eating, focuses on the health dangers of eating meat and the benefits of going veg. Other harmful effects of meat production are also covered.

Following the screening of the 1-hour+ video, a wholesome organic veg afternoon tea will be served. To help participants practice a healthy diet, there will be a short food demo after the tea break. Two simple, nutritious recipes will be shared.

Venue:

Kampung Senang Holistic Lifestyle Centre

Block 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-00

(5min walk from Aljunied MRT, tel: 67498509)

Date: Sat., 30 Sep

Time: 2pm ~ 4.30pm

To register: kee_yew@... or Kampung Senang @ 67498509

Price: $10 per person.

Another 10,000 VCDs

Last weekend, VSS supporters and members gathered to pack another 10,000 of the Seeds for a Better World VCD. That brings to 90,000 the number of this VCD that VSS has prepared for free distribution.

Any ideas for how to distribute these VCDs in Singapore? If so, contact info@.... For example, one person is giving out 1000 at her wedding. We do ask for cost recovery for bulk orders of the VCD.

VSS Rep Attends International Vegetarian Union’s World Congress

The International Vegetarian Union (IVU, www.ivu.org) held its 37^th World Vegetarian Congress 10-16 Sept in Goa, India. VSS President, Dr George Jacobs, attended. The president of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/presidentprofile.jsp), who is a Muslim vegetarian, was among the many Indian dignitaries who sent a letter of congratulations to the delegates.

Highlights of the Congress included the opening address by J.P. Vasnami, head of the Sadhu Vaswani Society, who called on the delegates to work passionately to promote vegetarianism. Another highlight of the Congress was the enthusiastic delegation of more than 20 people from the newly Chinese Vegetarian Union (www.cvu.org.cn). George spoke with them about sharing some of VSS’s Chinese language materials.

George’s presentation was on the intelligence, emotions and personality of our fellow animals. For a copy, email info@....

For Next World Congress, IVU Returns to Dresden after 100 Years

The first IVU Congress was held in Dresden, Germany in 1908. For its next Congress, IVU will be returning to scenic Dresden from Sun, 27 Jul – Sun, 3 Aug, 2008 http://www.ivu.org/congress/2008/index.html.

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Cucumbers Are Cool

Cucumbers are actually classified as fruit, though they’re not often recognized as such because they are not very sweet. With a crisp, mild flavor, they’re reliable sources of Vitamin C, Vitamin K, and potassium. Cucumbers are great to eat raw and contain more nutrients than pickles.

Cucumbers can also be used in juices. A large-scale, 10yr study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, suggests that drinking fruit and vegetable juices may delay onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers hypothesize that the antioxidants in the juice may be the key: http://www.nutritionhorizon.com/newsmaker_article.asp?idNewsMaker=11956&fSite=AO545&category=26&page=1

B6 and Parkinson’s Disease

Research suggests that Vitamin B6, found in such foods as whole grains, nuts, and beans, can reduce the risk of Parkinson’s Disease:

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=69580-vitamin-b-folate-parkinson-s-disease.

More Details on Rice House near Aljunied MRT

Meat eaters may soon start complaining that they can’t find anything to eat near Aljunied MRT J. Earlier this month, we announced that another veg restaurant had opened in the area. Here are more details.

Name: Rice House (Vegetarian)

Location: Blk 129, Geylang East Ave 2, #01-102, 5 mins walk along path below Aljunied MRT track towards Paya Lebar station

Tel: 6747 3739

Open: Every day except Monday

Hours: 10.30am - 10pm

Specialties: Porridge, beef noodle, stew, duck rice

MSG: No, plus no salt added, and no glutten. Also, oil at a minimum

Brown rice: Not yet

Tom Low’s Workshop at Fort Canning

Tom Low is an entertaining, irrepressible health advocate who is still going strong into his 7^th decade. Long an advocate of eating lots of fruits and vegetables, Tom fairly recently went 100% veg. Here’s info on a workshop he’s doing later this month.

Title: Detox & Energize

Goals: Lose weight, tone your body, revitalize and boost your immune system

Date: Sat, 30 Sep

Time: Registration at 08.45am; Workshop from 09.00 to 17.00

Place: Fort Canning Lodge, 6 Fort Canning Road

Includes: Healthy buffet, herbal tea breaks, instruction manual & impact exercise instrument, tasting of fresh juices

Price: $268/pax, with early bird discount of $248 by 20 Sep. VSS members: $208

More info: 6288.1733; ahealth@...

Asian Vegetarian Union Announces 2007 Conference

The Asian Vegetarian Union plans to hold its 3^rd conference in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2-7 Nov, 2007. For more information: thirdavc_taiwan@....

Award-Winning Veg Chef Holds Workshop

David Jackson Tan won the Flavors of the World Cooking Competition at the Singapore Food Expo held 28 May at Singapore Expo.

On Sun, 1 Oct, David will be demonstrating Bubble & Squeak (Mash Potato), Watermelon Salad, Eggless Oatmeal Waffles, Apricot Healthy Candy and Avocado Mousse. Here are the details:

Time: 4pm to 6pm (Dinner provided at 6pm)

Fee: $10.00 per person

Place: 6 Ashwood Grove (near Singapore American School)

Organizer: Mark Chan, Adventist Community Services

Registration: Call or sms 97438362

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Date: Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:31 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 26 September 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 26 Sep 2006

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VSS News

Sept’s VSS Wellness Seminar

World Vegetarian Day on Batam

VSS Mini-Library Now Open

Official Opening of Kampung Senang’s Holistic Lifestyle Centre

Other News

New Veg Stall on Ubi Av

The Veg Tennis Champion

Seminar on Having Organic, Veg Kids

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Sept’s VSS Wellness Seminar

September’s VSS Wellness Seminar features a video that captured a lot of attention when it was shown in July at the Singapore Meatout exhibition at the National Library. The video, entitled Eating, focuses on the health dangers of eating meat and the benefits of going veg. Other good reasons to give up meat are also covered.

Following the screening of the 1.5hr video, a wholesome organic veg afternoon tea will be served. Plus, to help participants practice a healthy diet, there will be a short food demo after the tea break during which two simple, nutritious recipes will be shared.

Venue:

Kampung Senang Holistic Lifestyle Centre

Block 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-00

(5mins walk from Aljunied MRT, tel: 67498509)

Date: Sat., 30 Sep

Time: 2pm-4.30pm

To register: kee_yew@... or Kampung Senang @ 6749.8509

Price: $10 per person.

World Vegetarian Day on Batam

Our veg friends on Batam are putting together a big exhibition/food fair for World Vegetarian Day and VSS will put putting up an educational stall. The event is this Sat and Sun, 30 Sep/1 Oct. If you’re interested in going over, contact Jowly in Batam at 62-855-651-1881 or jowlyyohan@....

VSS Mini-Library Now Open

VSS has put together a small library of books and other materials related to vegetarianism. The materials can be read, but not borrowed. As VSS does not have its own premises, we are fortunate that Kampung Senang (http://www.kg-senang.org.sg) has kindly allowed us to use a room at their new Holistic Lifestyle Centre at Block 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-00, (5mins walk from Aljunied MRT, tel: 6749.8509).

Official Opening of Kampung Senang’s Holistic Lifestyle Centre

VSS will be taking part in the official opening of Kampung Senang’s (www.kg-senang.org.sg) Holistic Lifestyle Centre on Sat, 7 Oct, from 10.30am-7.30pm. Guest of Honour will be Mr Matthias Yao, Mayor, South East District and MP for MacPherson SMC. Events include a Food/Fun Fair, tour of a herb farm, Lantern Festival Celebration and organic food tasting. The new KS Centre is located at Blk 106 Aljunied Crescent, just 5 mins from Aljunied MRT. For more info: 6749.8509.

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New Veg Stall on Ubi Av

A new vegetarian food stall (Shen Yuan) is opening on 1 Oct, at Blk 301 Ubi Ave 1. Specialties include kway chap and wanton noodle, in addition to the normal pick & choose rice meals for lunch. Vegetarian beehoon is less oily and zhi char is also available besides. Toufu goreng and light snacks are available for afternoon tea, and sometimes hot banana fritters are on offer from 2pm onwards. Nearest MRT station - Eunos MRT, Buses stopping at Ubi Ave 1 are SBS Bus 8,22,65,66 & SMRT bus 61. Buses stopping at Jln Eunos Rd are SBS 8,15,22,25,51,55,59,63,65,66,93,94 & SMRT bus 61, 854.

1. Ample carpark space available. Just beside the Blk.

2. Handphone number, 9188.3955, Ms Ng

3. Brown Rice is served for lunch & different specials meals are served on different days

4. Less salt & minimal MSG are used

5. Stall is opened 7 days a week 7am to 9pm except for Tue & Fri, when operating hours are from 7am to 3pm.

The Veg Tennis Champion

Earlier this month, Martina Navratilova (veg since 1993) - http://www.martinafanpage.net/eng/newsother.php - concluded her tennis career by capturing an incredible 59^th Grand Slam title at the unheard-of age of 49.

Seminar on Having Organic, Veg Kids

On 16 Aug, My Paper ran an article about Mdm Huang Yanni, who has had two children on an organic, veg diet. Here, in italics, are a couple of excerpts (translated from Chinese by a kind reader) from the article.

During these five years, she consumed a variety of organic fruits and vegetables. When she dined out on occasion and was left with little choice, she would also choose only vegetarian dishes. Although aware that free-range or organically-fed meat was available, her family chose to go organic without harming animals”

During both her pregnancies, her gynaecologist advised her to abandon her organic vegetarian diet in order to absorb nutrition from meats as well. However, she was adamant on sticking to the vegetarian diet, insistent on taking in nutrition from non-animal sources.

On 15 Oct, 9am-5pm, Yanni will be taking part in a seminar, entitled “Beautiful Mommy, Healthy Baby”, at World Business Group (the people who bring us Indonine veg restaurants) HQ #25-03, Suntec Tower 2, Associates Floor. Price: $68, inclusive of 1 Lunch and Tea Break, $50 redeemable for a minimum purchase of $200 worth of HUNZA products in a single receipt. Spouses are half price for each full-price customer. More info: 9111.4909 or 6333.9505.

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Date: Wed Oct 4, 2006 9:00 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 4 October 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 4 Oct 2006

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VSS News

Official Opening of Kampung Senang’s Holistic Lifestyle Centre

Tom Low Does His Show for VSS Oct Wellness Seminar

An Inconvenient Truth Comes to Singapore

Online Letter Published in ST Forum

Other News

Website on Veg Nutrition

Happy Belated ‘Hug a Vegetarian Day’

Open Source Veg Guide

VSS News

Official Opening of Kampung Senang’s Holistic Lifestyle Centre

Tom Low Does His Show for VSS Oct Wellness Seminar

Tom Low is an inspiring, entertaining, well-informed presenter on health matters. Tom has kindly agreed to lead Oct’s VSS Wellness Seminar, to be held on Sat, 28 Oct, from 1pm, at Kampung Senang Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Block 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-00 (5mins walk from Aljunied MRT, tel: 67498509).

Title: “Eat, Drink & Sing Your Age Away” (English and Mandarin)

Time: 1pm ~ 4pm [Talk 1pm ~ 2.15pm; Food demo 2.30pm ~ 4pm]

Fee: $12 (with Food Demo) or $5 (without food demo)

Tom Low, the author of "Your Kitchen Is Your Pharmacy", will share his experience in maintaining good health as he steps into his golden age (late 60s). Tom will also demonstrate Karaoke singing as an exercise that can alleviate stress, improve breathing function and boost the immune system to delay aging and fight disease. Following the food demo, Kampung Senang will also educate participants on healthy food/beverage preparation.

