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FROM THE PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE
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Why PCRM Is Bringing the Government to Court—Again SPRING-SUMMER 2011
hy are people so slow to change?” Anyone who’s adopted a plant-based diet—and sees what
other people are still putting on their plates—must ask that question 10 times a day. Whether
you consider the animal suffering, the cost to the environment, or the toll in human illness, a meaty
diet makes no sense.
Certainly, more people than ever have taken animals off the menu. But if the issues are so obvious,
why doesn’t everyone change? The answer is that logic does not direct human behavior, at least not for
the most part.
Picture this: You’re in a crowded movie theater, and someone yells, “Fire!!” What do you do? Do you
race for the exit? No, you look around you. If other people appear calm and relaxed, you stay put. But
if everyone else is racing out the door, you’ll join them in a flash. If you had to think through the likelihood that a dropped cigarette or a fault in the electrical system had actually caused a fire—well, you
would be left behind while everyone else had evacuated. Similarly, an antelope is much safer charging
off with his fleeing herd than staying behind to sort out whether that shadow coming over the hillside
really is a lion.
Like it or not, a herd mentality is hard-wired into our brains, and for good reason. Logic is slow and
deliberate; herd instinct is instantaneous.
So why doesn’t everyone change? Because the rest of our “herd,” so to speak, is eating less-than-healthy
fare. We’re comforted in the thought that what most people are doing ought to be best for us, too.
So what can we do about it? The answer, of course, is to redirect herd mentality. With a consistent
push in the right direction, people can and will change.
The federal government has so far shirked that responsibility. Loyal to agribusiness and surprisingly
indifferent to health, the government gives only garbled hints about the risks of meat-based diets. The
new Dietary Guidelines for Americans follow the familiar pattern. They are clear about the benefits of fruits
and vegetables, but careful not to overtly criticize meat or dairy products.
Instead, they couch any cautionary language in biochemical terms, like
Loyal to agribusiness and
“saturated fat” and “cholesterol,” which are only loosely tied to specific
surprisingly indifferent to health, foods in most people’s minds. The government’s policies are careful not to
the government gives only
disrupt the herd mentality that keeps American beef, chicken, and cheese
in grocery carts and on American dinner tables.
garbled hints about the risks of
That’s why PCRM is again bringing the U.S. government to court (see
meat-based diets.
page 6). In our previous lawsuit over the Guidelines in 2000, the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia agreed with PCRM that the
Guidelines produced at that time had been concocted behind closed doors in a manner that violated
federal law. Partly as a result of that litigation, the new Guidelines are better in many ways. They are
the first to praise vegetarian and vegan diets and are thoughtful in many respects.
But they are not remotely strong or clear enough to stop Americans’ headlong
plunge into the disasters of obesity, diabetes, and other health problems. By law,
the government must tell Americans forthrightly what science has shown, and we
are demanding that it do so.
Redirecting herd mentality is not easy. But it certainly can be done, and we aim
to ensure that it is.
GOOD MEDICINE Spring-Summer 2011
ADVISORY BOARD
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. Cornell University
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D. The Cleveland Clinic
Henry J. Heimlich, M.D., Sc.D. The Heimlich Institute
Suzanne Havala Hobbs, Dr.P.H., M.S., R.D.
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D. Kaiser Permanente
John McDougall, M.D. McDougall Program
Virginia Messina, M.P.H., R.D. Nutrition Matters, Inc.
Milton Mills, M.D. Gilead Medical Group
Myriam Parham, R.D., C.D.E., C.L.C. Florida Hospital Zephyrhills
William Roberts, M.D. Baylor Cardiovascular Institute
Andrew Weil, M.D. University of Arizona
Affiliations are listed for identification only.
HARRY GIGLIO
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Neal D. Barnard, M.D.
President of PCRM
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Vote for Healthy School Lunch Recipes!
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Bill Would End Animal Use in Military Trauma Training
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Emily Deschanel Speaks Out for Chimpanzees
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RESEARCH ETHICS
NUTRITION
WEIGHT CONTROL
For Weight Loss, Diet Plays
Bigger Role than Exercise
By Kristie Sullivan, M.P.H.
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Federal Register, January 12, 2011.
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2006
R
esearchers in the
United Kingdom
have developed a new
nonanimal method of
studying asthma. Donna
Davies, Ph.D., at the University of Southampton
and Felicity Rose, Ph.D.,
at the University of Nottingham are
growing lung cells from asthma patients
in the laboratory. Researchers can study
the tissues to see how they differ from
tissues of a nonasthmatic person and can
test potential therapies on them.
Research into asthma treatments often
involves experiments using mice, dogs,
and primates. Human cell and tissue
methods have been underused, and dietary intervention studies with human
patients, although very promising, have
been neglected.
This new, promising, nonanimal
method is getting a $1.6 million boost
this year from the U.K. National Centre
for the Replacement, Refinement, and
Reduction of Animals in Research.
O
verweight adults are more likely
to die at any given point in time,
compared with their normal-weight
friends, according to a recent report
based on results from 1.46 million adults
participating in the National Cancer
Institute Cohort Consortium studies.
Moderately overweight women were 13
percent more likely to die over a 10-year
follow-up, while obese women had a 44
percent to 151 percent increased risk of
dying, compared with those of normal
weight. Men had similar increased risks.
Prior studies have shown nonvegetarians have higher BMIs than those who
consume plant-based diets.
de Gonzalez AB, Hartge P, Cerhan JR, et al. Body-mass index
and mortality among 1.46 million white adults. N Engl J Med.
2010;363:2211-2219.
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hen it comes to losing weight,
food choices have a much larger
effect than exercise, according to a new
study in the International Journal of
Obesity. A review of school-based interventions found that weight loss could
be achieved by diet changes alone, while
exercise without diet changes was not
effective. Researchers explain it is difficult to “out-exercise” dietary intake.
A one-hour bicycle ride, for example,
burns 240 calories, but one small order
of french fries—which can be consumed
in just a few minutes—contains nearly
the same number of calories.
Katz DL. Unfattening our children: forks over feet. Int J Obes.
2011;35:33-37.
RENAL HEALTH
Vegetarian Diets Better for Kidney Patients
V
egetarian diets are healthier for
kidney patients, compared with
animal-based diets, according to a recent study in the Clinical Journal of the
American Society of Nephrology. Patients
who followed vegetarian diets had lower
serum phosphorous levels, compared
with those who consumed meat. Maintaining normal phosphorous levels is
critical for patients with chronic kidney
disease and is typically controlled by
restricting intake.
