Vegetarian Times articles from April 2006

Vegetarian Times archives from April 2006

Finding your balance.
April 1, 2006... As we were doing a final read of this issue before sending it to press, it seemed like every fifth word was "spring." That's a little strange for a bunch of editors living in Southern California, where what passes for winter would easily count...

Question of the month: how do you celebrate earth day every day?(COMMUNITY)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2006... I try to recycle anything that can be recycled. I feel guilty throwing anything away and cringe when I see recyclables in my apartment complex's trash bins. I encourage friends, family and coworkers to recycle too. I also try to buy products...

Doing in Dolphins.(this just in: Need-to-know news about your health, diet, mind, body and the world you live in)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Whale watchers in Australia are inadvertently hurting dolphins. As the popularity of whale watching at Shark Bay has increased, the dolphin population has fallen by almost 15 percent in just four years, says researcher Lars Bejder, PhD,...

Fatal failure.(this just in: Need-to-know news about your health, diet, mind, body and the world you live in)(Poisoning from acetaminophen)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Poisoning from acetaminophen--yes, from Tylenol and its clones--now accounts for 42 percent of the nation's cases of sudden, acute liver failure, reports the December 2005 issue of the journal Hepatology. Over a six-year period ending in 2003,...

Friendlier skies.(this just in: Need-to-know news about your health, diet, mind, body and the world you live in)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Airport food is improving, with Chicago's O'Hare International offering the most healthful (read: meat-free) selections, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine reported in November 2005. During the five years in which the group has...

Eco-illiteracy.(this just in: need-to-know news about your health, diet, mind, body and the world you live in)(paper products America's No. 1 landfill material)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Even well-educated Americans who think they've got a grip on environmental threats have "very little real understanding" of the challenges ahead, according to the report "Environmental Literacy in America," issued in September 2005 by the...

Appetite for destruction.(this just in: need-to-know news about your health, diet, mind, body and the world you live in)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Animal agriculture--already the world's largest user of land threatens to consume even more of the world's acreage as Asian countries shift from their traditional plant-based diets to Westernized meat-based ones. But this land won't be used for...

Arctic poisons.(this just in: need-to-know news about your health, diet, mind, body and the world you live in)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Killer whales have displaced polar bears as the most toxic mammals in the Arctic, according to WWF, formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund. In December 2005, scientists announced that they had found pesticides and manmade poisons in the...

Lifesaving tea.(this just in: need-to-know news about your health, diet, mind, body and the world you live in)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By drinking just one cup a day of green or black tea, women may be able to lower their risk of ovarian cancer by 24 percent. By drinking at least two cups, the risk appears to drop by 48 percent. That's the finding of Swedish researchers who...

Breathless burgers.(this just in: need-to-know news about your health, diet, mind, body and the world you live in)(children who eat fast food hamburgers more likely to develop asthma )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Children who eat fast food hamburgers even once a week are 75 percent more likely to develop asthma than children who eat none, found researchers at New Zealand's Wellington Medical School. Kids who eat burgers are also 100 percent more likely...

Gear up for salad days.(goods: VEG-FRIENDLY, PLANET-CONSCIOUS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Getting five servings of veggies a day is fun with these colorful salad bawls made from bamboo, one of Earth's fastest-growing (read: most replenishable) plants. Bambu Home uses a species that isn't part of pandas' diets. Top your salad with...

Bags & biscuits.(goods: VEG-FRIENDLY, PLANET-CONSCIOUS)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Two things every dog owner needs: an endless stash of handy clean-up bags and healthful biscuits. Two steps in the right direction: First, this better-than-most grocery bag holder from Simple Human. It mounts easily inside cabinet doors and...

Soy beautiful.(health: SHOP)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Celebrate Soy Month with a little pampering. Sound odd? More than just nutritious, protein-rich soy is moisturizing, rejuvenating and illuminating. Clean Bean This gentle, fragrance-free Shea Soy Facial Cleansing Bar will leave your...

Time to recycle.(health: SHOP)
April 1, 2006... Circuit boards are everywhere: computers, TVs, telephones and--as technology is updated--landfills. Motherboard Gifts keeps as much of this e-waste out of the environment as possible by recycling nonworking circuit boards into new products such...

Cruelty-free kicks.(health: SHOP)(earthvegan.us)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... As if you needed more reasons to shop for shoes, Earth's vegan spring line is spectacular--full of bright, fun colors in styles we love. The shoes' breathable microfiber materials and contoured footbeds are as comfortable as ever, and Earth's...

The good guys: these companies save trees by providing fair-trade papers made from renewable resources--not a chainsaw in sight.(health: SHOP)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Kenaf-tastic The smooth paper in these pocket-size notepads is made from kenaf, which needs no fertilizers or pesticides to grow. Plus, it yields nearly five times the fiber of Southern pines, the trees most paper is made from. From Boku...

