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Publisher ~ EnglandGal@aol.com
Issue # 06/04/00
Editor ~ JJswans@aol.com
Journalists ~ PrkStRangr@aol.com
~ MRivera008@aol.com
~ SavingLife@aol.com
THE NINE ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE ARE:
1 ~ There's No Room for Chicken in a Healthy
Diet By Kristine Kieswer
2 ~ List of Plants Poisonous to Dogs
3 ~ AR2000 Update
4 ~ Job Opening
5 ~ Eat a Pizza and Plant a Tree from
PrkStRangr@aol.com
6 ~ "Pets On Planes Bill" Becomes Law
7 ~ Heaven
8 ~ For Cleo
9 ~ Quote To Remember
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There's No Room for
Chicken in a Healthy Diet
By Kristine Kieswer
From
PCRM's Good Medicine, Spring-Summer 2000
Q: Why has chicken become so popular?
A: Unbeknownst to them, chickens have played center stage in a grand
marketing campaign by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and chicken
farmers aimed to promote chicken as some sort of "health food."
With 9 billion chickens eaten each year in the U.S., it appears many people
have been swayed. However, an honest look at the nutritional value of
chicken reveals quite a different picture.
Q: Is chicken really low in fat?
A: Not even close. A 3.5-ounce piece of broiled lean flank steak is
56 percent fat as a percentage of calories. Chicken contains nearly the
same at 51 percent. Even when the skin is removed, dark meat is thrown
away, and a non-fat cooking method is used, chicken is still 23 percent
fat. Compare that with the fat in a baked potato (1 percent), steamed
cauliflower (6 percent), and baked beans (4 percent), and any ideas that
chicken is a health food melt away. Fancy packages can't disguise the
fact that chicken and all meats are muscles, and muscles are made of protein
and fat.
Q: Do I need the protein in chicken?
A: We all need some protein, and there is more than enough in grains,
beans, and vegetables. The amount of protein consumed by Americans who
eat meat has elevated their risks for serious health problems. Years ago,
we believed there was no such thing as protein overload, but now we know it is
a major culprit in calcium loss, causing osteoporosis. Too much protein
also puts a
strain on the kidneys, forcing them to expel extra nitrogen in the urine, increasing
the risk for kidney disease. Also, the combination of fat, protein, and
carcinogens found in cooked chicken creates troubling risks for colon
cancer. A healthy vegetarian diet contains just the right balance of
protein -- not too much and not too little.
Q: What's NOT in chicken?
A: Chicken, no matter how smartly advertised, will never contain fiber,
complex carbohydrates, or vitamin C. Fiber is the heavy-duty cleanser of
the digestive tract, carrying away excess hormones filtered from the blood,
while it lowers cholesterol -- naturally. Complex carbohydrates, found
only in plants, are low in calories and boost metabolism, aiding in weight
loss.
Vitamin C and other antioxidants are vital cancer fighters. When chicken
meat takes the place of vegetables, grains, and fruits on your plate, your
supply of vitamins dwindles. Chicken not only gives you a load of fat you
don't want, it displaces metabolism- and immune-boosting foods that are
essential to good health and weight control.
Q: Where do heterocyclic amines come in?
A: Heterocyclic amines (HCAs) are potent carcinogens produced from
creatine, amino acids, and sugars in poultry and other meats during
cooking. These same chemicals are found in tobacco smoke and are 15 times
more concentrated in grilled chicken than beef.
HCAs may be one of the reasons meat-eaters have much higher colon cancer rates
-- about 300 percent higher compared to veegetarians.
Q: Is chicken . . . poisonous?!
A: With live salmonella bacteria growing inside one in every three
packages of chicken, it is making a lot of people sick. Although deaths
from salmonella poisonings sometimes make the evening news, millions more cases
that cause flu-like symptoms go unaccounted. Salmonella poisoning can cause
vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and low-grade fever lasting for several
days. When it spreads to the blood and other organs, it can be fatal --
and is, for as many as 9,000 people every year.
The new kid on the chopping block -- campylobacter -- infects as many as
two-thirds of all prepackaged chicken. Salmonella and campylobacter have
become increasingly common because modern factory farms crowd thousands of
chickens in tightly confined spaces, where excrement and other forms of
bacteria spread contaminants.
Q: Does chicken have the same amount of cholesterol as beef?
