1. VIM's Special Events This Month!

VIM'S ANNUAL GREAT AMERICAN MEATOUT , Sunday ~ March 20, 2005, Noon - 4:00 pm, at the Gerry Kulick Community Center, 1201 Livernios, Ferndale. Join us for a day of exploring a plant-based diet with speakers, vendors, restaurant samplings, food demos, prizes and videos. This a great opportunity to expose a loved one or friend to the many benefits of plant-based foods. Joel Kahn M.D. Medical Director for Cardiac Rehabilitation for Beaumont Hospital will be speaking as will Kerrie Saunders PhD and author Eric Marcus to discuss his newest book, Meat Market. This maybe the best $5 you will ever spend! For more information or to volunteer call (248) 616-9676 or email meatout@VeggiesInMotion.org.

VIM's own Dr Kerrie Saunders will lecture on "Diet As Disease Prevention" on Tuesday ~ March 15, 2005 at 7:00 pm. This event is sponsored by VIM and will be held at the Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen, Southfield. For more information, call (248) 796-4224. FREE Admission.

The acronym of Advanced Glycoxidation End-products (AGE's, also known as glycotoxins) is an appropriate one. These AGE's accumulate in joints and cause arthritis;[1] they accumulate in the brain contributing to Alzheimer's disease,[2] and they accumulate in arteries causing high blood pressure[3] and atherosclerosis.[4] They build up in the eye and cause cataracts,[5] build up in the kidneys, contributing to kidney failure,[6] and build up in the penis causing male erectile dysfunction.[7] In fact there's a whole theory (the Maillard Theory) that blames nearly all the complications of aging on the buildup of these toxic compounds.[8]

http://www.drgreger.org/novemberdecember2004.html

Our understanding of the importance of being Vegan is just the first step in our spiritual journey. With veganism firmly planted in our souls, we learn to spiritually walk, then run, and then fly. Our understanding of being Vegan heightens and expands as we do.

http://www.veganpeace.com/personal_expression/submissions/m__katz.htm 

The gruesome task of retrieving the bodies of tsunami victims has turned many Thai rescue workers vegetarian, the Matichon newspaper said on Friday.

"Our operations in the first days weren't going smoothly," Chatchawan Suthiarun, who led a team of 70 in Khao Lak where about 4,000 people, more than half of them foreign tourists, were killed on Dec. 26, told the Thai-language newspaper.

"After we turned to vegetarian food and lighting jossticks to the spirits asking for help, the job has become much easier," he said. Matichon said vegetarian food was all the rage in one nearby village, where a makeshift relief kitchen produced about 1,000 boxes of meatless food a day.

The newspaper quoted a survivor as saying that the smell of death had put her off meat.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK308503.htm 

In the words of anchorman Howard Beale, as so aptly portrayed by Peter Finch in the movie Network, I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more... I’m mad at the millions and millions of educated, compassionate people out there who continue to be part of the problem rather than the solution...

http://vsc.org/0105-Mark-Reinhardt.htm 

Super Bowl XXXIX half-time star Paul McCartney is such a virulent veggie he won't have any animal products anywhere near him according to the BOSTON HERALD. 

http://www.benmaller.com/archives/2005/february/07-mccartney_a_super_bowl_vegan.html 

"A growing population coupled with diminishing fresh water supplies should force major changes in the way the world's farmers water their crops in the coming decades, a recent study recommends. Since agriculture uses about 70 percent of the world's fresh water every year, farming should be the focus of intense conservation efforts, said David Pimentel, a professor at Cornell University and primary author of the study published in the October issue of the journal BioScience.

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2005/01/10/study_urges_water_conservation_on_farms/ 

Editor's Note: Livestock production uses more than half of all water used for all purposes in the United States. The Food Revolution, author John Robbins estimates that "you’d save more water by not eating a pound of California beef than you would by not showering for an entire year." 

Some people prefer organically grown food because they want to avoid pesticides. Some believe the most natural ways of growing are the most ecologically responsible. Other people want to be assured that the farm workers who harvested the crops did not have to face dangerous toxins. And there are those vegetarians who want foods that were not grown with chemicals that kill or cause other animals to suffer. For many people, reasons to choose organics include a combination of all of these reasons. Presently, however, much of the food available to U.S. consumers is grown in a production system that directly or indirectly exploits animals — even if it is organic.

http://www.friendsofanimals.org/actionline/fall-2004/veganics.html

The China Study is setting a new standard. Dr. T. Colin Campbell directed the largest nutritional study in the world, "The China Project," called the "Cadillac of health studies" by The New York Times. Dr. Campbell is one of the world's brightest stars in human nutrition and his unequaled body of work is finally being shared with a society in desperate need of his advice.

--- Howard Lyman
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mad_Cowboy/message/61 

For more information on Dr. Campbell's book: http://www.thechinastudy.com

"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." T. Colin Campbell, PhD

American Cancer Society researchers tracked nearly 80,000 healthy adults for 10 years, they found that men and women who ate 19 or more servings of vegetables per week did not "succumb to abdominal obesity"-that is, they didn't develop spare tires-while those who ate meat more than seven times a week did.