Ask the naturopaths.(health: Q & A)
April 1, 2006... CAN I FIGHT allergies NATURALLY? Q: It's April, and I'm bracing myself for allergy season. Why does pollen make my nose run and eyes itch? Are there any nature-made ways to prevent allergy attacks? A: For more than 18 million...

A meat-free pregnancy: how to be a healthy vegetarian through the most important 9 months of your life--and what to tell your mother-in-law.(health: ECOBEAUTY)
April 1, 2006... I was just a couple of months pregnant when the questions started. My meat-and-potatoes mother-in-law would ask her son hopefully, "Has she started eating meat again?" Each time he'd laugh and say, "No." I chose vegetarianism for health and...

Ask the nutritionist: are the so-called good fats really good for you?(health: Q & A)
April 1, 2006... Q: Because I'm a vegetarian, everyone thinks my diet is fat-free. I know fats lurk in lots of foods, though. But aren't there some "good" fats? A: You're right, fats turn up in many foods (and yes, in some healthy ones). A quick...

Got soy? Because it comes in multiple forms, soy can star in many dishes.(quick: 5 INGREDIENTS)(Recipe)
April 1, 2006... When you think about it, soy is nothing short of a miracle. From a little green bean comes tofu, tempeh, miso paste, soy sauce, soymilk--and that's just the short list. While Asian countries caught on to soy's incredible versatility and...

Homemade take-out: easy ways to enjoy your favorite Asian treats--from peanut noodles to curry--without the super-high fat, sodium or MSG. Dig out your chopsticks!(quick: VEGLITE)(Recipe)
April 1, 2006... Of all the reasons we love Asian take-out--it's fast, inexpensive and comes in cute containers--the biggest is flavor. But even if Thai, Indian or Chinese dishes aren't currently in your repertoire, you can whip up some of your favorite Asian...

Carrot & stick: who walks the walk, who's nothing but talk.(life: values)
April 1, 2006... CARROTS TO The California Air Resources Board for requiring that all heavy-duty diesel trucks sold in the state beginning in 2008 must come with devices that automatically turn off engines after they've idled for five minutes. Truckers...

Alert: pesticides, by their very nature, exist for one purpose: to kill.(life: PROTEST)
April 1, 2006... Pesticides can't keep you from catching a disease and can't cure you when you've caught one. These chemicals can only hurt you. That's why contact with them should be avoided altogether, or at least minimized. Doesn't the US Environmental...

Opening day: a bluegrass band and fresh produce mean spring has arrived.(life: EXHALE)
April 1, 2006... Come the middle of April--no matter how cold the weather or how hard the rainfall, regardless of whether the Lenten rose is blooming, or a single song bird has appeared, shivering, from the south--I can always depend on one harbinger of spring:...

Japanese for beginners: no sushi. Just easy home cooking that celebrates spring.(cuisine: VEGAN GOURMET)(Recipe)
April 1, 2006... If you think all Japanese food is either sushi or kaiseki--the multicourse ceremonial meals made of artful small dishes--think again. When it comes to everyday cooking in the East, meals are uncomplicated, easy and often centered around a...

Lasagna done light: in Italy, lasagna is all about flavor, not how high the layers are stacked, as these slimmed-down recipes make deliciously clear.(Recipe)
April 1, 2006... Lasagna is like a sandwich: You can put anything between the layers and it's still lasagna. In America, that tends to mean a supersize stack of tomato sauce, cheese, vegetables, what-have-you--with calorie counts and fat grams to match. (One...

Buttermilk: luscious, low-fat and loaded with health benefits, buttermilk's a boon in the kitchen.(1 FOOD 5 WAYS)(Recipe)
April 1, 2006... Nobody's neutral about buttermilk mention it, and you'll get a puckered-mouth "Eww..." or a dreamy smile. If you're in the "eww" camp, just think of buttermilk biscuits, pancakes, muffins and scones. Because even if you never acquired a taste...

The kitchen wiz.(fridge NOTES)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... If you think of only three uses for vinegar (adding bite to salad dressings, getting the dirt out of linoleum and making your kid's papier-mache volcano erupt for the science fair), you're really not being very creative. It turns out that...

Fab 5.(fridge NOTES)
April 1, 2006... We don't print any recipes we don't think are terrific, but each month we always have some laves. These were our top five from this issue. 1. Buttermilk Crepes, p. 86 2. Asparagus-Pesto Lasagna, p. 69 3. Peanut Butter Panini with...

Save 163,000 trees.(fridge NOTES)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Saving a forest of trees would be a fitting way to observe Earth Day (April 22), wouldn't you agree? And all you have to do is replace one box of your regular facial tissues with a box of 100 percent recycled ones. If every household in America...

Repeat after me.(fridge NOTES)
April 1, 2006... "Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money." --Cree proverb