To register: kee_yew@vegetarian- society.org or Kampung Senang @ 6749.8509

Book early to reserve your place.

An Inconvenient Truth Comes to Singapore

VSS plans to buy a block of 50 tickets for the documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The film, about the dangers of global warming, was a hit at the US box office, and is coming to Singapore near the end of this month. It will be at Golden Village cinemas.

Stay tuned to find out the time and place that VSS has tickets for, and how to buy tickets. Most likely is will be 7.30pm, Thu, 26 Oct, at GV at Plaza Sing. Tickets will cost $8.

Online Letter Published in ST Forum

On 26 Sep, the Online Letters section of the ST Forum published the following letter from a VSS Exco member.

Denying links with animals allows us to treat them like mere objects

I REFER to the column, 'Irwin's 'final lesson' was his most valuable' by Ong Soh Chin (ST, Sept 16). A key point of the column seems to be that we humans are very different from our fellow animals.

Yes, I agree we do differ from other animals, but just as it is wrong to engage in anthropomorphism and overemphasise our similarities to other members of the animal kingdom, so too is it wrong to be in 'anthropodenial', a term used by Professor Frans de Waal, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Centre of Emory University in Atlanta in the United States.

Anthropodenial refuses to acknowledge the many similarities between other animals and ourselves. This is despite growing research evidence that other animals have a range of mental abilities, possess distinct personalities and experience an assortment of emotions.

Denying our links with other animals allows us to treat them like mere objects we can eat, drive to extinction and submit to anything else that suits our fancy.

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Website on Veg Nutrition

Here’s a website on nutrition put together by Prof Winston J Craig, PhD, MPH, RD; Chair, Nutrition and Wellness Department; Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA. Prof Craig has been a speaker for ADA (American Dietetic Association: http://eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/index.html) at four of their annual conventions over the past 8-10 years. He has been a vegetarian for five decades and a vegan for 30 years:

www.vegetarian-nutrition.info.

Happy Belated ‘Hug a Vegetarian Day’

Organizations often invent special days to promote their causes. Here’s a nice one - International ‘Hug a Vegetarian Day’, 29 Sep: http://www.peta2.com/feat/hug/index.asp?c=p2m33. We missed it this year, but every day is a good day for a hug. Even meat eaters need them; maybe they need them even more.

Open Source Veg Guide

With the open-source VegGuide.org, anyone can help create a guide to veg eating around the world. The more complete and well-known this site becomes, the easier it will be for people interested in eating veg to explore the world, including their own backyard. http://www.vegguide.org. Last time we checked, Singapore had about 90 listing, the most in Asia, but the VSS guide to local veg eating has many more listings, as you can see if you click the link below.

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Date: Mon Oct 9, 2006 11:13 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 10 October 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS News

VSS Talk on the Environment at Woodlands Regional Library – 14 Oct

New VSS Registered/Mailing Address

Tickets for First Public Screening of An Inconvenient Truth

Singing at the VSS Oct Wellness Seminar

Other News

The Future Is Meatless

International Meatless Day in Penang

Oxygen High Fibre Class

Recipes for Mango Lemonade and Cucumber Soup

A Common Complaint about Veg Food

VSS News

VSS Talk on the Environment at Woodlands Regional Library – 14 Oct

Woodlands Regional Library is having a series of talks on environmental protection. VSS will be doing this month’s talk, focussing on the destruction caused by meat production. Unfortunately, most people are ignorant about this reason for staying away from meat. Here are the details on the talk:

Date: Sat, 14 Oct

Time: 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm

Place: Woodlands Regional Library, 900 South Woodlands Drive
Woodlands Civic Centre, #01-03 - Amazon Room

Tel: 6332.3255

MRT: Woodlands

Buses: TIBS 169, 178, 187, 856, 858, 900, 901, 903, 911, 912, 913, 925, 926, 960, 961, 964, NR2, (SBS 168 goes to Woodlands Interchange/MRT Station)

More details: http://www.nlb.gov.sg/CPMS.portal?_nfpb=true&portlet_7_7_actionOverride=%2FIBMS%2FLibraryBranch%2FlibraryDetails&_windowLabel=portlet_7_7&portlet_7_7branchCode=WRL&portlet_7_7commonBrudCrum=Woodlands+&_pageLabel=CPMS_page_visitus_RL

New VSS Registered/Mailing Address

VSS has a new registered address and for correspondence only: 10 Collyer Quay, #11-06, Ocean Building, S. 049314. VSS has this mailing address at no charge, thanks to our Vice President, who for the last two years has been allowing VSS to use his office as our registered and mailing address at no charge to VSS. VSS thanks Vijay and his staff for their kindness.

This address is not the VSS office. VSS has no office, as we seek to avoid the expense in terms of money and person hours involved in maintaining an office. However, VSS does have a Point of Contact with the public: Saturdays, from 10am-1pm, Kampung Senang Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Block 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-00 (5mins walk from Aljunied MRT, tel: 6749.8509). Also, as you know from reading this Newsletter, VSS has many public events.

Tickets for First Public Screening of An Inconvenient Truth

VSS has purchased 50 tickets for the first public screening of the must-see documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The film vividly describes the dangers of global warming and urges people to do something about it, even if it is inconvenient to do so. One thing to do is to eat less or no meat.

Here are the details:

Date: 26 Oct
Time: 7pm

Place: Golden Village Plaza Singapura, Cinema 4
Seating: Free Seating (doors open about 6.30)

Price: $8 (this is the same price VSS is paying for the tickets)

For tickets: email info@... or come to the VSS Point of Contact on Saturdays from 10am – 1pm, Kampung Senang Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Block 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-00 (5mins walk from Aljunied MRT, tel: 67498509)

To learn more about the film and the campaign to promote it: http://www.eco-singapore.org/campaign/ait

Singing at the VSS Oct Wellness Seminar

Title: “Eat, Drink & Sing Your Age Away” (English and Mandarin)

Time: 1pm ~ 4pm [Talk 1pm ~ 2.15pm; Food demo 2.30pm ~ 4pm]

Fee: $12 (with Food Demo) or $5 (without food demo). Proceeds go to Kampung Senang

Tom, the author of "Your Kitchen Is Your Pharmacy", will share his experience in maintaining good health as he steps into his golden age (late 60s). During the sharing session, Tom will also demonstrate Karaoke singing as an exercise that can alleviate stress, improve breathing function and boost the Immune System to prevent aging and disease. Following the food demo, Kampung Senang will educate participants on healthy food/beverage preparation.

To register: kee_yew@vegetarian- society.org or Kampung Senang @ 6749.8509

Book early to reserve your place.

Other News

The Future Is Meatless

60 Minutes is a famous U.S. tv news magazine show, featuring the commentary of Andy Rooney. Recently, he had this to say:

"I often pass a farm with cows grazing in the field and I think to myself how terrible it is that human beings grow other animals just to kill them and eat them. Most of us think of vegetarians as nuts and I'm not a vegetarian but I wouldn't be surprised if we came to a time in 50 or 100 years when civilized people everywhere refused to eat animals. I could be one of them. Of course, I'd be pretty old by then."

To watch Rooney’s entire commentary: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2054124 (you have to watch an advert first).

International Meatless Day in Penang

International Meatless Day is held every 25 November. Penang is always the centre of activities in SE Asia, and this year is no exception. More than 100 vegetarian dishes will be available at the International Meatless Day Charity Carnival 2006 to be held at the Esplanade on Penang island on 19 Nov. The event has been included in the Penang Tourism Calendar.

The carnival is jointly organised by the state government and the Malaysian Meatless Day Campaign Committee with the support of Tourism Penang. Those interested in setting up stalls at the carnival can call 04-2610126 or 016-4526132.

Oxygen High Fibre Class

Mrs Tracy Seng Yu will be leading a class on Oxygen High Fibre recipes on both Sat, 14 Oct and Sat. 28 Oct, 2pm-3.30pm, at Kampung Senang’s Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Blk 106, Aljunied Crescent (5 mins from Aljunied MRT. Info: 6749.8509. These are two separate classes. Fee: $12.

Recipes for Mango Lemonade and Cucumber Soup

The following two recipes appear in Vegan Meals for One or Two, http://www.vrg.org/catalog/oneortwo.htm, by Chef Nancy Berkoff)

Mango Lemonade

(Makes 4 servings)

2 peeled and cubed ripe mangoes or 2 cups thawed, frozen mango cubes

2 cups cold water

1 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup sugar (sweeten to taste)

Place mango in a blender. Cover and process until pureed.

Pour into a pitcher. Add water, lemon juice, and sugar; stir. Allow

lemonade to cool before serving, or pour over ice.

Total Calories per Serving: 131 Total Fat as % of Daily Value: <1%

Protein: 1 gm Fat: <1 gm Carbohydrates: 35 gm Calcium: 15 mg

Iron: <1 mg Sodium: 3 mg Dietary Fiber: 2 gm

Cool-As-A-Cucumber Soup

(Makes 2 servings)

1 cup peeled, chopped cucumber

1/2 cup cold vegetable broth

1/4 cup silken tofu

2 tablespoons chopped green onions white pepper to taste (about 1/2

teaspoon)

1/8 cup shredded carrots

1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Place cucumber, broth, tofu, onions, and pepper in a blender. Process

until just smooth. Pour into serving bowls and top with carrots and

parsley. Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Note: This cold soup is a great light summer entree and will last for

up to 2 days in the refrigerator.

Total Calories Per Serving: 36 Total Fat as % of Daily Value: 2%

Protein: 3 gm Fat: 1 gm Carbohydrates: 5 gm Calcium: 28 mg

Iron: 1 mg Sodium: 257 mg Dietary Fiber: 1 gm

A Common Complaint about Veg Food

Last week a reader wrote to VSS about what she sees as the unhealthy quality of much of the veg food on offer in Singapore. There is not much that VSS can do about this, although we have worked with Health Promotion Board to improve veg food. The key is to do what the reader has done; we need to make our voices heard and to vote with our $s for healthy veg food.

Recently, I went to a newly opened vegetarian stall, and found that the food was very saltish. The person at the stall said she had a friend staying around that area who said people staying there like to eat saltish food, so her food was saltish. I went back a few more times, and the food was still very saltish, although I had asked her for less salt. Do we have to take saltish food because some people want it, even though it means having an unhealthy diet? The person at the stall mentioned that one of her friends had a medical problem probably because of her eating habits. So, she understands the link between diet and health, but it seems like running a successful business is more important.

Similarly, one of the stalls in Geylang that was recently mentioned in your newsletter serves very few vegetables. Instead, they mostly serve mock meat. Why? The reason they gave is that they want to promote vegetarianism to people who don’t eat vegetables. After sometime, I went back to the stall and found that the situation had improved slightly, probably because others had requested too, but their vegetables were overcooked.

The govt is encouraging us to take 2 servings each of vegetables and fruits each day. Why don’t the veg stalls help us reach this goal? Are they will thinking only about themselves, only about getting business to come in?

A related problem is the food served at student care centres. Even where there is a veg menu, the food isn’t healthy. A teacher at the centre where my daughter goes once explained that the children there don’t like green vegetables, so the centre only serves them about twice a week.