 11. John Mc Dougall This Thursday!

John McDougall, MD is Hosting a TBN Health Special Thursday Evening, February 24, 2005.  Broadcast Time is: 7 PM PST, 10 PM EST, etc.  Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) can be viewed in 95% of households worldwide. You should look in your TV guide for your listing. Some examples are:
Direct TV satellite on station 372.
Comcast Cable on channel 230.
You can search for ways to watch this show worldwide here: http://www.tbn.org/index.php/2/2.html 
You can also use your computer to view the show live at www.tbn.org. Click on "Watch Us."

Hi! I just wanted to let everyone know that Xhedos is selling Freakin' Vegan Burger Replacements, retail! Anyone who has tried Freakin' Vegan before becomes addicted. It comes in two flavors: Taco "Meat" and Veggie Burger. Xhedos is located in the downtown area of Ferndale, Nine Mile Road, 1/2 block west of Woodward. Xhedos is a coffee house that also has a good sized vegan menu with soups, sandwiches, and tacos made with Freakin' Vegan Burger Crumbles. Michelle

 13. For Sale

8 ft. Oak antique church pew, $600.00 unfinished, $1,000 finished 734-769-7794. Spring/Summer Raw Foods Cuisine Classes. Gaia Center for Holistic Studies: 734-769-7794, Ann Arbor

VIM'S PUBLIC OUTREACH
For all other regional events go to: http://www.veggiesinmotion.org/calendar

Thursday ~ March 3, 2005 
7:30 pm ~ VIM Raw Food Potluck and Food Demo, Unity of Livonia, 28660 5 Mile Rd, Livonia. Bring your favorite raw vegan dish sized for 8 servings or a $7.50 donation. Call Flo or Jerry at (313) 541-0162. 

Saturday ~ March 5, 2005 
12:00 noon - 4:00 pm ~ Vim Tabling at Duffield Library, 2507 W Grand Blvd., Detroit. Sponsored by C.P.R. Detroit. To volunteer call Flo or Jerry at (313) 541-0162. 

Tuesday ~ March 8, 2005 
7:00 pm ~ VIM Board / GAM Planning Meeting, Location to be determined. For directions, call (248) 616-9676. 

Friday ~ March 11, 2005 
7:00 pm ~ VIM- MUGS & JUGS - Shoot pool the vegan way at Plush Pockets, 28202 Dequindre Road, Warren. Plush Pockets is on the east side of Dequindre between 11 Mile and 12 Mile Roads, just south of the Krogers and the Universal Mall. Contact Peter at 248-515-3367 or just show up. 

Saturday ~ March 12, 2005 
9:00 am - 11:00 am ~ VIM- Volunteer Orientation for the Great American Meatout [VOLUNTEERS NEEDED -- To volunteer, please email volunteer@veggiesinmotion.org], the Gerry Kulick Community Center, 1201 Livernios, Ferndale. For information, call (248) 616-9676. 

7:00 pm ~ VIM Dinner Club at Queen of Sheba, 29702 Southfield Rd. (north of 12 Mile, east side of Southfield Rd., in Farmer Jack's shopping plaza). By popular demand, we are returning to this new Ethiopian restaurant. Come out and support co-owner Beletech Yoseph by enjoying her delicious vegan cuisine, which is light on the oil and is served with whole grain injera (bread). RSVP to Karen by Mar. 10th at (248) 544-4030 or email her at thorndike@yahoo.com 

Tuesday ~ March 15, 2005 
7:00 pm ~ VIM "Diet As Disease Prevention" Lecture by Dr. Kerrie Saunders, Ph.D. sponsored by Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen, Southfield. For more information, call (248) 796-4224. FREE Admission 

Sunday ~ March 20, 2005 
Noon - 4:00 pm ~ VIM'S GREAT AMERICAN MEATOUT at the Gerry Kulick Community Center, 1201 Livernios, Ferndale. [VOLUNTEERS NEEDED -- To volunteer, please email volunteer@veggiesinmotion.org.] The Great American Meatout is a day of exploring a plant-based diet with speakers, vendors, restaurant samplings, food demos, prizes and videos. For more information, call (248) 616-9676 or email meatout@VeggiesInMotion.org.  

Thursday ~ March 24, 2005 
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm ~VIM- The Raw Food Movement - Is It Right For You? by Jim Corcoran, President of Veggies In Motion, 25301 Halstead Road, Farmington Hills No pre-registration required. Refreshments served at 7pm. For futher information, call (248) 478-7272. 

Sunday ~ March 27, 2005 
1:00 pm ~ VIM- VEGetariAN Potluck and Speaker: Kieth Fifer will tell the story of his journey and how he eats "Raw on the Road", Unity of Livonia, 28660 5 Mile Rd, Livonia. Bring your favorite vegan dish sized for 8 servings or a $7.50 donation. Call Flo or Jerry at (313) 541-0162.

Cheezy Cauliflower Casserole

1 head cauliflower, cut into flowerettes
1 Tab. soy margarine

Cheezy Sauce
2 cups water
1/4 cup raw cashews
1 small jar pimientos
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
3 Tab. cornstarch

Parboil cauliflower in water (boil until tender-crisp). Drain and place in an oiled casserole dish. Dot with the margarine.

Place cheezy sauce ingredients in a blender and process until very smooth. Pour over cauliflower. Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

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