Moe SM, Zidehsarai MP, Chambers MA, et al. Vegetarian compared with
meat dietary protein source and phosphorus homeostasis in chronic
kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;6:257-264.
OMEGA-3
Women on Vegan Diets Have High Omega-3 Levels
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pproximately 1,500 animals were given a reprieve
from fatal tests, thanks to PCRM
and other organizations that proved
to the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency that the tests were not necessary.
The EPA had requested that producers
of certain chemicals, including sorbic
acid and sulfonated castor oil, test the
chemicals for toxicity. Our scientists
showed that some of the tests could
be waived by using information from
chemicals that had very similar properties
and that other requested tests had already
been conducted.
Nonanimal Asthma
Research Takes Off
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PCRM Helps Save 1,500 Animals
from Chemical Testing
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are not up to the task. Aside from their
obvious cruelty, they are also expensive,
tediously slow, and unreliable.
Recent research by government agencies, companies, and universities has led
to innovative nonanimal chemical testing
methods. The Environmental Protection
Agency’s ToxCast Program uses hundreds
of “high-throughput” cell-based tests to
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ew nonanimal methods have made
it easier, faster, and cheaper for
chemical companies to produce new
products, satisfying the growing demand
for environmentally friendly products,
such as household cleaners.
As companies test their new “green”
products to show they are safer than the
ones they replace, traditional animal tests
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Sanderson, K. Chemistry: It’s not easy being green. Nature.
2011;469:18-20. doi:10.1038/469018a.
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Nonanimal Tests Help the Environment
Obesity Increases Risk of Death
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TOXICITY TESTING
screen green substances for a tiny fraction
of the cost of animal tests.
Major chemical manufacturers and
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, the University of California, Berkeley, and other major universities are developing new nonanimal
testing methods and linking them to
environmental initiatives, which is
good news for the environment, public
health, and animals.
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By Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., and Kathryn Strong, M.S., R.D.
omen following vegan diets had
plenty of omega-3 “good fats” in
their blood, compared with fish-eaters,
meat-eaters, and ovo-lacto vegetarians,
according to a new report from the
European Prospective Investigation into
Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study.
Levels in vegan men were not quite as
high as in vegan women.
Despite zero intake of long-chain
omega-3s eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and
substantially lower intake of their plantderived precursor alpha-linolenic acid
(ALA), vegan participants converted robust amounts of shorter-chain fatty acids
into these long-chain fatty acids. Of the
4,902 men and women studied, five men
and five women were considered vegan.
Welch AA, Shakya-Shrestha S, Lentjes MAH, Wareham NJ, Khaw KT.
Dietary intake and status of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in a
population of fish-eating and non-fish-eating meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans and the precursor-product ratio of a-linolenic acid
to long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: results from the EPICNorfolk cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;92:1040-1051.
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Prevention & Nutrition
PCRM Sues USDA
over Deceptive
Dietary Guidelines
Power to the Plate
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CRM’s lawsuit against the USDA also asks the
government to abandon the food pyramid. The
lawsuit demands a response to PCRM’s March 2010
petition requesting that the USDA and HHS withdraw the confusing MyPyramid food diagram and
instead use PCRM’s Power Plate diagram and PCRM’s
associated dietary guidelines.
In January, PCRM doctors and dietitians brought a
6-foot-high Power Plate to the White House and the
USDA headquarters. The Power Plate is straightforward—there are no confusing portion sizes or food
hierarchies to follow. It simply asks people to eat a
variety of all four food groups each day.
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n a lawsuit filed Feb. 15, 2011, PCRM is suing the
federal government over the newly released Dietary
Guidelines for Americans, accusing officials of using
deliberately obscure language regarding foods Americans should avoid. PCRM’s legal filing cites the government’s conflicts of interest and arbitrary and capricious
behavior in developing nutrition advice that was supposed to help Americans fight record obesity levels.
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The Dietary Guidelines—issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and
Human Services every five years—are the blueprint for
all federal nutrition programs, including school meals.
All federal nutrition policies and communications are
to be in sync with the Guidelines.
The current lawsuit is not the first time PCRM has
called the government on the carpet for faulty nutri-
tion guidance. A decade ago, PCRM sued the federal
government, charging that the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, 2000 had been prepared largely in secret
by a committee that included individuals with links to
the meat, dairy, and egg industries. The court ruled in
PCRM’s favor, and subsequent Guidelines have been
prepared through a more transparent process by committees with fewer industry ties.
The 2005 Dietary Guidelines were a step forward.
And the 2010 Dietary Guidelines are, in fact, the best
ever. They praise plant-based diets:
“Vegetarian-style eating patterns have been associated
with improved health outcomes—lower levels of obesity, a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, and lower
total mortality. Several clinical trials have documented
that vegetarian eating patterns lower blood pressure.”
The new Guidelines also devote two full pages to
vegetarian and vegan nutrition, showing exactly how
to pull a healthy diet together.
That is, the Guidelines call for limiting “cholesterol,”
“saturated fat,” and “solid fat.”
Similarly, while dairy products account for more
than 30 percent of the saturated (“bad”) fat in the
American diet, the Guidelines disguise this fat by splitting dairy products into many categories, including
cheese (8.5 percent), butter (2.9 percent), whole milk
(3.4 percent), reduced-fat milk (3.9 percent), dairy
desserts (5.6 percent), and pizza (5.9 percent), so their
contribution to ill health is harder to see.
The new Guidelines also continue to give undue
emphasis to dairy products, downplaying more healthful sources of calcium, such as green leafy vegetables
and beans. This, despite studies clearly showing that
children who get calcium from foods other than dairy
products have totally normal bone development and
other studies showing that older adults who drink milk
have no protection from osteoporosis-related fractures.
Why It Matters
At a time when Americans are in the worst physical
shape in history and childhood obesity is at unprecedented levels, the government cannot beat around the
bush or kowtow to agribusiness, according to PCRM.
“The new Dietary Guidelines mention ‘solid fats’ 155
times, beginning in the Executive Summary,” PCRM
FIGURE-4. Sources of Saturated Fat in the Diets of the U.S. Population
Ages 2 Years and Older, NHANES 2005-2006a
So What’s Wrong?
