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| Animal Rights Conference Includes a Who’s Who of Speakers Animal Right’s activist from around the country will gather in Los Angeles, July 19-23, 2007 for what is billed as the nation’s “largest and oldest animal right’s conference. The event will feature over 100 speakers including: Central Ohio’s very own Nathan Runkle from Mercy For Animals; Erik Marcus, from vegan.com and author of Meat Market; Matt Ball, co-founder of Vegan Outreach; and Harold Brown from Farm Sanctuary. Workshops in this years conference are organized around three themes or “tracks”: Issues, Organizing, Remedies. The Issues track covers various types of animal abuses and the underlying issues. The Organizing track seeks to improve personal and organizational effectiveness. The Remedies track addresses campaign strategies and outreach to various constituencies. Rap Sessions and Campaign Reports engage participants in debates about controversial issues and current campaigns. For more information about this conference visit www.arconference.org |
| Local Conference to Feature Doctor Renowned for Recversing Heart Disease Using Vegan Diet DR Caldwell Esselstyn, the most successful physician in the country in reversing coronary artery disease through dietary intervention, will speak about his new book, Prevent And Reverse Heart Disease, May 18 at the Spring Conference of The Wellness Forum in Worthington, Ohio. Dr. Esselstyn has conducted one of the longest longitudinal studies on arresting and reversing cardiovascular disease in very ill patients. None of his compliant patients has experienced disease progression while under his care. He has published over 150 articles in the scientific literature, and his new book chronicling his incredible success in this area will be available for the first time at the Wellness Forum Conference, May 18th. For more information call 841-7700 or visit www.wellnessforum.com. |
| Viruses in the Meat Supply – Another Reason to Go Vegan! By Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D., Executive Director, The Wellness Forum Recently FDA approval was given to a company called Intralytix for a virus spray to be used on meat products. The spray is a combination of several viruses designed to kill Listeria, which causes about 2500 people to become seriously ill each year. I certainly do not want to minimize the discomfort of these 2500 people, but I am not sure that this justifies exposing hundreds of millions of other people to viruses each year. Listeria is killed by cooking, but remains a problem in meats such as deli meats, that are not heated prior to consumption. This is not the only reason not to consume foods like deli meats and a better option might be to place a warning on these foods to discourage consumption. Instead, Intralytix tested various Listeria-eating viruses, and was unable to identify one that would kill all the strains of Listeria, so it instead manufactured a cocktail of viruses for use as a spray. Studies show that the virus cocktail does work. But there are several concerns, one of which is that the FDA readily acknowledges that consumers will not know which foods have been sprayed, and there will be no disclosure requirements either in stores or restaurants. There have been no long-term studies evaluating the effect of the viruses on the immune systems in humans. It is almost impossible to believe that there will be no immune response or adverse effects, particularly to continual exposure to this product. One expected byproduct of continual use of the virus sprays will be mutation of the Listeria bacteria. What form it takes, and how resistant it will be to any form of treatment is not known. The viruses in the spray are also likely to mutate, as all viruses do. We can most likely look forward to the development of some form that will have a deleterious effect on health. There is also no assurance that the spray will only attack the Listeria bacteria and not intestinal bacteria too. There is no record of testing on this very important issue. Intralytix is now testing virus sprays for other forms of bacteria, including salmonella and E. coli, so we can anticipate that there will be more contamination of the food supply in the future, not less. This is one of the reasons that more people are choosing to consume a near-vegan or vegan diet. It’s just plain safer to do so. |
| 33nd Vegetarian Summerfest Offers Participants Food Fun and Education The University of Pittsburgh campus at Johnstown, Pennsylvania will, once again host the annual trek to one of the country’ oldest and largest vegetarian festivals, with a bevy of speakers, workshops and “social gatherings. The conference brings together like minded individuals and families, educators and chefs. COVS board treasurer, Jane Belt, makes the trip every year and says “it is one of the highlights of my summer”. Jane brings back all kinds of new recipes and information about the vegan diet. One of the featured speakers this year is Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, from the Cleveland Clinic who is renowned for his work in reversing heart disease using a fat free vegan diet(See article on The Wellness Forum Conference) http://www.vegetariansummerfest.org/ |
| Intern Wanted Wellness Forum Foods is seeking a special someone interested inlearning more about vegan cooking in a professional vegan kitchen. Qualified applicants should be able to read and execute recipes, communiate and get along well with others, and be willing and able to work in a very busy kitchen. Those interested should call 888-3663 and ask for Del |