A: Yes, yes, and yes! Four ounces of beef -- just the size of a
deck of cards -- and four ounces of chicken both contain about 100 milligrams
of cholesterol, and the cholesterol from chicken does just as good a job at
clogging arteries and causing heart disease. The human body produces
cholesterol on its own and never needs outside sources. Each added dose
contributes to artery blockages, leading to heart attacks, strokes, and other
serious problems.
Spaghetti, tomatoes, baked beans, bananas, broccoli, and all other plant foods
are free of cholesterol and will never contribute to coronary disease and
related illnesses.
Source: pcrm@pcrm.org
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List of Plants Poisonous to
Dogs
Acocanthera
-- Fruit and Flowers Machineel
Airplane Plant
Mayapple -- All parts, except fruit
Amanita Mushroom
Mescal
Bean
Amaryllis -- bulbs
Milk Vetch
Amsinckia/Tarweed -- Foliage, Seeds Milkweeds -- Foliage
Anemone
Mistletoe Berries
Angel Trumpet Tree -- Flowers / Leaves Moccasin Flower
Apple Seeds / bark
Mock orange -- Fruit
Apricot Pits & Seed Kernal
Monkshood
Atropa Belladona
Morning glory
Avocado Leaves
Mother-In-Law's Tongue
Azalea
Mountain laurel
Balsam Pear - Seeds / Outer Rind of Fruit Mushrooms (many wild
forms)
Baneberry
Narcissus -- Bulbs
Beach Pea
Narcissus Jonquilla
Betel Nut Palm
Natal Cherry
Belladonna
Nicotine Bush
Bird Of Paradise -- Seeds Nightshades
Bittersweet -- Berries
Oak - Acorns/Leaves (some lethal)
Black-Eyed Susan
Oleander (very poisonous)
Black Locust
Onion
Black walnut
Peach --
Pit
Bladder Pod
Pear Seeds
Bloodroot
Pennyroyal -- Foliage/Flowers
Bluebonnet
Peony
Bottlebrush -- Flowers
Periwinkle
Boxwood Bleeding Heart
Philodendron
Boxwood Tree
Pikeweed
Buckthorn -- Fruit, Bark Pine Needles
Buttercup -- Sap, Bulbs
Poison
Hemlock
Caladium
Poison Ivy
Calla Lily
Poison Oak
Cardinal Flower
Poison Sumac
Carolina Jessamine
Pokeweed
Cassava -- Roots
Pokewood/Poke cherry - Roots/Fruit
Castor Bean -- Leaves, Bean Poppy
Chalice vine / Trumpet vine Potato plant - New shoots/Eyes
Cherry Tree -- Everything Except Fruit Potato vine
Cherry Laurel
Privet Shrub
Chinaberry Tree -- Berries
Rattlebox
Christmas Berry -- Berries
Rhododendron
Christmast Cactus -- Sap
Rhubarb Plants
Christmas Candle
Rosary Peas - Pods/Seeds/Flowers
Christmas Rose
Russian Thistle
Christmas Tree -- Needles, Tree Water Sago Palm
Common Prive
Salmonberry
Columbine
Scarlet Pimpernel
Coral plant
Senecio / Fiddleneck
Corn Cockle
Skunk Cabbage
Crocus Bulbs
Snapdragon
Croton
Snowdrop
Cyclamen
Spanish Bayonet
Daffodil
Spider Plant
Daphne -- Berries
Spinach
Datura / Jimsonweed
Star Of
Bethlehem
Deadly Amanita
Sudan Grass
Deadly Nightshade
Sundew
Death Cap Mushroom
Tansy -
Foliage, Flowers
Death Camas
Tarweed
Deiffenbachia / Dumb Cane Thornapple
Destroying Angel / Death Cap
Tiger Lily
Diffenbachia
Toad flax -- Foliage
Dogwood -- Fruit
Toadstools
Dragon Tree
Tobacco Leaves/Plants
Dutchman's Breeches
Tomato
Plant - All but fruit
Eggplant -- Foliage
Tomato vine
Elderberry -- Foliage
Touch-Me-Not
Elephant's Ear / Taro -- Foliage Toyon Berry -- Berries
English Holly Berries
Trillium -- Foliage
English Ivy
Trumpet Vine
Equisetum
Tulips
Euphorbia / Spurges
Venus
Flytrap
False Hellebore
Verbena
False Henbane
Virginia Creeper -- Sap
Fiddleneck / Senecio
Water Hemlock
Fly Agaric / Amanita
Weeping Fig
Four O'Clock
Wildflower
Foxglove
Wild Parsnip -- Roots, Foliage
Gelsemium
Wisteria
Ghostweed / Snow On The Mountain
Yellow Jessamine
Golden chain / Laburnum
Yellow Star Thistle
Hemlock
Yew
(American/English/Japanese)
Holly
Holly Berries (English and American)
Horse chesnut
Horsetail Reed / Equisetum Hyacinth -- Bulbs
Hydrangea -- Flower Buds
Iris -- Bulb
Ivy
Jack-In-The-Pulpit /Indian Turnip
Jasmine
Jasmine Star
Jatropha -- Seeds, Sap
Java bean -- Uncooked Bean