Despite the major steps forward, the new Guidelines
perpetuate a fatal flaw found in previous iterations—a
flaw that PCRM contends is designed to keep Americans eating unhealthy foods.
The problem is word choice. For healthful foods that
people should eat more of, the Guidelines are clear. They
encourage readers to eat more fruits, vegetables, and
whole grains. But when it comes to foods people need
to eat less of (e.g., meat and cheese), the Guidelines resort
This graphic in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 disguises the amount of saturated fat from dairy products.
to biochemical terms instead of listing specific foods, It breaks up dairy products into many categories, including cheese, butter, whole milk, reduced-fat milk, dairy desserts,
apparently out of fear of upsetting food producers. and pizza, so their contribution to health problems is harder to discern. (Credit: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010.)
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DGA-Speak: “Consume less than 300 mg per day of dietary
cholesterol.”
Translation: Eat fewer or no animal products. Meat, dairy
products, and eggs are the only sources of dietary cholesterol.
DGA-Speak: “Reduce the intake of calories from solid fats…”
Translation: Reduce or eliminate meat and dairy intake. These are
the biggest contributors of solid fats in the American diet.
DGA-Speak: “Consume less than 10 percent of
calories from saturated fatty acids…”
Translation: Skip the cheese, ice cream, and
other dairy products. Dairy products are the No.
1 source of saturated fat in an American’s diet.
In Their Worst Interests
Why is the federal government issuing confusing
and misleading nutrition advice? PCRM’s lawsuit cites
the USDA’s conflicts of interest. By law, the USDA is
tasked with encouraging Americans to eat healthfully,
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Spell It Out
A range of journalists and nutrition researchers have
joined PCRM in pointing out the Guidelines’ lapses.
At the press conference unveiling the new Guidelines,
POLITICO reporter and former New York Times food
columnist Marian Burros questioned USDA secretary
Tom Vilsack about the blatant omissions in the document. Vilsack, a defendant in PCRM’s lawsuit, tried to
sidestep the question, but Burros demanded an answer.
“You didn’t answer my question,” Burros said. “Why
don’t you specifically say, ‘Eat less meat’?”
Walter Willett, M.D., M.P.H., chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public
Health, addressed the document’s ambiguity in a National Public Radio interview. “What Americans really
should be told is we need to eat less red meat, less cheese,
less ice cream, and less refined grains,” Dr. Willett said
on the Diane Rehm Show.
The government’s efforts to soften the language of
the Dietary Guidelines to protect the meat and dairy
interests throw the Guidelines themselves into doubt.
With one in three children overweight and health care
expenditures breaking records every day, PCRM holds
that we cannot afford federal health guidance that is
anything other than honest.
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attorney Dan Kinburn writes in the lawsuit. “However,
the Dietary Guidelines fail to explain that meat and
cheese are sources of solid fat until page 25.”
Nowhere do the Guidelines advise Americans to avoid
these products.
“The Dietary Guidelines are meant to be read by
the ‘general public’ and not by scientists, biochemists,
Nobel Laureates, or others with particular expertise,”
Kinburn points out.
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but the agency must also promote agricultural profits.
And conflicts of interest, while less common than
before, were still found in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines
Advisory Committee. One member, Cheryl Achterberg,
is a former scientific advisor to the Dannon Institute
and has received grants from Kraft General Foods and
Campbell’s Soup. Another member, Miriam E. Nelson,
served on an advisory council for McDonald’s.
In addition to these ties, the USDA is pressured by
industry representatives peddling everything from meat
and cheese to soda and bubblegum.
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CRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., has been
crisscrossing the nation this spring to spread the
word about the 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart.
Dr. Barnard’s latest book gives health-conscious consumers a three-week immersion in what is essentially
a perfect diet. The book, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart,
includes more than 60 recipes, daily meal plans for the
21-day program, tips for grocery shopping, and more.
Dr. Barnard advises readers on foods that help
boost metabolism, tame the appetite, and lower cholesterol. He also gives practical advice on how to stick
to a healthful vegan diet while traveling and in social
situations. Alicia Silverstone, author of The Kind Diet,
wrote the book’s foreword, and many other celebrities,
physicians, and athletes got involved with the project.
“I’ve seen so many people find great success using the
tools Dr. Barnard gives you in this book,” Silverstone
writes. “Your goal may be just to drop weight. But guess
what? While following this program, you will feel better
than you ever have.”
In March, Dr. Barnard also took the Kickstart tour
to PBS stations with his new program, “Kickstart Your
Health,” based on the concepts in the book.
To order Dr. Barnard’s new book, 21-Day Weight Loss
Kickstart, see page 21 or visit PCRM.org/Shop.
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Pediatrics Training
Doctors Learn to Unhook Patients from Problem Foods
ealth care professionals learned about new treatment options for diabetes, high cholesterol,
hypertension, and weight problems this February in
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. At PCRM’s continuing education
program, doctors, dietitians, and nurses learned how
plant-based nutrition can help their patients avoid and
even reverse many serious health conditions.
PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., and PCRM
director of diabetes education and care Caroline Trapp,
M.S.N., C.D.E., discussed the latest scientific evidence
showing that low-fat vegan diets prevent and reverse
type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases. Participants
left with the knowledge and resources to help patients
slim down, cut their blood sugars, and reduce or eliminate medication use.
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about this topic, please visit NutritionCME.org.
NutritionCME.org is co-sponsored by PCRM and The
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free online continuing medical education courses on
diabetes, cancer, obesity, and other health topics.
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ediatrics residents at the University of Washington
force plastic tubes down ferrets’ windpipes to practice endotracheal intubation. PCRM recently launched
a campaign to end the use of animals for pediatrics training at the University of Washington and other schools.
Since PCRM’s campaign started last year, one school
has already switched from using ferrets and rabbits to
using modern simulators.
The University of Texas Health Science Center in
San Antonio, Texas, used ferrets to teach endotracheal
intubation. It used rabbits to teach chest tube placement,
which involved making an incision between the animal’s
ribs and pushing a plastic tube into the chest cavity. Each
year, the school used 10 ferrets and four rabbits. PCRM
contacted the school last fall about switching to modern
nonanimal methods, and in December invoked the Texas
Open Records Act to obtain information about the
program’s animal use. In March, the chair of the school’s
pediatrics department contacted PCRM to confirm that
they had stopped using animals as of Jan. 1, 2011.