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Date: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:00 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 17 October 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 17 Oct 2006

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VSS News

VSS on the Radio

Tickets for First Public Screening of An Inconvenient Truth

Singing at the VSS Oct Wellness Seminar

Earthlings DVD

Other News

Metta Charity Banquet – 4 Nov 2006 * Swissotel, The Stamford

Acres Moves to Open Wildlife Rescue Centre

Cooking Class and Osteoporosis Talk

Vegetarians Have Been Saying This All Along

John Robbins’ Latest Book

Food Encyclopedia Now Updated

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Culinary Classes by Oh Chong Fah

More on Veg Hawker Food

VSS News

VSS on the Radio

For three days, 23-25 Oct, Mon-Wed, a VSS member will be offering recipes in Mandarin on radio station 95.8 FM, after the 7.30pm news, one recipe each day for 5-10 minutes. Happy listening and happy cooking!

Tickets for First Public Screening of An Inconvenient Truth

Here are the details:

Date: 26 Oct
Time: 7pm

Place: Golden Village Plaza Singapura, Cinema 4
Seating: Free Seating (doors open about 6.30)

Price: $8 (this is the same price VSS is paying for the tickets)

For tickets: email info@... or come to the VSS Point of Contact this Saturday from 10am – 1pm, Kampung Senang Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Block 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-00 (5mins walk from Aljunied MRT, tel: 6749.8509)

To learn more about the film and the campaign to promote it: http://www.eco-singapore.org/campaign/ait

Singing at the VSS Oct Wellness Seminar

Title: “Eat, Drink & Sing Your Age Away” (English and Mandarin)

Time: 1pm ~ 4pm [Talk 1pm ~ 2.15pm; Food demo 2.30pm ~ 4pm]

Fee: $12 (with Food Demo) or $5 (without food demo). Proceeds go to Kampung Senang

Tom, the author of "Your Kitchen Is Your Pharmacy", will share his experience in maintaining good health as he steps into his golden age (late 60s). During the sharing session, Tom will also demonstrate Karaoke singing as an exercise that can alleviate stress, improve breathing function and boost the immune system to combat aging and disease. Following the food demo, Kampung Senang will educate participants on healthy food/beverage preparation.

To register: kee_yew@vegetarian- society.org or Kampung Senang @ 6749.8509

Book early to reserve your place.

Earthlings DVD

VSS has a fairly large collection of DVDs. Contact us at info@... to arrange a showing. Here’s information on one of the DVDs: http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/wat/viewpoint/viewpoint_627654.html

Other News

Metta Charity Banquet – 4 Nov 2006 * Swissotel, The Stamford

Metta Welfare Association is dedicated to the active promotion of humanitarian causes by initiating and assisting a wide range of community projects reaching out to over 900 beneficiaries through its nine centres, including a vegetarian deli that employs graduates of its special education school at 32 Simei St 1. On Sat, 4 Nov, Metta Welfare is holding a charity banquet at 6.30pm at Swissotel The Stamford (Level 4). GoH is Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. For info: 6580-4615; http://www.metta.org.sg/mt_event.asp.

Acres Moves to Open Wildlife Rescue Centre

In an important new step to protect our fellow animals from the illegal wildlife trade, Acres (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society) plans to open the Acres Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC) on a two hectare piece of land at Sungei Tengah. To build and maintain such a centre requires a large amount of funding. Donations can be made at http://www.acres.org.sg. Note: This centre is only for individuals who are rescued from the wild animal trade; it is not for domestic animals, such as abandoned cats.

Cooking Class and Osteoporosis Talk

On Sun, 29 Oct, Genesis Health Food Restaurant is offering another of their combination events, featuring a talk by a nutrition professional, a cooking demo, and a delicious dinner.

Talk:                  Factors for and against osteoporosis

Cooking Demo:     Tomato salad, colourful siew mai, potato-carrot supreme, and non-dairy ice-cream

Dinner:               After the talk and demo

Date:                 Sun, 29 Oct

Place:                Genesis Health Food Restaurant, 1 Lorong Telok

Time:                 4pm-6pm

Price:                 $40/pax

Info:                  6438-7118

Please pre-register and pre-pay.

Vegetarians Have Been Saying This All Along

Last Friday’s Straits Times had a great article on p. 28 of the first section, ‘Golden Age Is Fast Wilting’ by Gwynne Dyer. The article predicts possible world food shortages, and puts some of the blame on meat production. Here’s a quote from the article:

As incomes rise, so does the consumption of meat, and feeding animals for meat is a very inefficient way of using grain. It takes between 11 and 17 calories of food (almost all grain) to produce one calorie of beef, pork or chicken, and the world’s production of meat has increased fivefold since 1950. We now get through five billion hoofed animals and 14 billion poultry a year, and it takes slightly over a third of our grain to feed them.

Actually, the global figures (from the UN) for human’s consumption of our fellow animals is about 50 billion/year, not counting marine animals. And, the food shortage is already here, as hundreds die daily (UN figures) due in part to lack of food). Please share this information with the next meat-eater you meet.

John Robbins’ Latest Book

Here’s an interview with John Robbins, whose Diet for a New America, helped convince many people to go veg and stay veg. His latest book is about aging: http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/robbins_healthy_100.htm.

Robbins helped to found EarthSave, http://earthsave.org, an organization that promotes vegetarianism. BTW, VSS recently invited him to speak in Singapore, but his office replied, “Unfortunately John is not able to travel out of the country [the U.S.] due to commitments here.  But he has asked me to tell you he appreciates your thinking of him, and to thank you for your work.” Does anyone have contacts with good speakers who we might invite?

Food Encyclopedia Now Updated

The Encyclopedia of Foods and Their Healing Power is an illustrated, research-based, three-volume set. You can read, but not borrow, it at the VSS mini-library in Kampung Senang’s Wholistic Lifestyle Centre in Aljunied. Volume 1 describes the pluses and minuses of 600+ foods. Volume 2 talks about which foods can help in the treatment and prevention of 140+ specific diseases. Volume 3 talks about setting up a healthy kitchen and includes about 300 recipes.

The encyclopedia was updated in 2004. The price is S$380, with a 10% discount for subscribers to this Newsletter. No GST, no postage: the 3 volumes will be delivered to your home. For information, contact Home Health Education Service, sheewai@..., 9743.8362.

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Culinary Classes by Oh Chong Fah

Oh Chong Fah is one of VSS’s favourite chefs. You can sample his dishes at Kampung Senang’s Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Blk 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-205. Also, Chong Fah will be sharing his knowledge via the following cooking classes.

1. Fermented Food Workshop

Date: 22 & 29 Nov, Wed

Time: 7:30-9:30pm

Venue: Ulu Pandan CC

Tel: 6463.7333

Fee: $65 (inclusive of ingredients)

2. Wholesome Bakery

Date: 13 & 20 Dec, Wed

Time: 7:30-9:30pm

Venue: Ulu Pandan CC

Tel: 6463.7333

Fee: $65 (inclusive of ingredients)

3. Fermented Food Workshop

Date: 5 & 12 Nov, Sun

Time: 10am - 12pm

Venue: Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Blk 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-205

Tel: 6749.4471

Fee: $65 (inclusive of ingredients), $5 discount for early payment

4. Healthy Culinary Workshop

Date: 3, 10 & 17 Dec, Sun

Time: 10am-12pm

Venue: Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Blk 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-205

Tel: 6749.4471

Fee: $85 (inclusive of ingredients), $5 discount for early payment

Note: First two sessions focus on raw food

More on Veg Hawker Food

Another reader wrote to comment on veg hawker food. Here is what he said, followed by a reply. Let’s see if we can put our heads together to come up with solutions, even if they are just small victories.

A reader writes: I do agree with what the reader said about the veg food situation in Singapore. Most of the time, I feel that those stalls selling vegetables and meat dishes have healthier choices. Most of the veg stalls sell fried stuff and plenty of mock meat. Even though they have a few vegetable dishes, they’re not cooked as nicely as in the veg/meat stalls. There’s a need to educate those vegetarian stall owners about cooking healthy food; otherwise, in the long run, people will associate vegetarian food as being unhealthy and will decide against taking up a veg diet.

A VSS member replies: I see the problem, but I’m not sure that the meat stalls treat their veggies better. For example, once at Maxwell St Market, the veg stall was closed and the Indian one was also closed; so I went to the fried rice stall and asked for veg fried rice. If I hadn’t asked him to use less oil, it would have been just as oily as the food in many veg outlets and I had to ask for extra veggies, otherwise it would have been mostly rice.

One option is that, time permitting, we can ask the veg stalls for the dishes that are specially prepared rather than the ready-to-serve dishes. Then, we can ask for less oil and less cooking. Another idea is that we could suggest that veg stalls give the cucumber slices that some meat stalls do, just to introduce a bit of raw food.

Another VSS member replies:

Some people tend to set higher expectations on the veg stalls, which inevitably leads to disappointment. At the end of the day, demand begets supply. If there are more consumers asking and voting with their wallets for healthier food, standards will improve. For this to happen, a mindset change of the masses is required. More educational campaigns by the HPB and VSS will go some way to make this a reality.

Thx for writing to VSS. We have talked to HPB about this. Any more ideas?

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Depavali and Hari Raya Greetings!

VSS News

Singing at the VSS Oct Wellness Seminar

Poll

Our Smoothie in the Blogosphere

Letter from VSS Exco Member Appears in ST Online Forum

Other News

China Study

Two New Veg Outlets

Walnuts Improve Artery Flexibility

Even If You Like Meat Flyer

Muses from Catherine Lim

Download a Book on Veganism

More on Healthier Hawker Fare

VSS News

Singing at the VSS Oct Wellness Seminar

Title: “Eat, Drink & Sing Your Age Away” (English and Mandarin)

Time: 1pm ~ 4pm [Talk 1pm ~ 2.15pm; Food demo 2.30pm ~ 4pm]

Fee: $12 (with Food Demo) or $5 (without food demo). Proceeds go to Kampung Senang

Tom, the author of "Your Kitchen Is Your Pharmacy", will share his experience in maintaining good health as he steps into his golden age (late 60s). During the sharing session, Tom will also demonstrate Karaoke singing as an exercise that can alleviate stress, improve breathing function and boost the immune system to combat aging and disease. Following the food demo, Kampung Senang will educate participants on healthy food/beverage preparation.

To register: kee_yew@vegetarian- society.org or Kampung Senang @ 6749.8509

Book early to reserve your place.

Poll

VSS is thinking of moving to electronic payment for such things as VSS membership. To get your reaction, we have put an electronic poll on the homepage of our website: www.vegetarian-society.org. Please take a moment and participate. Thx.

Our Smoothie in the Blogosphere

On page 88 of the VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions Vegetarian Cookbook, is the recipe we most often demonstrate, the Meal-in-a-Drink Smoothie. Recently, former Olympic swimmer, Desmond Koh, featured the drink in his blog: http://www.sportinc.net/2006/10/nutrition-meal-in-drink-smoothie_16.html#links.

Letter from VSS Exco Member Appears in ST Online Forum

On 19 Oct, the following letter from a VSS Exco member appeared in the online section of the ST Forum: http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.d101d0824e62a86feb0f0210a06310a0/?vgnextoid=dc12758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD

I refer to the article by Gwynne Dyer, "Golden Age if fast wilting" (ST, Oct 13).

The author notes the great inefficiency of meat production, stating that between 11 and 17 calories of food (mostly plant food, such as grain) must be fed to chickens, cows and other of our fellow animals to produce just one calorie of meat. Ms Dyer goes on to point out that meat's inefficiency threatens our ability to feed humans.

Not only does our rising meat consumption mean less food for humans, at a time when hundreds of millions lack enough to eat, but meat's inefficiency also damages the environment in at least two ways.