Jerusalem Cherry -- Berries
Jessamine -- Berries
Jimsonweed
Johnson Grass
Juniper -- Needles, Stems and Berries
Laburnum
Lambkill / Sheep laurel
Lantana
Larkpsur
Laurel
Lobelia
Locoweed
Lords and Ladies / Cuckoopint
Lily of the Valley -- All parts of the plant, as well as vase water
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AR2000
Update
Three
deadlines for with Animal Rights 2000 are approaching:
1) Our hotel block is due to expire on Tuesday, June 6
2) The Exhibitor Contracts are due on June 15
3) The $180 registration rate goes up to $200 on June 20.
Registration can be accomplished with a credit card at www.AnimalRights2000.org
or 888-FARM USA, as well as by sending a web site registration form with
payment by mail.
The Animal Rights 2000 web site (http://www.animalrights2000.org) has been
updated with a conference schedule, a layout of the meeting and exhibit
facilities, and the latest information on speakers and supporting
organizations.
This promises to be truly the best animal rights conference ever, with nearly
1,000 participants, more than 100 speakers, 75 workshops, 50 campaign reports,
12 'rap' sessions, 8 affinity meetings, four plenary sessions, Animal Rights
Hall of Fame, Year of the Humane Child observance, employment clearing house,
tour of DC, and Lobby Day. Don't miss it!
ANIMAL RIGHTS 2000 -- Washington, DC; July 1-5
Be there for the animals and bring a friend!
http://www.AnimalRights2000.org; 1-888-FARM USA
From:
farm@farmusa.org (FARM)
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Job Opening
Grant
Writing Coordinator:
Seeking full-time professional grant writer for The Fund for Animals' national
campaign office in Silver Spring, Maryland. Duties include researching
possibilities for foundation and corporate grants; writing and submitting grant
proposals; and working on other miscellaneous fundraising projects. Candidates
must have previous grant writing experience; excellent writing and
communications skills; excellent attention to details and deadlines; and
commitment to the animal protection movement. Send letter, resume, and writing
sample to:
Michael Markarian; fax: 301-585-3269; email: mmarkarian@fund.org
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Eat a Pizza and Plant a Tree
from PrkStRangr@aol.com
Burger and Sour Cream Pizza, Vegan Style
My
Mom used to make a great pizza with hamburger and sour cream. Here is a
veganized version.
3 vegan burger patties, Boca brand or similar
1 medium onion, diced
5 large cloves fresh garlic, diced
1 and 1/2 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
tsp dried oregano
tsp dried basil
1 cup Tofutti Sour Supreme
olive oil
pizza crust mix
Make your own pizza dough or use commercial brand to form a 12"
pizza. Heat a couple of teaspoons of olive oil in a frying pan and add
thawed, crumbled veggie burgers, mushrooms, onion, garlic and herbs. Stir
fry for about 10-15 minutes. When done add Sour Supreme, stir well and
reduce heat. Cook pizza crust. A couple of minutes before it is
done spread on the sour cream burger mixture. Finish baking.
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And
in those couple of minutes you are waiting, you can plant a tree.
Simply by clicking at this link webreleaf.com http://www.webreleaf.com
you can help restore our nation forests and provide habitat for
wildlife. It's free.
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"Pets On Planes Bill"
Becomes Law
President Clinton signs FAA Act Including Lautenberg
Legislation
April 17, 2000 the "Safe Air Travel for Animals Act" became law when
President Clinton signed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA)
Reauthorization Act. The FAA Act, which funds federal aviation operations and
facilities and grants to airports, included the legislation sponsored by
Senator Lautenberg.