But the University of Washington (UW) continues
to use ferrets. PCRM doctors filed a federal complaint
against UW for its abuse of animals. Animals used in
these training procedures often suffer tracheal bruising,
bleeding, scarring, and severe pain, and some have died.
The ferrets are used repeatedly with only two weeks
between procedures.
“It is unnecessary to traumatize and harm animals
to teach pediatric medical procedures, especially when
validated simulators are widely available,” says pediatrician Leslie Brown, M.D., a PCRM member who
co-signed the federal complaint. “A human infant’s
anatomy is different from a ferret’s, and residents at
the university can get a better education using human
patient simulators.”
The Premie HAL and Premie Blue simulators from
Gaumard are specifically designed to replicate the
anatomy of premature newborns and have an anatomically correct airway, including a tongue, vocal cords,
and trachea.
Almost 90 percent of pediatrics residencies in the
United States already use nonanimal education methods. Studies have shown that residents trained using
simulators display great proficiency in pediatric intubation, compared with those who practice on animals.
PCRM will continue to push to end this practice.
ONLINE> Take action and watch a video of Premie HAL at PCRM.org/Pediatrics.
Vote for Healthy School Lunch Recipes!
Nurse attendees
We need your help. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
has announced the finalists in its Recipes for Healthy Kids contest! Please vote to encourage the USDA to include these healthy
vegan recipes on school lunch menus across the country:
ONLINE> Vote for these recipes at RecipesforKidsChallenge.com/submissions.
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These recipes are free of animal products and low in fat. Voting for them will help ensure that students across the country
have access to healthy vegan options in the lunch line.
Dietitian attendees
GAUMARD
Vote for Spanish Chickpea Stew in the legume category and
Tasty Tots in the vegetable category.
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Research Issues
Research Issues
PCRM Scientists Push for Nonanimal
Cosmetics Testing
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onanimal tests can make
American cosmetic products more competitive in the
international market, PCRM
scientists explained at the
annual Society of Toxicology meeting in Washington,
D.C., in March. PCRM’s
Nancy Beck, Ph.D., and
Kristie Sullivan, M.P.H.,
explained that the European
Union’s recent ban of cosmetics tested on animals has
Erin Hill, vice president of Institute for In Vitro Sciences, and Kristie
Sullivan, M.P.H., PCRM scientific and policy adviser, at the American
spurred the development of
Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology booth.
nonanimal testing methods.
The Safe Cosmetics Act, a bill proposed in the last
Congress that will likely be re-introduced, could increase
animal testing. This would conflict with the European ban
Two Maryland Medical Schools Use and Kill Animals
A
scalpel slices through a live pig’s
throat. The chest is cracked open.
An instructor shocks and manipulates
the heart. Ultimately, the animal is killed.
This is what animals go through in classes
for medical students at the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences
in Silver Spring, Md.
A training video PCRM obtained
through the Freedom of Information
Act reveals this unlawful use of live pigs
to teach first-year medical students at
the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences (USUHS). The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine
in Baltimore, Md., also uses live animals
in its medical student curriculum.
on cosmetics tested on animals and could make it
difficult for American cosmetics companies to export
products to Europe. It could also force cruelty-free
cosmetics companies to begin testing ingredients on
animals. PCRM is encouraging lawmakers to follow
the EU approach and ban testing of cosmetics on
animals, in addition to using other strategies to efficiently and effectively assess the safety of cosmetic
ingredients without using animals.
The Society of Toxicology meeting gives toxicology
experts a chance to network and learn about new
test methods. The American Society for Cellular and
Computational Toxicology (ASCCT), which PCRM
co-founded, had a booth at the meeting and doubled
its already strong list of members.
ONLINE> Learn more about ASCCT at ASCCTox.org.
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Michael D. Metzler, M.D., an emergency medicine physician
from Summit, N.J., and PCRM research and education programs
coordinator Noah Gittell spoke to Members of Congress about the
BEST Practices Act.
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KRISTIN ADAIR
decided to spare these squirrel monkeys from the
pain and suffering they would have endured had
this research gone forward, neither NASA nor
Brookhaven National Laboratory has shared with
the public the fate of the monkeys who were to
be involved.”
The NASA experiments, proposed by McLean
Hospital researcher Jack Bergman, would have involved irradiating monkeys at Brookhaven National
Laboratory and then shipping them to McLean to
test for cognitive impairment. PCRM worked with
Members of Congress, celebrities, and local officials
to block the experiments.
Bergman has used squirrel monkeys for more than
a quarter century in addiction experiments, which
have involved applying electric shocks, withholding
food, and completely immobilizing the animals in
restraint chairs for extended periods.
Several sanctuaries are willing to provide homes for
the squirrel monkeys no longer needed for the NASA
experiment.
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group of Massachusetts
physicians is asking
McLean Hospital to release 10
squirrel monkeys to sanctuaries. The monkeys were slated
for NASA’s radiation experiments, which were recently
canceled thanks in large part
to PCRM’s efforts.
In a letter to the president
of McLean Hospital near Boston, where the experiments
would have taken place,
PCRM member and Harvard
graduate Marge Peppercorn,
M.D., and 12 other doctors
urge the institution to transfer the squirrel monkeys to
primate sanctuaries.
The doctors write, “While
we are happy that NASA has
medical and research adviser. “A pig’s
anatomy is different from a human’s,
and medical students can get a better
education using state-of-the-art, humancentered technology.”
Both USUHS and Johns Hopkins have
numerous simulators at their on-campus
simulation centers. If these simulation centers were fully utilized, the universities could
immediately replace the use of animals.
Nonanimal training methods are used
by more than 95 percent of U.S. medical
schools and all Canadian medical schools.
ONLINE> To take action and watch the video of USUHS’
training (Warning: Video contains graphic images), visit
PCRM.org/MDAnimalLabs.
Bill Would End Animal Use in Military Trauma Training
Doctors Call for Sanctuary for
NASA Squirrel Monkeys
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Last month, Maryland physicians,
including two Johns Hopkins graduates,
joined PCRM in filing criminal complaints
with two state’s attorney’s offices to halt
both schools’ animal laboratories, which
violate the Maryland animal cruelty law.
