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In this issue
- Website Updates
- Earth Day Awareness
- Featured Friends
- Veg Travel
- News Headlines
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April 2008
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HappyCow Site Updates
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Something new. Have you visited HappyCow Homepage lately? Tell us what you think of our new look... see now |
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Vegheads unite! HappyCow's "Groups" feature allows you to connect with people who share your interests. Join one or start one. Groups created this week include Animal Friends, Veggie-Dating, and Spanish Vegetarians... see more |
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Combat global warming with diet. That's right, a plant-based diet is easy on the earth and your body. Find hundreds of printable, earth-friendly recipes at: HappyCow Kitchen |
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We've invited a number of members to write about the issues that inspire them. Checkout this week's blog posts with titles including: April Fool's Put a Vegan in the White House, Homeschooling and Vegetarian Parallels, and Coffee Consciousness... visit the blog |
Earth Day Awareness
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Join people everywhere in celebration and giving back to Mother Earth. April is Earth Awareness Month, and events are planned in cities from Sydney to Barcelona to Los Angeles. Find an event near you to learn more about campaigns for climate change solutions. Also learn what you can do to fight global warming. |
Featured Friends
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World Peace Cafe in Atlanta, Georgia serves nutritious and tasteful vegetarian food in a peaceful and gracious environment that is reflective of the Buddhist principles of loving kindness and respect for all living beings.
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The Vegan Joint located in Los Angeles, California is a quaint neighborhood restaurant filled with flavor of all types, especially Thai vegan food. Their motto says it all, "You are what you eat, eat well!"
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Veg Travel
News Headlines
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Precious H2O - Did you know that water is the most important of the six basic nutrients the human body needs, along with carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins and minerals? We can survive months and even years without some vitamins and minerals. But without water, we last just a few days. Our bodies are mostly water. There is water inside cells and in between cells. There is water in our blood, in our joints, and in our digestive tract. Babies' bodies are about 85% water. Adults are about 60% water.
Though many might think of water as an infinite resource, the truth is that water is an increasingly limited - and highly critical - resource. Did you know that only 2.5 percent of Earth's water is considered fresh water? Of this, only 3/10 of 1 percent is available to us via lakes, rivers, and streams. Did you know that 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water?
How can we do our part to conserve water? Here are a few ways: Eating less meat helps conserve water! Producing one hamburger patty requires as much as 2,900 gallons of water (Cornell University). Turn off water while brushing your teeth. Install a low-flow toilet. Take short showers instead of baths. In the yard, plant drought resistant plants.
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Congratulations to the winners of The Most Remarkable Vegan Recipe Contest in History. The top award was given to Felix Schoener of Germany for his recipe, "Southeast Asian vegetables stirred not fried on cauliflower rice with spicy cashew." See the recipe, the prize, and the runner-ups... details
New benefits of a vegan diet revealed. Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis may benefit from a vegan diet, according to new research conducted at Sweden's medical university, the Karolinska Institute, funded by the European Commission. A gluten-free vegan diet was found to reduce cardiovascular risk factors in people with the disease. The effect was observed in a group of rheumatoid arthritis patients that adhered to the diet for a year and exhibited a decrease in low density lipoprotein (LDL) and oxidized LDL levels, as well as raised atheroprotective natural antibodies against phosphorylcholine (anti-PC).
What families around the world eat in one week - revealing photographs by Peter Menzel, www.menzelphoto.com
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