The goal of the Safe Air Travel for Animals Act is to reduce accidents and poor
treatment of animals when they are transported on commercial airlines.
The law gives consumers the right to know how airlines treat their pets.
Airlines will now have to provide monthly reports to the U.S. Transportation
Secretary on the loss, injury or death of animals. This data will be published
so consumers can find out how an airline will treat the family pet before they
use it to transport an animal.
"Every pet is a valued member of someone's family and deserves to be
treated humanely," Senator Lautenberg said. "This law sets a new
standard for the care animals receive on airplanes -- a standard based on
compassion rather than convenience. "
Airlines will also be required to train airline employees on how to care for
and transport animals, and passengers will be informed under what conditions
their pet is flying. If a pet dies while being transported, the airline will
have to pay the owner $2500.
Senator Lautenberg introduced the pets on planes legislation after viewing a
report by WWOR-TV UPN 9 News I-Team which exposed the lack of regulations and
detailed the bad experiences consumers had when they transported their pets by
commercial airlines.
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Heaven
A man was riding his horse down a road, his dog
padding along by their side. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly
occurred to him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that his horse and dog had been dead for years. He
wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the
road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a
tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.
When he was standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that
looked like mother of pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like
pure gold. He nudged the horse toward the gate, and as he got closer, he
saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out,
"Excuse me, where are we?"
"This is heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked.
"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right
up." The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
"Can my friends," gesturing downward towards his horse and dog,
"come in, too?" the traveler asked.
"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept animals."
The man thought a moment and then turned his horse back toward the road and
continued the way he had been going.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt
road which led through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been
closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man
inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book. "Excuse me!"
he called to the reader. "Do you have any water?"
"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there." The man pointed to a place
that couldn't be seen from outside the gate. "Come on in."
"How about my friends here?" the traveler asked.
"There should be a bowl and a bucket by the pump." They went through
the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl and
a bucket beside it. The traveler filled the bowl and took a long drink
himself, then gave some to the dog while he filled the bucket for his horse.
When they all were satisfied, he led his horse back toward the man who was
standing by the tree waiting for them, the dog following faithfully behind.
"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
"This is heaven," was the answer.
"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down
the road said that was heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope.
That's hell."
"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"
"No. I can see how you might think so, but we're just happy that they
screen out the folks who'll leave their best friends behind."
Contributed
by: tapster@mindspring.com (tapster)
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For Cleo
My heart is in the frost, little one, for thou hast left me,
and gone to the land where walks already thy mother and all thy kin.
Thou hast left me alone to mourn thee, my little girl,
and I will not be comforted.
Six short years thou dwelt with me, and I loved thee always,
I knew no other like unto thee - forever will thy place be empty.
Forever wilt thy presence be missed, and always will there be sadness
when thoughts of our loss do come.
I have seen thee, my little one, in a dream;
Thou wast in a place I knew not; a field, with golden grass -
Thou looked at me, thy eyes bright, thy face happy, but asking
"Why dost thou not follow me?"
Thou disappeared into the grass, and I have seen thee not again.
Forgive me, little one, for thy last hours, that I was not there -
Forgive me that you met death in the arms of strangers.
That grieveth me so I cannot tell thee, but I could not do otherwise -
Know that had I believed you that close I would have been with thee.
Thou wast with me during the times that tried heart and soul,
but thou didst not live to see the sun rise upon us.
Would that you could be with us now that the tide has finally turned!
I miss thee with each day, and look to your haunts, and hope to find you.
Old age will finally dim both sight and mind,
but memory of thee will last throughout -
I pray God of His infinite mercies to let me see you again
when it is my turn to cross the border.
Oh, how I hope that thou woke to find thyself with the Maker!
I hope that now He rubs your soft ears as I used to do!
I pray that one day we shall be together again
If it is His will.
Then know, my beloved, that truly thou wilt not be forgotten -
Truly, you live on in heart and mind.
Thy tiny body wilt be buried in the plot where we shall one day rest
In the hope that on a brighter day we will all be together again forever.
Richard.Eikenburg@f48.n382.z1.fidonet.org
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Quote To Remember
"I
have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men
such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder
of men."
~~Leonardo do Vinci
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