First, more forests are cut or burned down to clear land for growing all the extra food needed to feed our fellow animals so that we can later feed on them. Second, these animals produce a huge among of waste, more than all 6.5 billion humans combined. This waste contains methane, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide.

The inefficiency of meat offers each of us a small, yet easy way to increase the Earth's food supply and decrease the threat of global warming. Every meal at which we choose plant foods instead of meat we do our bit to step lightly on our path through life.

George Jacobs, Ph.D.

President, Vegetarian Society (Singapore)

www.vegetarian-society.org

Other News

China Study

One of the top medical books of the past year is "The China Study": http://www.thechinastudy.com. The lead author is Cornell University emeritus professor T. Colin Campbell.

Drawing on the project findings in rural China, but going far beyond those findings, The China Study details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The report also examines the nutritional confusion produced by powerful lobbies, government entities, and opportunistic scientists. The New York Times has recognized the study (China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project) as the “Grand Prix of epidemiology” and the “most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease.”

The findings? “People who ate the most animal-based foods got the most chronic disease … People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic disease. These results could not be ignored,” said Dr. Campbell.

If you go to http://www.vegsource.com, and then scroll to the lower right of the homepage, you'll see a place to view a video talk by Prof Campbell.

Two New Veg Outlets

Here’s the good news about two new veg eateries:

1. Green Connection

Address: 05 Angus Street, Merchant Square

Phone: 6536.1770, 9662.7887

Internet: melleosplace@..., www.melleosplace.com

Food: Local dishes and Mediterranean

Brown Rice: Yes

MSG: A little in the local dishes

Plus: Cooking classes, corporate functions, birthday parties, catering, talks, workshops.

MRT: Clarke Quay

Buses: 51, 143, 174, 186, 608

Open: 11am-9pm, Mon-Sat

2. Green Sense

Address: 15 Jasmine Rd (After Thomson Plaza)

Tel: 64517553

Specialties: Shepherd’s pie, wheat- and gluten-free dishes, no eggs

Brown rice: Yes

MSG: No

MRT: Bishan

Bus: 410, 162, 166, 167, 855, 132, 980, 52

Open: 11am-8.30pm, Closed Tues

Walnuts Improve Artery Flexibility

Many people we speak to seem to neglect to eat many nuts and seeds, and the nuts and seeds they do eat are often fried and highly salted.

A new study from the American Journal of Cardiology shows that adding walnuts (a healthy plant source of omega-3 fatty acid) to a high-fat meal reduces negative changes in arteries. Researchers from Barcelona’s Hospital Clinical compared how arteries are affected by five teaspoons of olive oil versus eight walnuts when added to a fatty meal. While both walnuts and olive oil decreased inflammation, walnuts increased the elasticity and flexibility of the arteries (called flow-mediated dilation, or FMD) by 24 percent for those with high cholesterol, and FMD was unchanged in the healthy control group. In comparison, those who consumed olive oil showed a 36 percent and 17 percent decrease in FMD for high-cholesterol and control participants, respectively.

Cortes B, Nunez I, Cofan M, et al. Acute Effects of High-Fat Meals Enriched With Walnuts or Olive Oil on Postprandial Endothelial Function. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 48:1666-1671.

Even If You Like Meat Flyer

The organisation Vegan Outreach produces a range of flyers which they distribute at universities in North America. These flyers can be read online, downloaded (no need to ask for permission), or ordered through the mail. One of their flyers specifically addresses those who say they love eating meat too much to give it up:

http://www.veganoutreach.org/EIYLM.pdf. If you cannot open the file, you may need to download the free Adobe Reader software to read pdf files: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

Here’s what one person in the U.S. wrote after reading the flyer:

I was at my local Starbucks where I found the pamphlet entitled Even If You Like Meat. As a self-proclaimed animal-loving omnivore, I was prompted to read it. I was really impressed with the even-handed approach that was used to present the topics. People who eat meat were not belittled and painted as less evolved. There were some great middle-of-the-road approaches to decreasing animal cruelty on factory farms. And I really thought it was a good appeal to meat-eaters. I for one will try to think of a few more plant-based recipes for my family.

Muses from Catherine Lim

One of Singapore’s most celebrated authors, Catherine Lim, has been publishing her creative musings in TODAY newspaper. Here’s one (from 26 Aug 06), reprinted with her permission, that gives us pause to think about our impact on our fellow animals.

MUSES

It is bad enough we humans

To save ourselves from disease

Use animals in cruel tests

And kill them by slow degrees

Far greater should be our shame

When a small

Creature bleeds

To meet vanity’s insatiable needs

Download a Free Book on Veganism

Erik Marcus is a well-known writer and speak on veg issues. At www.vegan.com, you can download an entire copy of the revised edition of his book Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating. Plus, if you’re into podcasts, on the same web, you can find out about Erik’s podcasts.

More on Healthier Hawker Fare

In response to our recent discussion of how to improve veg hawker food, a reader wrote in with something of a success story. It shows that sometimes one lone voice can make a bit of a difference.

I read with interest some readers’ feedback on the unhealthy style of cooking at most veg stalls in our food centres. I do feel the same, but each and every time I order my food, I will always ask for no MSG, less oil, and no deep fried stuff. I get stares most of the time, but many nowadays oblige, and if many customers do the same, the situation will improve. I have not encountered any problem since I started on veg food a few years ago.

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VSS News

Informative Exchange of Letters in TODAY

Please see An Inconvenient Truth

Jane Goodall to Speak at 2008 IVU Congress

Other News

New Veg Outlet

Macrobiotic Cooking Class at Kampung Senang

Corrected Reprint of Catherine Lim Poem

Motherhood Magazine’s Positive Article on Veg Pregnancy

Annalakshmi at Chinatown Point

Study Suggests Vegetables Are Good for the Brain

Food Encyclopedia Available at Local Shops

VSS News

Informative Exchange of Letters in TODAY

This past week saw an exchange of letters in TODAY newspaper concerning the role of meat production in environmental destruction. Letter (1) (Mon, 23 Oct) is from VSS president, George Jacobs. Letter (2) (Wed, 25 Oct), by Yuen Xiang Hao, attempts to refute some of the points in George’s letter. Letter (3) is a reply from VSS Exco member Lai Nam Khim, published Sat, 28 Oct. Letters (4) and (5) have yet to be published. They were written by Dr Shawn Lum, a science lecturer at NIE and VP of Nature Society (Singapore) and George, respectively. VSS appreciates Yuen Xiang Hao’s willingness to exchange ideas on this important topic. Note: the headlines are by TODAY, not the letter writers.

Letter (1) What meat-eaters, haze have in common

IN THE News Comment “Waiting for clear days” (Oct 19), Professor Ooi Giok Ling

makes many valid points. To clear the haze problem, people throughout the region need to adopt a more cooperative attitude towards nature and our neighbours.

In addition to threatening our health and our economy, the forest fires polluting

our air pose yet another risk: They contribute greatly to the worldwide problem of

global warming, as the fires emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Global warming is fast reaching a tipping point. This issue is brought home by a powerful documentary arriving in Singapore theatres this week: An Inconvenient Truth. The film’s title comes from the fact that if we are serious about global warming, we will need to do some things that are inconvenient, such as reduce our use of fossil fuels.

Another truth that may be inconvenient is that meat production is a very inefficient

use of our resources. We have to feed at least 5kg of food to our fellow animals to obtain just 1kg of meat from their bodies. Meat production’s huge waste of food, water, and fuel worsens global warming. For example, the inefficiency of meat means that much more land must be cleared to grow the food that we feed to those that we later eat.

Furthermore, the solid, liquid, and gaseous excretions of these fellow animals are much greater than all such waste we humans create. Some of the animals’ waste contains methane — a greenhouse gas that is 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Fortunately, reducing our meat consumption, as suggested in the website for An Inconvenient Truth — www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/index4.html

— is not really that inconvenient.

Singapore is blessed with a large supply of readily available and affordable vegetarian food at supermarkets, food courts and restaurants. Indeed, even most restaurants that specialise in meat also offer tasty vegetarian options.

Letter (2) Meat-eaters are not the culprits

IN “WHAT meat-eaters, haze have in common” (Oct 23), Mr George Jacobs raises the following objections to eating meat: 1. Meat is inefficient. 2. Meat causes global warming, as meat animals produce methane. Let’s take point 2 first. While it is true that cows produce methane, ice-core studies show that the rise in atmospheric methane began to climb steadily not after the wholesale cultivation of cows,

but after the large-scale cultivation of rice. A brief visit to a rice field will confirm the presence of methane and hydrogen sulphide, as a padi field is in effect a cultivated swamp.

As for point 1, while it’s true that eating cows is less efficient than eating corn, as cows “waste” a lot of energy, cows are not necessarily fed on corn. We feed animals on food that we humans cannot eat, so unless one believes we could replace the

grass in Dutch meadows or alpine slopes with cornfields, meat animals are the only way to turn that energy into energy useful to humans.

Letter (3) Getting to the meat of pastoral land use

IN THE letter “Meat-eaters are not the culprits” (Oct 25), Yuen Xiang Hao admits that meat is a less efficient source of energy, but contends that the animals are fed on “food that we humans cannot eat” and they graze on land not otherwise suitable for cultivation. I am sure many believe likewise, but this is far from the truth.

Grazing land is typically cleared from forests. Forest lands are not “unproductive” — they act as “lungs” of the planet in absorbing carbon dioxide and are important for water retention. Large-scale destruction of forest leads to environment problems such as soil erosion and flooding.

The main reason that there is abundance of meat at relatively affordable prices today is the adoption of intensive farming practices. Cattle now spend minimal time grazing the meadows, and some not at all. They are fattened with grains such as soy, barley, sorghum, corn and oats before they are sent to the slaughterhouse. In addition, poultry and animals like pigs do not feed on grass, but grain.

The fact is, today, more grain is produced for animal feed than for human consumption. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation: “Feed use accounts for nearly 60 per cent of total use of coarse grains.”

Meat production uses up far more land and water to provide the same amount of energy that we could otherwise consume directly from the plants. In addition, the amount of animal waste produced in the process adds to the pollution problem.

Few people are aware of the connection between meat consumption and the environment. There are many resources in our local libraries and online, which the environmentally-conscious reader can look into.

A simple change in our diet — reducing meat consumption — can make a big difference to the environment.

Letter (4)

In an age where information is so accessible and with an education that is the envy of much of the world, I still find it surprising how little many of us know about basic – but important – issues. These include knowing about where our food comes from or the causes of global warming, arguably the most serious environment threat facing humankind today.

As a case in point I refer to the letter “Meat-eaters are not the culprits” (Today, 25 October). Without wishing to enter in the debate about the merits of giving up meat in one’s diet, I can say that the writer of the letter either substituted conjecture for fact, or perhaps simply did not have an adequate level of environmental understanding. In either case, I feel that this is a cause for concern with regards to public education, scholarship and general literacy. Here are some well-documented, and readily accessible, facts:

Methane production by livestock is a significant source of greenhouse gases, as is wet rice production. In 2003, livestock “enteric fermentation” (i.e. methane produced in the digestive systems of livestock and released as flatulence) accounted for slightly over 20% of the human-related methane produced in the U.S. (www.epa.gov/methane/sources.html). Meat consumption tends to increase along with rising national average incomes, which implies that more livestock-produced methane may well result in the future.