Fifty-three pigs are used and killed in
USUHS’ training each year. In Johns
Hopkins’ third-year surgery rotation, students make incisions and insert endoscopes
(long tubes with cameras) into the pig. The
procedures cause severe injuries, and the
animals are killed at the end of each session. “Training on live animals is cruel to
the animals and is an inferior educational
experience for the students,” says John
Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., PCRM senior
ore than 6,000 animals are stabbed
and suffer amputations and other
severe injuries every year as part of U.S.
military trauma training courses. But that
could soon change. A bill that would replace animal-based military training with
high-tech simulators and other proven,
modern methods is being re-introduced
in the 112th Congress.
Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., ranking
Democrat on the House Committee
on Veterans’ Affairs, is introducing the
bipartisan Battlefield Excellence through
Superior Training Practices Act, or BEST
Practices Act, this spring. Rep. Walter
B. Jones, R-N.C., has signed on as a
co-sponsor. PCRM’s pioneering efforts
in this area have been endorsed by the
Uniformed Services Disabled Retirees,
the Korean War Veterans Association
(KWVA), and the African-American Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder Association.
“It is an urgent necessity for the military to replace its animal-based trauma
… training programs with more effective, proven training methods, including
high-fidelity human patient simulators
and rotations in civilian trauma training centers,” wrote Frank E. Cohee Jr.,
national secretary of KWVA, in a letter
to members of Congress. “These training
methods teach medics, corpsmen and
other military medical personnel skills
relevant to treating human injuries.”
Under the BEST Practices Act, live
animals used in combat trauma training
would be replaced by superior training
methods, including the Cut Suit from
Strategic Operations. The bill sets a three-
year timeline for the development and validation of new methods, and an additional
two-year timeline for implementation. It
also requires the Department of Defense
to provide an annual report to Congress
on its progress to ensure a safe transition.
PCRM doctors and legislative experts
are reaching out to Members of Congress
and urging them to support this bill.
ONLINE> To watch a video of the Cut Suit and to help
ensure that the BEST Practices Act becomes law, go to
BetterMilitaryMedicine.org.
William Morris, M.D., who was an Army neurosurgeon for 20 years,
on Capitol Hill with PCRM manager of research and education
programs Ryan Merkley. Dr. Morris practices in Tacoma, Wash.
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Research Issues
Research Issues
PCRM Petitions NIH to Return
Chimpanzees to Alamogordo
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ctress Emily Deschanel, who plays a crime-solving scientist on
the TV show Bones, wrote to the director of NIH about this reallife crime against animals.
“I’m thrilled that the National Institutes of Health has suspended
plans to move the 186 chimpanzees who live at the Alamogordo
Primate Facility to Southwest National Primate Research Center. But
I am concerned about the well-being of the 14 chimpanzees who
were moved to Southwest before this decision was made,” Deschanel wrote in her letter to Dr. Collins. “These aging chimpanzees
were moved from near retirement in New Mexico to a facility that
conducts painful, invasive experiments on animals and has a long
history of animal abuse.”
ONLINE> Join Deschanel in urging NIH to return these 14 chimpanzees to retirement
in New Mexico. Use our “Take Action” page to send an e-mail at PCRM.org/Alamogordo.
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hanks to the efforts of PCRM and its members,
three more institutions recently joined the overwhelming majority of North American facilities using
only nonanimal methods for trauma training. The University of Massachusetts and two Canadian institutions,
Hamilton Health Sciences at McMaster University and
Saint John Hospital in New Brunswick, now teach
lifesaving trauma procedures with high-tech simulators
instead of animals.
ONLINE> Urge the few remaining institutions using animals for trauma training to switch to modern nonanimal methods. Take action at PCRM.org/Research.
U.S. Forms Panel to Assess Protections for Human Research Participants
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Emily Deschanel Speaks Out for Chimpanzees
PCRM’s complaint calls for the chimpanzees to be returned to retirement in Alamogordo. Moving the chimpanzees was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of agency discretion,
and in violation of the federal Administrative Procedure
Act, according to the 15 experts filing the complaint.
The 14 chimpanzees have not been used in experiments for about a decade and some suffer from chronic
conditions related to old age, captivity, and past use in
experiments, including severe heart disease, liver disease,
viral infections, and diabetes. Since their move to the
Texas research laboratory, Rosie and her companions
have already been subjected to multiple liver biopsies and
other procedures that require chemical immobilization.
The Texas facility houses both a primate center and a
biosafety level 4 laboratory and conducts primate experiments involving bioterrorism agents and other deadly
pathogens, including the Ebola virus and anthrax. In
addition, the facility has a poor record of animal care.
A few months after the 14 were transferred, the 186
chimpanzees remaining in New Mexico were granted a
reprieve from transfer and further experimentation while
the Institute of Medicine conducts an in-depth analysis
of the use of chimpanzees in experiments. This process
could lead to the United States joining other developed
nations in ending experiments on chimpanzees.
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osie was chemically
immobilized 99 times
by laboratory workers. Now
the 29-year-old chimpanzee, who spent years in
laboratory cages before
being granted a reprieve
from testing, is again suffering invasive procedures.
Last summer, the federal
government shipped Rosie
and 13 other chimpanzees
to a controversial laboratory
in San Antonio, Texas.
Nearly 200 chimpanzees remain exempt from research
in Alamogordo, N.M., thanks to the efforts of PCRM,
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and others. But
the 14 chimpanzees transferred to Texas are slated for
infectious disease experiments.
In response, PCRM filed a legal complaint with the
office of Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) in early March,
holding that NIH acted unlawfully when it transferred
these chimpanzees to the Texas Biomedical Research
Institute for use in invasive experiments.
More North American Schools End Animal Labs
mproved protections for human research participants
will be the focus of a new international panel. The
Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues formed
the International Research Panel in response to a report
last October that American scientists had deliberately
infected hundreds of Guatemalan prisoners and psychiatric patients with sexually transmitted diseases in
the 1940s.
President Barack Obama asked the bioethics commission to consider and report on U.S. and international
standards governing research involving human subjects.
The new panel includes experts on research ethics,
science, and clinical research from Argentina, Brazil,
China, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Russia, Uganda,
Belgium, and the United States.
