European Vegetarian Union

European Vegetarian Union

Newsletter October 2006 (2)


Contents:

1. EVU in the press

2. The many health benefits of a vegetarian diet

3. Recipes

4. Meat and Fish

5. Slaughter, Hunting and Fishing

6. Clones and GMO-Food

7. Meat consumption and environmental problems

8. Food for thought

9. International diary


1. EVU in the press


World Vegetarian Day - and what a fantastic time to go vegetarian

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/events/wvd/2006.php


World Food Day: 'Vegetarianism - a symbol of solidarity with hungry people'

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/press/20061016.php

see also: Invitation to the EVU Talks 2007 'The veggie answer to world hunger'

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/events/evutalks/2007.php


2. The many health benefits of a vegetarian diet


Green veg compounds may protect against breast cancer

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16320


-One Hundred Pounds Lighter and Now Vegetarian, Ruben Studdard Getting Healthy

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16206


Carotenoid-rich vegetables linked to less stomach cancer

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16103


The Benefits Of Eating More Vegetables

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15782


Eating Cruciferous Vegetables Can Help Reduce the Risk of Several Types of Cancer,

Including Breast Cancer

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15581


OrganicAthlete Booklet Explains Benefits of Plant-based Nutrition

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15761


3. Recipes


World Vegetarian Day ??? International Recipes on the EVU website

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/events/wvd/2006.php#recipes


UK: Vegetarian Society launches Christmas recipe booklet

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15532


4. Meat and Fish


Mad Cow Disease and Alzheimer???s - is there a connection

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15176


UK: Mad cow burgers ???killed my son???

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15589


UK: Poster links meat and child abuse

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15816


PCRM: Fish Consumption Presents More Risks than Benefits, Doctors Say

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16143


PCRM: Fish Consumption Linked to Preterm Delivery

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16135


5. Slaughter, Hunting and Fishing


Green warrior to come to Iceland

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16302

see also an EVU interview with Paul Watson

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/magazine/2006-1-l-watson.php


Annual Dolphin Slaughter Begins in Japan

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16269


United Nations to Consider Deep Sea Trawling Ban

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15735


That Fish You Caught Was in Pain

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15888


USA: EPA Chided Over 'Intersex' Fish Concerns

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15775


Britain's first crocodile farm has just opened

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15774


Russia: King of Spain Shoots a Drunken Bear Dead

Good-humored and jolly bear called Mitrofan was sacrificed for the 'noble' hunter

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16229


India: 'Love and Mercy':

title of a one hour documentary CD containing animal slaughter videos

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15706


6. Clones and GMO-Food


USA: Groups Say FDA Should Ban Sale of Food From Clones

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16021


Germany says found illegal GMO rice from US, China

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15734


7. Meat consumption and environmental problems


Meat consumption at a crossroads

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16218


Vegetarian Groups see 'Spinach Scare' as a wake-up call to end factory farming

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15468


Humans have begun 'eating the planet'

Study by a US-based think-tank Global Footprint Network: 'Growing demand eats into Earth's natural capital'

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15886


World: Study: vegan diets healthier for planet, people than meat diets

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15825


Q & A with Jim Mason Author of 'The Way We Eat: Why our food choices matter'

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15841


Meat consumption at a crossroads

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16218


8. Food for thought


Book: Bird flu ??? a virus of our own hatching

Michael Greger, MD - November 2006

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16304


Professor Jane Plant's doctors told her she had only about 3 months to live....

Book: 'Your life in your hands'

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=16169


Quote: CBS News correspondent Andy Roony: '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

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15759


Song: Take a stand: ???Please don???t eat your friend???

http://www.vegetarismus.ch/wtt/songflash.htm


Why are you vegetarian?

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/news/news.php?id=15543


9. The comprehensive international diary on the EVU Website:

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/events/events.php



If you have not done so, why not become member of the European Vegetarian Union now. It is so easy

http://www.euroveg.eu/lang/en/about/support/membership.php

 

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