The claim that “we feed animals on food that we humans cannot eat” shows a misunderstanding of the industrial meat production. Across the world, grain is grown and fed to cattle and other meat sources in ever-increasing amounts. In 2002, Jeremy Rifkin wrote in The Guardian that “the worldwide demand for feed grain continues to grow, as multinational corporations seek to capitalise on the meat demands of affluent countries. Two-thirds of the increases in grain production in the US and Europe between 1950 and 1985, the boom years in agriculture, went to provide feed grain.” (www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,717044,00.html)

And with respect to cows feeding in alpine meadows, research conducted by Swiss ecologists at the University of Basel demonstrated that meadows fertilised by manure produced by a high density of grazing cows led to significant declines in the diversity of flowering plants and butterflies on those meadows.

There is no reason to think that we cannot have a better understanding of how what we use and what we eat impacts the environment. Only an informed consumer is empowered to make rational choices that minimise our impact on our planet as well as benefit our health. I am convinced Singapore can lead the way in scientific and environmental literacy, given our excellent education system and our accessibility to information. Maybe all we need is to do is to make connections between that information and the world around us.

Letter (5)

In Meat-eaters are not the culprits, YUEN XIANG HAO paints an out-of-date picture of how we get our meat. Long gone are the days when the animals roamed freely, with chickens strutting around the yard, pecking the ground in search of food.

Nowadays, most of the meat we eat comes from huge factory farms where 1000s of our fellow animals are locked indoors, deprived of anything resembling a natural life. For example, the amount of space given to the average chicken is roughly equivalent to an A4 size piece of paper.

Plus, the chickens' beaks are cut so they don't peck each other, and they are fed growth hormones so they grow quickly. Then, they are sent for slaughter after less than 7 weeks of life. All this crowding, cutting, hormone feeding, and rushing to slaughter means that we have cheap chicken to eat.

Also, in many countries, a significant proportion of the harvest of grains, soy beans and other food crops goes to feed animals whom we later eat. For instance, the Worldwatch Institute, estimates that in the U.S., 70% of the grain is fed to animals. The same pattern is repeating itself in developing countries as meat consumption rises. For instance, in China, the share of grain fed to livestock rose from 7 percent in 1960 to 20 percent in 1990.

Thus, we need to realize that meat eating is not only cruel to our fellow animals but also very harmful to our fragile environment, especially given the dangers of global warming.

Please see An Inconvenient Truth

On 26 Oct, VSS took part in the first public screening of the documentary An Inconvenient Truth at Golden Village, Plaza Sing. The documentary dramatically explains why Global Warming poses such an imminent threat to life on earth.

VSS and other organizations have joined together to promote the movie: http://www.eco-singapore.org/campaign/ait/seethetruth.php. We feel there is an urgent need for all of us to understand the situation that we as a human race have created for this planet. Although the consequences portrayed in the movie may or may not be certain to occur in all their horror, there are definite and real consequences of the way we mistreat the Earth.

Thus, there is a real need for us to awaken to the reality and make a shift in the way we see the planet we all share, because all of life is connected. This is a serious matter and pertinent to everyone, especially for our future generations.

The movie explains truths which may be inconvenient to us. At VSS, we are elaborating on another inconvenient and important truth that the movie does not highlight but which is well documented and should be made widely known: Our growing meat consumption harms the environment; in particular, it worsens Global Warming.

Jane Goodall to Speak at 2008 IVU Congress

Yes, it’s still only 2006, but we thought you’d like to hear the exciting news that Jane Goodall, who has done so much to increase our knowledge about and concern for our fellow animals, has agreed to speak at the International Vegetarian Union’s 2008 Congress in Dresden, Germany: http://www.ivu.org/congress/2008/dresdentour.html.

Other News

New Veg Outlet

Simple Food, Blk 462 Tampines St 44, #01-64 (opp Tampines JC), Tel: 6782.6142. Open 7 days a week, 7.30am-9pm. MRT: Tampines; Buses 28, 29, 293.

Macrobiotic Cooking Class at Kampung Senang

On Sat, 18 Nov, 2pm-5pm, Kampung Senang’s Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Blk 106 Aljunied Crescent #01-205, is hosting a 3hr class on Macrobiotic Vegetarian Cooking, to be taught be Ms Doreen Chua. Price is $60/members, $70/public, or $90 for a member and their caregiver, $100 for a non-member and their caregiver.

Kampung Senang’s Holistic Lifestyle Centre focuses on helping people maintain and regain health, with a special emphasis on cancer patients. Among the many activities available there are sea salt & mud bath hydrotherapy, yoga/qigong, meditation,

calligraphy and arts & craft.

Corrected Reprint of Catherine Lim Poem

We missed a line in the reprint of Catherine Lim’s poem in Today, 26 Aug 06. Here’s the correct version.

It is bad enough we humans

To save ourselves from disease

Use animals in cruel tests

And kill them by slow degrees

Far greater should be our shame

When a small creature bleeds

For that special cream or scent

To meet vanity’s insatiable needs

Motherhood Magazine’s Positive Article on Veg Pregnancy

The Nov issue of Motherhood magazine features an article that says that having a veg pregnancy is nothing to worry about as long as the mother-

to-be exercises the normal dietary precautions. While the article doesn’t claim that going veg is better for baby and mum, it does dispel myths that veg diets are inadequate for pregnant women.

Motherhood can be found at bookshops and newsstands all around Singapore. You can also purchase it online through www.motherhood.com.sg.

Annalakshmi at Chinatown Point

Annalakshmi, one of Singapore’s best known Indian veg restaurants, has a second location at 133 New Bridge Road, B1-02 Chinatown Point, Podium A (use Chinatown MRT Exit E). They are open 7 days a week from 11am to 10pm for lunch, tea and dinner. Plus, they do catering and delivery. Tel: 6339.9993

Their other location, which opened earlier this year, is Annalakshmi Janatha, at 104 Amoy St. Tel: 6223.0809. Learn more about both outlets online at annagov@... or www.annalakshmi.com.sg.

Study Suggests Vegetables Are Good for the Brain

A new study suggests that eating vegetables may protect brain function in aging adults. As part of the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), researchers at Rush University Medical Center examined the association between rates of cognitive change and dietary consumption of fruits and vegetables among 3,718 participants, aged 65 years and older. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DIET_VEGETABLES_AGING?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HEALTH&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Those people who consumed greater than 2.8 servings of vegetables per day had significantly slower rates of mental decline than those who ate fewer servings. Green leafy vegetables, in particular, were most strongly associated with a decreased rate of mental decline. Fruit consumption was not associated with cognitive change.

Morris MC, Evans DA, Tangney CC, Bienias JL, Wilson RS. Associations of vegetable and fruit consumption with age-related cognitive change. Neurology. 2006;67:1370-1376.

Food Encyclopedia Available at Local Shops

Earlier, we announced that a new edition of the 3-volume Food Encyclopedia was available in Singapore. Now, you can find the 2005 edition at the following organic shops.

Green Sense Organic Restaurant, 15 Jasmine Rd, 6451.7553

Organic Cottage, 722 Clementi West St. 2, #01-160, 6779.1455

Organic + +, 50 East Coast Rd, 01-43, Roxy Square, 6346.2125

New Green Pasture Caf�, 190 Middle Rd, #04-22 Fortune Centre, 6336.8755

Yogi Hub, 28 Stanley Street, 6220.4344

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VSS News

VSS Participates in Wellness Weekend at Fort Canning

Interview with Designer-Distributor of “Love Us, Not Eat Us” Sticker

Shanghai Opera Charity Event – Pls Support VSS

Letter on Global Warming and Meat

Web Resources on the Link between Global Warming and Meat

Other News

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Most Self-Aware Elephant of Them All

Veg Population in US Seems To Be Growing

Free Downloads from the Vegan Society (UK)

World Series Baseball Manager Is Long-Time Veg and Animal Advocate

Bird Flu Book

American Idol Goes Veg, Loses 45 Kg

Holiday Recipes

Cow Story from China

VSS News

VSS Participates in Wellness Weekend at Fort Canning

Once again, VSS looks forward to participating in the Wellness Weekend, Sat-Sun, 18-19 Nov, 10am-8pm: http://www.holisticliving.com.sg/newsletter/content1.htm.

Admission is $3, children under 12 free. Food will be provided by Annalakshmi.

In addition to our usual display and handouts, we’ll be doing two workshops, one on ‘Global Warming and Meat’ on Sat at 1pm and the other on ‘The Rave Diet: What and Why’ on Sun at 5pm. Other interesting looking workshops include one on the book The Peacemaker’s Way and another on Tibetan Singing Bowls.

Interview with Designer-Distributor of “Love Us, Not Eat Us” Sticker

Editor’s Note: T Y Lee is a Singapore vegetarian who came up with a great idea for spreading the word about going veg to help our fellow animals. T Y conceptualized, designed and printed the colourful decal that you can view and order at http://www.loveusnoteatus.com.

The design juxtaposes non-human animals who we often eat with ones who we often bring into our lives as companions. Via this juxtaposition, T Y challenges meat eaters to ask themselves why they treat some of our fellow animals so nicely while treating others so cruelly by subjecting them to factory farming and an early death.

Below is an online interview with T Y.

1. How long have you been a vegetarian?

Not long at all, just coming to two years.

2. Did you go veg overnight, or was it a longer process? What is your favourite vegetarian dish?

It was very much of an overnight thing. Once I made up my mind to become vegetarian, it took me just a few days to get over not eating animals. I like Indian vegetarian food, in particular the dry and spicy Potato Masala.

3. What gave you the idea for the sticker?

Shortly after I became vegetarian, I thought it would be nice to have some kind of decal to stick on my car to promote vegetarianism but I couldn't find any nice ones. Therefore I decided to make my own! I figured that there are also many other vegetarians that would like something like this, so I decided to produce and distribute them for free.

The idea came from the irrational thinking of most people that while they agree it is cruel to eat dogs and cats, it is okay to eat, for example, cows and pigs. People are conditioned to think in this way from a very young age. By mixing 'food' and 'non-food' animals together in the design of the decal and showing how lovable all these animals are, the intention is to break down this kind of conditioning. I hope that the design and the positive and direct slogan, will enable more people to see and realize the truth of meat-eating.

4. Have you ever had any pets/companion animals?

Yes, I have two cats. I love cats!

5. How big was the original sticker? Why did you start making the smaller size? Which size is more popular? Why?

The original was a car decal about 32cm in length. The new version is slightly more compact at about 30cm long. There is also a sticker which is 20cm long. The car decals seem to be more popular in places like Europe, Australia and the USA. The stickers seem to be more popular here in Singapore and the Asian region.

6. How do you promote the sticker?

Mainly through my website: www.loveusnoteatus.com. I also use Google Adwords, which enables me to reach out to people in countries all over the world. I now get many requests from people who have told me that they have either seen the decal on a car or a sticker around somewhere.

7. To date, how many have been sent out?

I really don't keep track of any numbers but I think they number in the tens of thousands.

8. In what languages is the sticker available?

Right now in English and Chinese as far as I know. I have made the design free from copyright so that anyone can reproduce and translate the decals if they wish to do so.

9. To how many countries has the sticker been sent?

As of now, to more than 40 countries all over the world.

10. What are your favourite stories about people's reactions to the sticker?

I've been told more than once that cats and dogs should not be included in the design as people don't usually eat them. I just ask them to think about why they are included, and quite often the reason dawns on them as if they have suddenly become enlightened. I have also received more than a few letters from people telling me that they have decided to become vegetarian after seeing the decals!

What is really satisfying is the positive response from people all over the world. I have had people from diverse places like Bulgaria and Bhutan, Cyprus and Chile, Finland and Ghana, Mauritius and Latvia, South Africa and Sweden, etc. writing to me requesting for the stickers and telling me how much they like it. This kind of international reaction and popularity is truly way beyond what I could ever have expected when I first started this project.