PCRM Wins Workplace
Excellence Awards
P
CRM has been awarded the Workplace
Excellence Award for 2011 by the Alliance
for Workplace Excellence, recognizing PCRM as
a great place to work. PCRM has also won the
Health & Wellness Trailblazer Award, which recognizes employers that provide innovative programs
for employee health. PCRM’s employee education sessions on nutrition and other health topics,
healthful foods at staff events, support for physical
activity, and healthy eating programs helped the
organization win this noteworthy award.
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The Cancer Project
The Cancer Project Update
The News You Need
The Cancer Project
By Joseph Gonzales, R.D., and Susan Levin, M.S., R.D.
Spring into Good
Health with Food
for Life
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ince 2001, The Cancer Project has
been delivering its Food for Life
classes to help people fight cancer. Reaching more than 160 cities in the United
States, the program is also now available in Canada, Panama, Spain, and the
United Kingdom. To find a class near you,
visit CancerProject.org/Classes.
Lifestyle Changes Vital for
Preventing Cancer
Wish Your Community Had a Nutrition and Cooking Program?
I
f you’ve ever wished that your organization, educational institution, place
of worship, or community center offered
a practical program on how foods can
Hope and Inspiration
O
ne of the best things about The Cancer Project is its ability to bring people
together for a common cause—supporting good health and cancer survival
through healthful, plant-based diets. Every day, class attendees from our Food for
Life program and other supporters from around the world share their successes
with us, and we’re pleased to pass them along to you. Visit the “Personal Stories”
page on CancerProject.org to read about some high-profile cancer survivors like
Kris Carr, Christina Pirello, Meg Wolff, and Marlene Marcello. Their stories
share a common, empowering theme that you will want to read and share with
those you love.
fight and prevent disease,
now is the time
to ask about
The Cancer
Project’s Educational Alliance Program.
This innovative
program makes
it easy for institutions to offer our highly
effective class
series as part
of their repertoire. Whether
NUTRITION AND
for corporate
COOKING CLASSES
wellness, teambuilding, or enhanced programming, the
Food for Life curriculum is flexible for
a variety of settings and audiences.
Food
for
Life
Kid s
Teachers:
Ask about our Food for Life and Food
for Life for Kids curricula!
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Christina Pirello
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bout 340,000 cancer cases could be prevented
every year in the United States if Americans ate
healthful diets, exercised, limited alcohol consumption,
and made other lifestyle changes, according to a new
report released by the American Institute for Cancer
Research. Worldwide, cancer is a leading cause of death,
accounting for 7.6 million deaths and 12.7 million new
diagnoses per year. Lifestyle changes could decrease
cancer risk by 38 percent for breast cancer, 45 percent
for colon cancer, and 47 percent for stomach cancer.
AICR/WCRF preventability estimates: Update to estimates produced for the 2009 Policy Report. 2011. American Institute for Cancer Research/World Cancer Research Fund. Available at:
http://www.aicr.org/site/DocServer/UICCprWCD2011.pdf?docID=4781. Accessed Feb. 7, 2011.
Carcinogen in Grilled Chicken May
Increase Cancer Invasiveness
A
carcinogen found in grilled chicken may make
breast cancer more aggressive, according to new
research. In the October issue of Toxicology, Imperial
College London researchers shared results of a study
treating human breast cancer cell lines with PhIP, one of
a group of carcinogens called heterocyclic amines. PhIP
is commonly found in grilled and barbecued meats,
especially chicken. Very small doses of PhIP caused the
cells to become more invasive. The higher the PhIP dose,
the more invasive the cancer cells became. Some PhIP
doses were worse than 17B-estradiol, the most common
ONLINE> More information and a request form are
available at CancerProject.org/Edu.
form of estrogen, in their tendency to promote cancer.
Estrogen is a major promoter of breast cancer cells.
The authors concluded that PhIP is not only a
potent breast cancer culprit because of its ability to
damage DNA, but could also increase the likelihood
that breast cancer cells will become metastatic, worsening existing disease.
Lauber SN, Gooderham NJ. The cooked meat-derived mammary carcinogen 2-amino-1methyl-6- phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine promotes invasive behaviour of breast cancer cells.
Toxicology. 2011;279:139-145.
Antioxidants Help Fight
Cervical Cancer
C
onsumption of fruits and vegetables high in antioxidants reduces the risk of cervical cancer in
women with human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a recent study. Women with HPV infections
are at increased risk of cervical cancer, which develops
in stages: one must acquire HPV; the virus persists;
HPV-induced lesions develop; and, finally, the lesions
progress to cervical cancer. Researchers found that
women with HPV-induced lesions who consumed more
antioxidants reduced their chances of developing cancer.
The specific beneficial antioxidants are α-carotene,
which is found in pumpkins and carrots, and ßcryptoxanthin, which is found in pumpkin, sweet red
peppers, and papaya.
Siegel EM, Salemi JL, Villa LL, Ferenczy A, Franco EL, Giuliano AR. Dietary consumption of
antioxidant nutrients and risk of incident cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Gynecol Oncol.
2010;118:289-294.
Boggs DA, Palmer JR, Wise LA, et al. Fruit and vegetable intake in relation to risk of breast
cancer in the Black Women’s Health Study. Am J Epidemiol. Published ahead of print October
11, 2010. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq293.
www.CancerProject.org
The Cancer Project is a PCRM program that advances cancer prevention
and survival through nutrition education and research.
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Member Support
Member Support
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Neal D. Barnard, M.D., president of PCRM; Nanci Alexander, owner of Sublime restaurant;
and NBA champion John Salley
The Power of E-mail (Saves Animals)
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move from using animals to high-tech
simulators. Thanks to PCRM members,
this campaign is closer than ever to ending
a cruel and unnecessary practice.
Let me encourage you to keep it up! As
more and more people learn about what
we are doing to save animal and human
lives, our voice continues to grow as a
powerful force for change.
So, how can you help save kittens with
your e-mail? If you are not already part
of our online community, sign up at
PCRM.org. So much of our success depends on getting carefully timed messages
into the hands of key decision-makers,
and e-mail allows us to work with an
urgency that supports our fast-moving
advocacy work. Facebook and Twitter are
also great tools for communicating action
alerts and spreading news about medical
and research breakthroughs. Find us on
Facebook at Facebook.com/Doctors.Care
and on Twitter at @PCRM.
Perhaps one of the most powerful
things you can do with your e-mail is
to forward PCRM’s messages to friends
and colleagues. Requests to take action
that come from a trusted source are very
likely to spur another action, and every
new e-mail brings us a step closer to making this a more compassionate world for
all living beings—kittens, chimpanzees,
mice, monkeys, and people. Together we
are making a difference!