11. Do you have any plans for other stickers or other projects?

No plans now, but I'll be open to any new ideas that will help promote or create more awareness of vegetarianism and animal rights.

Shanghai Opera Charity Event – Pls Support VSS

Tang Renaissance Communicators - http://www.tang-renaissance.com - is bringing the world-renowned Shanghai Yue Opera, which includes 100 master performers, to Singapore for two concerts at the Esplanade Theatre in December, and they have generously given tickets to charities such as VSS.

Subtitles are provided in Chinese and English. Here are the details on the operas:

Dec 22 – Fri – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre – Dream of the Red Mansions

Dec 23 – Sat – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre - The Meilong Inn

For more information about the shows (but not the tix): 6842-7266 or visit the Tang Renaissance web: http://www.tang-renaissance.com

Ticket prices range from $88-$168, but VSS will be selling its 60 tickets for $68, although donations in excess of $68 are most welcome. VSS keeps 100% of the price you pay for the ticket. For tix, email info@..., or come to the VSS Point of Contact on Saturdays from 10am – 1pm, at Kampung Senang Holistic Lifestyle Centre, Block 106, Aljunied Crescent, #01-00 (5mins walk from Aljunied MRT), or call 9389-8360.

Please support VSS’s vital educational efforts.

Letter on Global Warming and Meat

VSS sent the following letter to Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan (Mayor, South West District & Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources)

Dear Dr Khor

This is written on behalf of Vegetarian Society (Singapore) to provide input on Singapore’s efforts to cope with global warming. We believe that meat production contributes greatly to global warming in at least two ways:

1. Meat is a very inefficient food source. A recent Straits Times article estimated that we need to feed other animals between 11 and 17 calories of plant food in order to obtain one calorie from meat. As a result of this inefficiency, a great deal more forest land must be cleared to grow all the extra food needed. As you know, forests are a key element in controlling our planet’s carbon dioxide balance.

2. The animals whose flesh we eat produce a huge amount of solid, liquid and gaseous waste. As we eat about 50 billion of our fellow land animals every year, it is no surprise that their waste greatly exceeds the amount humans produce. Methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, is contained in some of this waste.

The attached file [see the next story in the issue of the VSS eNewsletter] contains a variety of web resources on the meat-global warming connection.

Of course, Singapore’s meat consumption isn’t large on a global scale, and we appreciate the fact that persuading people to eat more plant foods is difficult. That said, every little bit helps, and many people are unaware of the link between environmental destruction and meat eating. As a first step, perhaps awareness could be raised.

Thank you for considering this. Please let us know if you would like additional information or discussion.

Web Resources on the Link between Global Warming and Meat

Editor’s Note: The release of the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” is just one of the events that has brought increased attention to global warming. However, much of the focus in addressing global warming ignores or minimizes the role of animal-based foods. Production of animal-based foods worsens global warming in two main ways: (1) the inefficiency of meat production; (2) the methane content of the waste produced by our captive fellow animals.

Here are some web resources that may be helpful in raising this issue.

1. Gideon Eshel and Pamela Martin are University of Chicago researchers. Their work suggests that changing to a veg diet can be as helpful in reducing global warming as changing from a gas-guzzling car to a car that burns less fossil fuel.

http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~gidon/papers/nutri/nutri.html

2. A story from the US tv network, ABC, about the Eshel, Martin study described above in #1.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/TenWays/story?id=2119267&page=1

3. Devour the Earth is a 20-minute documentary produced in 1995 (but still relevant today) by the UK Vegetarian Society and narrated by “Paul McCartney. The script is available at:

http://vegetarismus.ch/video/vsuk_skripte.htm.

4. This is a report from EarthSave, titled “A new global warming strategy: How environmentalists are overlooking vegetarianism as the most effective tool against climate change in our lifetimes.”

http://www.earthsave.org/news/earthsave_global_warming_report.pdf

5. An article from The Aquarian, titled “Another Inconvenient Truth: In the modern world, it is impossible to reconcile a carnivorous diet with environmental responsibility.”

http://www.aquarianonline.com/Eco/anotherinconvenienttruth.htm

6. “Another Inconvenient Truth” is a popular title for articles and talks linking meat and the global warming. Here an article from E Magazine, titled “Another Inconvenient Truth: Meat is a global warming issue.”

http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3312

7. This webpage from Northern Territories University (Australia) explains how our fellow animals produce methane: “Emission of methane from livestock.”

http://www.cs.ntu.edu.au/homepages/jmitroy/sid101/uncc/fs032.html

8. A webpage from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: “Where does methane come from.”

http://www.epa.gov/methane/sources.html

9. The Meatrix is a web-based spin on the trilogy of Matrix films. Opposed to factory farming but not completely veg. This page discusses methane:

http://www.themeatrix.com/learnmore/wasterecycling.html

10. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA) are trying to find ways to reduce the amount of methane produced by our fellow animals.

http://ard.unl.edu/rn/0302/methane.html

11. “Methane emissions” is the simple title of a Canadian government web document, with accompanying video and teachers’ guide.

http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?Lang=En&n=7F9A808A-1&edit=off

12. “Global warming: The inconvenient truth about what we eat” by Stephen Leckie, July 4, 2006, provides an overview of various greenhouse gases and how human actions generate them via our food choices, including eating food that is transported long distances. http://www.veg.ca/issues/e-climate-change.html

Other News

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Most Self-Aware Elephant of Them All

A recent study shows that elephants can recognize themselves in a mirror: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061030/ap_on_sc/self_aware_elephant.

Why is this self-awareness important? “Self-recognition may underlie the social complexity seen in elephants, and could be linked to the empathy and altruism that the big-brained animals have been known to display, said researcher Diana Reiss, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the Bronx Zoo.” This is just one more piece of evidence that our fellow animals are thinking, feeling beings who should not be treated as objects.

Veg Population in US Seems To Be Growing

In the US these days, almost everybody seems to have a family member, a cousin, a colleague or a friend who is vegetarian. Even large corporations have become greatly interested in vegetarian and cruelty-free items. For example, Colgate recently purchased control of Tom’s of Maine, a maker of toothpastes, soaps, etc. that use no animal products or animal testing, for $100 million. Silk (a maker of soy milk, which is now becoming available in Singapore) and its parent company White Wave were bought by Dean Foods, the largest U.S. processor of dairy foods. Here are the results of a 2006 poll of people in the U.S. conducted on behalf of the Vegetarian Resource Group: http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2006issue4/vj2006issue4poll.htm.

Someday, VSS hopes to have the funds to conduct such a poll. We are confident that Singapore can successfully compete with the U.S. in terms of the number of vegetarians here.

Free Downloads from the Vegan Society (UK)

The Vegan Society (UK) has recently published a free 16-page full-colour booklet on Healthy Eating Without Animal Products.

Based on the book Plant Based Nutrition and Health by IVU (International Vegetarian Union) Science Coordinator, Stephen Walsh, Ph.D. (see www.vegansociety.com/shop), the booklet can be obtained from The Vegan Society, 7 Battle Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex TN37 7AA, United Kingdom or downloaded free from:

http://www.vegansociety.com/html/publications/leaflets.php

Other free booklets available are Why Vegan and the recent environmental booklet Eating the Earth. Both can also be downloaded from the website.

All three booklets are free of charge, though donations from those who can afford it are always welcome.

World Series Baseball Manager Is Long-Time Veg and Animal Advocate

Not many people in S’pore follow U.S. baseball, but it’s nice to know that the manager of the St Louis Cardinals baseball team, winners of the recent World Series, has long been active in promoting the welfare of our fellow animals. Here’s an article which mentions that fact, along with providing information on the veg food sold at baseball stadiums in North America: http://www.goveg.com/f-topballparks06.asp. What about stadiums in S’pore?

Fruits and Vegetables Improve Male Fertility

Could eating more fruit and veg be part of the answer to S’pore’s baby shortage?

A new study shows that eating fruits and vegetables can improve fertility in men. Researchers from the University of Rochester compared the dietary intake of antioxidants in 10 fertile and 48 infertile men and correlated the findings with sperm motility. Infertile men were twice as likely to have a low intake of fruits and vegetables (less than five servings per day) compared with fertile men. Also, men with the lowest overall intake of dietary antioxidants had lower sperm motility than men with higher intakes.

Lewis V, Kochman L, Herko R, Brewer K, Andolina E, Song G. Dietary antioxidants and sperm quality in infertile men. Paper presented at: Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine; October, 2006; New Orleans.

Bird Flu Book

Michael Greger, M.D. is Director, Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. He also has a website “Vegan MD”, http://www.veganmd.com, along with a newsletter: http://www.DrGreger.org/newsletters.html.

His latest contribution is an online book about bird flu: http://www.BirdFluBook.org. Bird Flu doesn’t receive the publicity that it used to, but it’s still out there killing people and other animals, as well as developing new strains.

American Idol Goes Veg, Loses 45 Kg

Ruben Studdard, American Idol winner in 2003, once weighed about 180kg, but he recently shed about 45kg, thanks in part to going veg: http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/studdard1017.

Holiday Recipes

The Vegetarian Society UK is offering a leaflet with a range of Xmas recipes, http://www.vegsoc.org/christmas/2006/form.html, including both healthy and not-so-healthy veg fare.

Cow Story from China

The following is a bit dated, but we hear similar stories from other people who spent their childhoods with some of the animals whom humans often eat.

My Dear Cow

by Jan Jan Ng, as reprinted by Professor Bob Blaisdell in his article "Jan Jan", in the journal "Academe", September-October, 1994, volume 80, number 5, page 43.

I grew up in the countryside of China, but now I live in a city. Beef is an important meat where I live now. A lot of dishes here are made with beef. Every restaurant has beef on the menu. Most people like to eat beef. But I never eat beef. I never eat it not because I am scared of getting fat but because my worst memory is about a cow.

My hometown was in the south of China. China was a poor country. We didn't have machines to do the farm work. As a result, a cow was the important tool for us to use for work on the farm. That was why we didn't have beef to sell on the market. My family also had a cow. She was very kind and friendly to my family. She helped us to plant our rice fields. All of us loved the cow. I took her to a field every day after school. She was happy every day, even if she had to work on the farm a whole day.

Whenever she saw me, she would use her head to touch me. I thought she had human feelings. For example, one day, I had a bad stomachache. I felt terrible. Maybe she knew what was happening to me when she saw my face. She bent down so that I could sit on her back. Then, she carefully carried me home. When I reached home, my mother immediately called a doctor to our home. After he had examined me, the doctor said that if I hadn't come home early, I might have become dangerously ill. He said I should thank the cow.

Later, when I was ten years old, the cow wasn’t able to work as well as before, since she was old. Therefore, my parents wanted to sell her and buy another cow. I cried for a few days when I heard this. I tried my best to persuade my parents not to sell her. Finally, my parents didn't sell her. Instead, my parents borrowed money from my grandmother to buy another cow. I was very happy about my parents’ kindness. I continued to visit the cow, bringing her outside the barn to eat grass and brushing her hair.

One day after school, I went to take our dear cow outside. I saw a lot of people in the cow's barn. I ran over to find out what was going on. I was so upset and pained when I saw what was happening. They were killing my cow. My dear cow was being killed by those stupid people. I tried to get in and stop them, but they wouldn’t let me in. I saw the cow looking at the people. Maybe she hoped they would let her go. They just wanted some beef to eat, since no beef was sold in the market. My heart was torn by what they did to my cow, and I could not stop them.