We never sell or trade our e-mail list.
If you have any questions regarding our
online privacy policy, please contact
[email protected] or call 202-5277304.
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Vice President for Development
Moby entertains like no one else!
James Costa and Dorothy Frankel
Is a Charitable Gift Annuity Right for You?
O
f all the gifts that pay you back, the
charitable gift annuity is the simplest, most affordable, and most popular.
You make a gift to PCRM and in return,
we agree to make fixed payments to you
for life. The gift agreement is a simple
Learn More About PCRM’s Lifetime Partner Program and Planned
Giving Opportunities at PCRM.PlanYourLegacy.org. Please send me PCRM’s planned giving brochure Wise Giving to Ensure a
Compassionate Future.
I have already named PCRM in my will, trust, life insurance policy, or
retirement plan. Please contact me to activate my Lifetime Partner status.
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n Feb. 12, 2011, James Costa and
Dennis Erdman brought 300 people
together in Hollywood, Calif., for an evening to benefit PCRM’s legislative efforts.
Dr. Neal Barnard and Elizabeth Kucinich
were joined by special guests Kristin Bauer,
Kathy Freston, Cindy Landon, Peggy McCay, Rory Freedman, Frances Fisher, and
so many others who are committed to our
work to reform national policies that affect
the lives of people and animals. One of
the evening’s highlights was an intimate
performance by musical superstar Moby!
To learn more about PCRM’s work,
including efforts to influence legislation,
please visit PCRM.org.
STATE/PROVINCE
ZIP/POSTAL CODE
COUNTRY
E-MAIL PHONE
Please mail to:
PCRM, Attn: Betsy Wason • 5100 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 400 • Washington, DC 20016
GM11SPSM
Elizabeth Kucinich
contract between you and PCRM. Your
payments become one of our general
obligations, fully backed by all our assets.
When an annuitant passes, the balance
of the gift annuity will provide critical
funding for the mission about which we
are all so passionate.
A charitable gift annuity is for you if:
• You want to make a gift of $5,000 or
more to PCRM and receive lifetime
payments in return.
• You want to maximize the payments
you receive from your planned gift–
and you want to lower your income
tax on those payments.
•You want the security of payment
amounts that won’t fluctuate during
your lifetime.
• You also appreciate the safety of your
payments being a general financial
obligation of the institution.
To learn more about PCRM’s
charitable gift annuity program, visit
PCRM.PlanYourLegacy.org
or call 202-527-7366.
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CRM has a very active online community that continues to grow. We
know that when we send out an action
alert, the response will be enthusiastic
and swift. In our campaign to end the
use of ferrets and kittens in pediatrics
residency training, more than 12,000 emails of support were sent to University
of Washington medical school dean Paul
G. Ramsey, M.D., within just a few hours
of our alert going out. The combination
of e-mails and phone calls provided the
boost that our campaigners needed to
engage school officials in negotiations to
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n Saturday, Feb. 26, Nanci Alexander
hosted a packed-house benefit for
PCRM at her legendary Sublime restaurant. PCRM president Neal Barnard,
M.D., was joined by NBA champion
John Salley, T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.,
Christina Pirello, and many other guests
who came to support the organization and
enjoy Sublime’s beautiful setting and unparalleled vegan dishes. Funds raised from
this special event will support PCRM’s
extensive nutrition outreach programs
and campaigns to end the use of animals
in research and education.
Changing America ’s Priorities
TENA LUCARELLI-FANNING
A Sublime
Evening in
Fort Lauderdale
PCRM Marketplace
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RESEARCH ISSUES
What Will We Do If We Don’t
Experiment on Animals?
Medical Research for the 21st Century
C. Ray Greek, M.D., and Jean Swingle Greek, D.V.M.
The Greeks answer the title’s question with a tour of truly
modern medical research. With advances in the study
of human genetics and the ability to measure human
responses to drugs at the molecular level, researchers will
find it increasingly difficult to justify the crude data accumulated from animal experimentation. 262 pgs, $24.99
Second Nature
The Inner Lives of Animals
Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D.
Do baboons have a keen sense of right
and wrong? Do chickens find certain
human faces attractive in the same
way people do? Balcombe paints a new
picture of the inner lives of animals
that diverges from the struggle-or-perish image often
presented in the popular media. He challenges traditional
views of animals and spells out why the human-animal
relationship needs a complete overhaul. 256 pgs, $27.00
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, second edition
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
This comprehensive medical reference manual covers nearly 100
diseases and conditions, including
risk factors, diagnoses, and typical
treatments. Most importantly, it
provides the latest evidence-based
information on nutrition’s role in prevention and
treatment. Includes an in-depth examination of
general nutrition, macronutrients, micronutrients,
and nutritional requirements for all stages of life.
745 pgs, $19.95 Special Discount $17.95
Veganist
NEW!
Lose Weight, Get Healthy,
Change the World
Kathy Freston
Filled with compelling facts, stories of
people who have improved their weight
and health conditions as a result of
making the switch, and Q&As with the leading medical
researchers, Veganist concludes with a step-by-step practical guide to becoming a veganist easily and gradually. It is
an accessible, optimistic, and illuminating book that will
change the way you eat forever. Hardcover, 304 pgs, $25.00
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The Best in the World
Fast, Healthful Recipes
from Exclusive and Out-ofthe-Way Restaurants
Neal D. Barnard, M.D., Editor
This popular collection of wonderfully healthy recipes comes from the
world’s best and most unusual restaurants. Enjoy these
vegan delicacies at home. Hardcover, 71 pgs, $11.95
The Best in the World II
Healthful Recipes from Exclusive
and Out-of-the-Way Restaurants
Jennifer L. Keller, R.D., Editor
Travel around the world to discover
treasures from side-street cafes and
elegant hotel dining rooms. Attractively illustrated, this delightful vegan
cookbook is the sequel to PCRM’s original international
recipe collection. Hardcover, 71 pgs, $11.95
The Best in the World III
Healthful Recipes from Exclusive
and Out-of-the-Way Restaurants
Neal Barnard, M.D., Editor
Discover delicious and unique recipes
from restaurants across the globe. Join
monks in a temple courtyard in the Far
East, passengers on a French luxury yacht, or even a
rock star in Akron, Ohio, for an unforgettable culinary
adventure. Often exotic and always flavorful, these
plant-based recipes are designed to be within the
abilities of any amateur chef. Hardcover, 71 pgs, $11.95
Whitewash
The Disturbing Truth About
Cow’s Milk and Your Health
Joseph Keon, Ph.D.