Finally, the people left. I didn't know what to do. They gave some beef to my family. I took it outside and dug a hole in the grass field. I put the beef inside the hole. If the cow had feelings, I hoped she could rest in the heaven. I was mad at my parents because of the cow's death. I refused to talk to them. My mother was upset by my behavior. She said, "The master of the village wanted to kill the cow. What could I do? He would have given us trouble if we didn’t let him kill it. I feel upset also." I dreamt that night. I saw my cow was in heaven and she had a good life.

Whenever I see beef, I always remember my cow. I don't eat any beef in order to make myself feel better. Even though I couldn't stop the people who killed my cow, I can stop eating beef.

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Date: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:35 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 12 November 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 12 Nov 2006

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VSS News

Wellness Weekend Sat and Sun, 18-19 Nov, at Fort Canning

Shanghai Yue Opera Charity Event – Pls Support VSS

Letter to McD’s about Their Fries

As Always, Volunteers Needed

Other News

Cooking Class and Talk on the Importance of Fibre and Its Sources

Thailand Organic Farm Tour

Macrobiotic Cooking Class at Kampung Senang

Japanese Veg Cooking on Channel U on Monday

Fishy Questions

Last Days of An Inconvenient Truth

VSS News

Wellness Weekend Sat and Sun, 18-19 Nov, at Fort Canning

Once again, VSS looks forward to participating in the Wellness Weekend, Sat-Sun, 18-19 Nov, 10am-8pm: http://www.holisticliving.com.sg/newsletter/content1.htm.

Admission is $3, children under 12 free. Food will be provided by Annalakshmi.

Shanghai Yue Opera Charity Event – Pls Support VSS

Tang Renaissance Communicators - http://www.tang-renaissance.com - is bringing the world-renowned Shanghai Yue Opera House, which includes 100 master performers, to Singapore for two concerts at the Esplanade Theatre in Dec, and they have generously given tickets to charities such as VSS.

Subtitles are provided in Chinese and English. Here are the details on the operas:

Dec 22 – Fri – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre – Dream of the Red Mansions

Dec 23 – Sat – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre - The Meilong Inn

For more information about the shows (but not the tix): 6842-7266 or visit the Tang Renaissance web: http://www.tang-renaissance.com

Please support VSS’s vital educational efforts.

Letter to McD’s about Their Fries

In response to a reader request, as well as our own curiosity, VSS sent the following letter to McDonald’s Singapore.

McDonald’s Restaurants

Corporate Office, Public Relations

11 King Albert Park, #02-00

Singapore 598292

To Whom It May Concern:

This is written on behalf of Vegetarian Society (Singapore) to ask about your French fries. We will gladly share your answer on our website and in our eNewsletter which goes out to 2300 addresses.

People have written to us expressing confusion as to whether your fries are vegetarian (no meat, including from marine animals, or meat by-products) and/or vegan (contain no animal source products, such as milk). If you could supply an ingredient list which elaborates on the various ingredients, such as what ‘natural flavouring’ means, that would help people gain clarity.

Below are some of the sources of people’s confusion.

The main McDonald’s website in the U.S. says the following at http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.ingredients.index.html#1.

French Fries:
Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef, wheat and dairy sources), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural color). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). Contains derivatives of wheat and dairy.

Ketchup Packet:
Tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, salt, natural flavors (vegetable source).

Please note that under ‘ketchup’ it says that the flavours are from a vegetable source. Thus, McDonald’s does seem to be aware that some customers are concerned about this. Also, this matter was highlighted in The Straits Times Stomp Forum earlier this year.

There was also a story on MSNBC: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11326937.

We realize that there are differences in the products sold at the McDonald’s in different countries. Therefore, your French fries may differ from those sold in the U.S. What we would like is that you share with the public, if you have not already, exactly what all the ingredients are in your French fries.

I’ve enjoyed the fresh apples at your restaurants a couple times in the past. Thank you for considering this matter.

As Always, Volunteers Needed

VSS has about 150 members, but very few are active members. There’s so much to do to promote vegetarianism – humans eat about 50 billion of our fellow animals every year, and that doesn’t include marine animals – please contact info@... to offer your services.

Other News

Cooking Class and Talk on the Importance of Fibre and Its Sources

Genesis Health Food Restaurant is offering its 10^th vegetarian cooking class. This time the topic is the importance of fiber and its sources. After a talk, there will be cooking demonstrations of pomelo salad, green curry and durian pancake, with a full dinner to follow, all for the price of $40 per person. Here are the other details.

Date:            Sun, 19 Nov
Time:            4 pm to 6 pm
Place:           Genesis Health Food Restaurant, 1 Lorong Telok (Raffles Place MRT)
Contact:           6438-7118 or genesishf@...

Thailand Organic Farm Tour

Kampung Senang will be leading a tour to Thailand to visit an organic farm and other educational sights. The dates are 10-15 Jan, 2007. Registration closes 21 Nov. For more information: email@..., 6785-2568.

Macrobiotic Cooking Class at Kampung Senang

calligraphy and arts & craft.

Japanese Veg Cooking on Channel U on Monday

Danny Chu, the Zen veg chef, will be featured on Channel U on Mon, 13 at 8.30pm with a repeat telecast at 12.30am on the same evening. For info on Danny’s catering services: danny@....

Fishy Questions

Some people think that vegetarians eat fish. Not true. This page from the UK Vegetarian Society website explains why: http://www.vegsoc.org/fish/facts1.html.

Last Days of An Inconvenient Truth

The acclaimed documentary on Global Warming, An Inconvenient Truth, will be leaving Singapore soon. Attendance wasn’t a stampede. Looks like not many people found it convenient to learn that we’d better do something about global warming. So, why not take a friend, and afterwards you all can go for a veg meal!

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Subject: VSS eNewsletter 20 November 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 20 Nov 2006

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VSS News

Story Behind the Shanghai Yue Opera House Charity Event

VSS Exhibition and Talk at Southeast Asia Geography Conference

Volunteer Opportunities

Other News

Must Reading for Anyone Planning a Pregnancy

Other Animals Want Fairness Says Wall Street Journal

Another Place on the Web for Veg Food Listings

Vegetarian Movie Star – Joaquin Phoenix

Free Email Consulting for Chefs and Other Food Professionals

Coming Attractions – Must See Movies

Talks by Dr Clarence Ing and Mrs May Ing, Plus Health Screening

Workshop on Zen Vegetarian Cooking

VSS News

Story Behind the Shanghai Yue Opera House Charity Event

Dec 22 – Fri – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre – Dream of the Red Mansions

Dec 23 – Sat – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre - The Meilong Inn

For more information about the shows (but not the tix): 6842-7266 or visit the Tang Renaissance web: http://www.tang-renaissance.com

Please support VSS’s vital educational efforts.

The person who put all this together is a big fan of Zhejiang Opera and she appears in local performances. Recently, her husband passed away from cancer. Now, she and a group of opera fans are bringing this famous opera troupe to Singapore and have given some tickets to charities related to the fight against cancer. Most of the tickets went to Kampung Senang, which has a cancer support group and promote organic food etc. You may also wish to buy tickets from Kampung Senang.

VSS Exhibition and Talk at Southeast Asian Geography Conference

VSS will have an exhibition at the Southeast Asian Geography Association’s 2006 conference to be held at Nanyang Girls’ High School, 27-29 Nov. We will also do a talk on ‘Meat and the Environment’. Details at http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/staff/changch/seaga/seaga2006.htm.

Volunteer Opportunities

Last issue, we asked for more volunteers. One reader responded by asking what kind of volunteer help is needed. The short answer is: whatever your talents and interests are, there’s almost certainly something for you to do to promote vegetarianism. Below is a longer answer.

1. Your own idea. Why wait for someone else to think of an idea? Get things going yourself. Contact our president, George, for feedback on your idea: george@....

2. Talks and exhibitions. Look for places where we can give talks and exhibitions where we can participate. Contact our Education Officer, Yeow: yeow@vegetarian-society.org.

3. Outings. These are social events for VSS members. They can be outdoors, such as camping, bicycling, hiking or kite-flying, or more relaxed, such as book discussions or visits to art exhibits or movies. Contact our Social Officer, Violet: violet@vegetarian-society.org.

4. Fundraising. VSS needs money for its work. Contact our President, George: george@....

5. Newsletter. Write for or compile information for our electronic newsletter. Contact our Newsletter Editor, George: george@....

6. Newsletter. We need to send highlights from past e-newsletters to people without email. Contact our Honourary Secretary, Nita: nita@....

7. VCD distribution and production. Our VCD is a powerful tool. We need to distribute it widely but carefully, to improve it and to produce more. We also have flyers and decals to distribute. Contact our Education Officer, Yeow: yeow@vegetarian-society.org.

8. Translation. We need to translate VSS materials into languages other than English. Contact our Education Officer, Yeow. yeow@vegetarian-society.org.

9. Design of print materials. We need graphic artists to give our materials a professional, attractive look. Contact our Education Officer, Yeow: yeow@vegetarian-society.org.

10. Shopping. Where can people buy certain hard-to-find vegetarian ingredients, such as brewer’s yeast flakes and non-leather shoes? If you’d like to source for them, contact our president, George: george@....

11. Photography. Take photos at VSS events. These photos will go in our Annual Report and elsewhere. Contact our Honourary Secretary, Nita: nita@....

12. Food outlet liaison. Link VSS with restaurants, hawker stalls, and food stores. This includes not just vegetarian outlets but also non-veg outlets that seek to attract vegetarian customers. Contact our Social Officer, Violet: violet@....

13. Membership. Seek regular and corporate members for VSS, and strengthen ties with members. Contact our President, George: george@....

14. Listing of Vegetarian Outlets. Our lists of vegetarian outlets – restaurants, stall, stores – always needs updating. Contact our Webmaster, webmaster@... .

15. Website. Suggest ways to improve the VSS website. Contact our Webmaster, webmaster@... .

Other News

Must Reading for Anyone Planning a Pregnancy

The November issue of Motherhood magazine, available at newsstands, is important reading for anyone planning a pregnancy. The cover story is titled, “Vegetarian & Expecting: Four mums lead the way to healthy pregnancy.” VSS contributed to the story by helping the author find mums to talk to. The article shows how all the necessary nutrients are readily available on a veg diet.

The article also recounts the differing stories of four veg mums and how they dealt with well-meaning family and friends who tried to dissuade them from a veg pregnancy and from raising their children on veg diets. For example, one of the mums, Eileen Tan, remembers that:

Naturally all around me were concerned when I was pregnant. The older generation, in particular, found it hard to accept. Many would tell me that I should eat some meat for the good of the baby. But now that they see my baby is doing fine, they do not comment when I tell them that she will remain a vegetarian.

November’s Motherhood is at a special price of only $2.50. Our only slight quibble with the excellent article is that in addition to the sufficiency of a well-planned veg diet, actually there are health benefits for baby and mum.

Other Animals Want Fairness Says Wall Street Journal

Here’s an article from the Wall Street Journal that describes research with some of our fellow primates. The research suggests that they have a sense of justice and fairness. Let’s try to convince our fellow humans to develop our own species’ sense of justice and fairness towards other animals. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116311525774919204-s9j6S8FIvDewxKJQOwfD1Z8etEE_20071109.html?mod=rss_free

Another Place on the Web for Veg Food Listings

VSS Forum member Winson Seow (wingls@...) has started a site that lists veg food outlets: http://sg.vegetarian-food.net. There’s also the VSS listings under ‘Food Outlets’ on the home page of the VSS web: www.vegetarian-society.org. Help is always needed to keep the listings updated; so, we are grateful to the people who write to info@... to let us know when places open, move or close. Other places on the web for veg food listing are: http://sgvegedaily.eq-network.com/TopPick.html
http://www.happycow.net/asia/singapore/index.html .

Finally, if you’d like to take part in VSS’ free online forum, please go to: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/forums. Some people tell us that it’s the best thing about our web.

Vegetarian Movie Star – Joaquin Phoenix

Known for his roles in Gladiator and Walk the Line (for a list of his movies: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001618), Joaquin Phoenix is also known as an activist for animals. For example, he narrated the sombre DVD Earthlings. The theme of the DVD is that we and are fellow animals are all inhabitants of the same planet and that maybe we should treat our fellow animals better. VSS has a copy of the DVD. Contact us at info@... to arrange for public showings.

To learn how a fishing trip at age 3 influenced Joaquin’s move to go veg and to learn why he finds it easier to be veg than it used to be, visit http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1064075.

Free Email Consulting for Chefs and Other Food Professionals

The Veg Advantage is a new U.S.-based web that you’ll want to recommend to people you know who prepare food for a living: http://www.vegadvantage.com.

Here’s part of their blurb, edited slightly.

Our chefs have helped dozens of restaurants, universities, primary and secondary schools, and businesses incorporate vegetarian selections into their menus and cafeterias—and our consulting services are available to you free of charge. Whether you need menu suggestions, or tips on working with new vegetarian foods, just contact us at Info@...

Coming Attractions – Must See Movies

Two movies that all vegetarians will want to see are coming out soon (at least in Hollywood – don’t know yet about S’pore). Charlotte’s web is a classic tale, an absolute must-read about a spider and a girl who save the life of a pig. This film is a new version with lots of celeb voices, including Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey and Robert Redford. The film’s web (pun intended) has games for kids: http://www.charlotteswebmovie.com/site/index.php.

The other film is Fast Food Nation (http://www.foxsearchlight.com/fastfoodnation), inspired by the book by the same name by Eric Schlosser. The best-selling book traces the history of fast food and its effects not just on diet but also on economics and culture. The film, on the other hand, uses fictional narrative to get across the non-fiction book’s revelations. It released this month in the U.S. to somewhat mixed reviews: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809423122/info.

Talks by Dr Clarence Ing and Mrs May Ing, Plus Health Screening

Dr Clarence Ing of the Weimar Institute, California, USA, and Mrs May Ing are long-time vegetarian health professionals who used to work in Singapore and return here regularly to offer their advice. This year, Dr Ing will be giving a free talk on Fri, 24 Nov, 7pm-9.30pm at Bethel Hall @ St Hilda’s Centre, Level 2, 41 Ceylon Road, 6449.3233, eleverage@.... At 5pm the same day, Dr Ing will be available for health screenings on a first-come-first-served basis. For info, contact Irene at 9658.3133.

Workshop on Zen Vegetarian Cooking

Danny Chu will be conducting workshops on Japanese Shojin Ryori Zen Vegetarian food on Thu, 23 Nov and Sun, 25 Nov, 11am-2pm (both days) at Palate Sensations Cooking School, 1 Whitchurch Road, #03-05. Contact: 6479.9025, info@....

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Date: Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:18 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 27 November 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 27 Nov 2006

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VSS News

Another Volunteer Opportunity

Bringing in a Noted Speaker

Even If You’re Not an Opera Fan, …

Veggiedemic Starts at IVU World Vegetarian Congress in Goa

What To Do If You Stop Receiving This Newsletter

Other News

Cakes and Cookies for Everyone

Meatrix 2.5

New Address for Bodhi Vegetarian Restaurant

Veg Trip to East Malaysia

VSS News

Another Volunteer Opportunity

Help is need with transport. VSS often does road shows. For example, on 18-19 Nov, we were at Fort Canning, this week we’re at the Southeast Asia Geography conference, in early December we’re at a school, and we have a month-long exhibition running at a yoga centre.

We have a full set of exhibition panels, a sculpture, a tv, a projector system, and our flyers, VCDs and stickers. That’s a lot to carry, but it can fit in a large car or a van. If you’ve got a vehicle that size or bigger, please contact the VSS Education Officer, Yeow: yeow@.... And, even if your only vehicle key is your EZ Link card, you can still help with setting up the exhibitions, as the display panels especially are a bit of a challenge.

Bringing in a Noted Speaker

Have you heard of or read the book "The China Study": http://www.thechinastudy.com? It is based partly on a huge study done in China of the link between diet and health. The study was a collaboration between China’s Ministry of Health, Oxford University and Cornell University. The book also brings in a wide variety of other research to support the adoption of veg diets. The book is on sale in Singapore, and the Chinese version is due out soon.

The book’s main author, Professor Colin Campbell, has expressed interest in speaking in Singapore. Prof Campbell has a distinguished career as a researcher in cancer and other areas. His fee for two 1.5 hour talks is US$6000, not including transport from the U.S. and accommodation. That leads us to the next item in this newsletter.

Even If You’re Not an Opera Fan, …

Not everyone likes hip-hop, not everyone likes opera, but all the readers of this newsletter like vegetarianism. So, please support VSS by buying a ticket to one of the two opera performances in the next-to-last week of Dec. What some people have done is to purchase tickets but not taken the tickets, allowing an opera fan to go in their place.

Here are the details on the operas:

Dec 22 – Fri – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre – Dream of the Red Mansions

Dec 23 – Sat – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre - The Meilong Inn

For more information about the shows (but not the tix): 6842-7266 or visit the Tang Renaissance web: http://www.tang-renaissance.com

Ticket prices via Sistec range from $88-$168, but VSS will be selling its 60 tickets for $68, although donations in excess of $68 are most welcome. VSS keeps 100% of the price you pay for the ticket. For tix, email info@... or call 9389-8360. You may also wish to buy tickets from Kampung Senang.

Please support VSS’s vital educational efforts.

Veggiedemic Starts at IVU World Vegetarian Congress in Goa

One person from Hong Kong who attended the IVU World Vegetarian Congress this past Sep in Goa, India was so switched on by the experience that he decided to start his own blog, with the great name of Veggiedemic: http://veggiedemic.blogspot.com

Here’s how he explains it: �

Where previously I kept a low profile about my food choice, I have now become more open in discussing vegetarianism with my family and friends. Another thing I have done, in consultation with two other conference participants (we didn’t know each other before the Congress but traveled together afterwards and have become good friends) is to create a blog which I hope will get people to share ideas and experiences about promoting vegetarianism.

What To Do If You Stop Receiving This Newsletter

This e-newsletter is sent using Yahoo! Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/. Like everyone and everything else, Yahoo! Groups isn’t perfect. Specifically, it has a tendency to ‘bounce’ (exclude) members for no apparent reason. Why don’t we switch to another provider? They too have their problems.

Point being: if more than two weeks pass without you receiving your regular dose of the VSS eNewsletter, just write to info@... and we’ll try to fix things. Also, please keep us updated if you change your email address or seldom open mail for a particular address. As a last resort, you can read back issues of the newsletter by going to the VSS homepage – www.vegetarian-society.org – and scrolling down the left frame until you see ‘Newsletter’. Sorry for the bother.

Other News

Cakes and Cookies for Everyone

The Conscious Choice offers a wide variety of cakes and cookies for people whose tastes are a bit outside the mainstream (hopefully, the main stream will soon flow in a different direction). They bake gluten-free, wheat-free, and vegan cakes and cookies. But, The Conscious Choice is not a shop. Instead, their products can be purchased at Whatever Caf�, 20, 29A & 31 Keong Saik Road, see http://www.whatever.com.sg/cafe.php?q=1 for a list of desserts) or in the bake shop in the basement of Tanglin Mall. You can special order or arrange for delivery (an extra $10) by contacting Sabreena at 6735.4880, 98167974, or info@....

Meatrix 2.5

The Meatrix is an animated satire of the meat industry based on the Matrix films. The latest version, Meatrix 2.5 is just out: http://moremeatrix.com.

New Address for Bodhi Vegetarian Restaurant
Bodhi Vegetarian Restaurant has moved from Beauty World Center. They want all their customers to know that they are now at 530 Upper Serangoon Road, 6283.9673.

Veg Trip to East Malaysia

Dec 12-14 (3D/2N) are the dates for a trip to the Borneo Highlands Resort – www.borneohighlands.com.my - at Kuching, Sarawak, organized by Home Health Education Service. The trip includes organic veg meals, health talks, a massage, and nature hikes. The cost is RM740 twin sharing, excluding airfare on Air Asia. For details, contact Mark Chan at markchan@..., sheewai@..., or 9743.8362.

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Date: Sun Dec 3, 2006 6:06 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 4 December 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 4 Dec 2006

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VSS News

Just 75 More to Reach 2500

Last Chance for Opera Tickets

VSS Participates in Labrador Park Event, Sat, 9 Dec

Yoga @ ECP, Sun, 10 Dec

Other News

Brownie Factory at Xmas Fair at OUB Centre

Prof Colin Campbell on Changing Tastes in Food

Ark Caf� No Longer Fully Veg

UN Report on Global Warming

The Obvious Becomes More Obvious, and More People Act on the Obvious

New Year E-Cards from Physicians for Social Responsibility

Meatrix 2.5 Reloaded

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VSS News

Just 75 More to Reach 2500

There are now 2425 addresses subscribed to the free VSS electronic newsletter. We only need 75 more to reach our goal of 2500 by 1 Jan. Why not encourage your friends, family members or colleagues to sign up as part of a New Year resolution to eat less or no meat? They can sign up by going to the VSS web – www.vegetarian.org – clicking ‘Mailing List’ near the bottom of the left frame, and then typing their address into the box that says ‘Join VSS emailing list’. If that doesn’t work, drop a line to info@..., and we’ll add the person to the list. Thx.

Last Chance for Opera Tickets

This Wed is the deadline for buying opera tickets to support VSS and to enjoy a unique cultural experience at a world class venue. Otherwise, we will be returning the unsold tickets. 100% of your purchase goes to VSS, a registered charity.

Here are the details on the operas:

Dec 22 – Fri – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre – Dream of the Red Mansions

Dec 23 – Sat – 8pm – Esplanade Theatre - The Meilong Inn

For more information about the shows (but not the tix): 6842-7266 or visit the Tang Renaissance web: http://www.tang-renaissance.com

Please support VSS’s vital educational efforts.

VSS Participates in Labrador Park Event, 9 Dec

NParks is organizing a Xmas Fiesta Bazaar at Labrador Park Nature Reserve (Seafront Promenade near Carpark B), on Sat, 9 Dec, 5.00pm - 9.00pm. VSS will be participating. Below are excerpts from the NParks blurb. More info at http://www.eventshub.sg/Default.aspx?CalID=2&CatL1ID=10&CatL2ID=76

Looking for some unique gifts? At the mini bazaar you will be able to find unusual items like organic clothes and crafts, handmade jewellery with semi precious stones, ladies accessories, plants, books, homeware, decorations and much more. Join tours to the secret Labrador Tunnels and Fort Batu Berlayar - open to the public for just 1 day (Proceeds from the tour will benefit Club Rainbow). Gain some insights at our gardening/craft workshop or simply unwind at performances by our local buskers.

Families can also look forward to an interACTive performance (presented by ACT 3 International) titled "How the first letter came to be".� The story is about a young girl who goes on a hunting trip and meets a myriad of characters along the way. Having to send messages back to her village (the alphabet had not been invented yet) she begins to draw. Along the way, the messages get misinterpreted and lost in translation! The story will encourage participation from the au

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