Whitewash offers a completely fresh,
candid, and thoroughly documented
look behind the dairy industry’s deceptively green pastures, and gives readers a hopeful
picture of life after milk. “The best book yet written on the
subject.”–John Robbins. 318 pgs, $19.95
Speed Vegan
Quick, Easy Recipes with a Gourmet Twist
Alan Roettinger
Chef Roettinger’s fun and creative cooking style results in
meals that stand out from the ordinary. Includes recommendations for basic kitchen staples and ways to save
money on essential kitchen equipment. All dishes can be
completed in 30 minutes or less. 192 pgs, $19.95
Crazy Sexy Diet
Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark,
and Live Like You Mean it!
Kris Carr; Foreword by Dean Ornish, M.D.
With sass, wit, and advice from a posse of experts, Kris Carr
puts you on the vegetarian fast track
to vibrant health and happiness. Following on the heels of her best-selling
cancer survival guidebooks, Karr’s
latest book is for everyone looking for
a healthier lifestyle. 230 pgs, $24.95
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to
Stop Cooking Crap (and Start Looking Hot!)
Here’s the companion cookbook to the outrageous
bestseller Skinny Bitch. 75 easy, satisfying recipes, served
up with an irreverent sense of fun. “A hilariously bawdy
vegan cookbook for the modern Mrs. Cleaver.” –Domino
192 pgs, $14.95
A Life in Balance
Delicious, Plant-Based Recipes for Optimal Health
Meg Wolff
While struggling through her second serious episode of
cancer, Meg Wolff discovered that what
we eat matters. Twelve years later, she
is in amazing health and has never
felt better. Meg’s recipes keep things
easy and fun, and include helpful tips
to keep you on track. 157 pgs, $19.95
How to Eat Like a Vegetarian Even
If You Never Want to Be One
Carol J. Adams and Patti Breitman
Out of time and out of ideas? Cook
fast, cook healthy with more than
250 shortcuts, strategies, and simple
solutions. More than a cookbook—
though it abounds with recipes—
this guide will get you started on a healthier path with a
few flips of the page. 214 pgs, $20.00
NEW!
Appetite for Reduction
125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes
Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Prepare drop-dead delicious dishes with 200 to 400
calories a serving in less than 30 minutes! Recipes include lasagna, tacos,
barbecue, curries, stews, and more
with lots of gluten-free and soy-free
options. Look better, feel better, have
more energy. 290 pgs, $19.95
From Neal D. Barnard, M.D., PCRM president
NEW!
21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart
Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health
Dr. Barnard’s latest book expands on PCRM’s popular Kickstart program and forms the basis for
his new PBS program,“Kickstart Your Health.”With 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart, you’ll get fast
results: drop pounds, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, improve blood sugar, and more.With
more than 60 recipes, daily meal plans for the 21-day program, and tips for grocery shopping,
this book will get your body on the fast track to better health. Hardcover, 368 pgs, $25.99
The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook
125 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Jump-Start Weight Loss and Help You Feel Great
These recipes are based on Dr. Neal Barnard’s landmark two-year study, which shows that a
vegan diet effectively controls type 2 diabetes. In fact, it’s also beneficial for weight loss, the
reversal of heart disease, and the improvement of many other conditions.Dr. Barnard and
nutritionist Robyn Webb offer easy, delicious meals to improve your health. 248 pgs, $18.95
A New Approach to Nutrition for Diabetes DVD
Turn back the clock on diabetes through a low-fat vegan
diet. In eight compelling lessons, Dr. Barnard explains
his groundbreaking research, funded by the National
Institutes of Health, and how to put it to work in your life.
Includes cooking demonstrations by chef Toni Fiore and
a grocery store tour by Susan Levin, R.D., and Caroline
Trapp, M.S.N., C.D.E. 192 mins, $19.95
Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program
for Reversing Diabetes
I f you have diabetes or are
concerned about developing it,
this program could change the
course of your life. Dr. Barnard’s
groundbreaking clinical studies,
the latest funded by the National
Institutes of Health, show that
diabetes responds dramatically to a low-fat, vegetarian
diet. Rather than just compensating for malfunctioning
insulin like other treatment plans, Dr.Barnard’s program
helps repair how the body uses insulin. Includes 50
delicious recipes. 288 pgs, $15.95
Foods That Fight Pain
Did you know that ginger can
prevent migraines and that coffee
sometimes cures them? Drawing
on new research, Dr.Barnard shows
readers how to soothe everyday
ailments and cure chronic pain
with common foods. 348 pgs,
$14.95
The Love-Powered Diet
Eating for Freedom, Health, and Joy
Victoria Moran
Drawing on her personal experience,
Moran applies Twelve Step principles
to find freedom from compulsive eating and yo-yo dieting. She proposes a peaceful, natural
way of eating that keeps weight off without dieting.
241 pgs, $20.00
Breaking the Food Seduction
We all have foods we can’t resist,
foods that sabotage our health.
But banishing those cravings for
chocolate, cookies, cheese, or burgers isn’t a question of willpower, it’s
a matter of biochemistry. Drawing
on his own research and that of
other leading institutions, Dr. Barnard reveals how
diet and lifestyle changes can break the craving cycle.
324 pgs, $16.99
Turn Off the Fat Genes
Genes, including those that shape our bodies, actually adapt to outside influences. Dr. Barnard explains
the process and provides a three-week gene-control
program complete with menus and recipes by Jennifer Raymond. Here are powerful tools for achieving
long-term weight loss and better health. Paperback,
350 pgs, $14.95
A Physician’s Slimming Guide for
Permanent Weight Control
You can succeed in becoming and staying slimmer! This
book is not a diet—it’s a comprehensive program that
takes the reader beyond artificial“formula approaches.”
96 pgs, $7.95
Food for Life
The breakthrough book on aging, heart disease, cancer,
weight control, and general health. Preface by Dean
Ornish, M.D. Loads of tips on changing your diet, 21 days
of menus, plus delicious recipes by Jennifer Raymond.
334 pgs, $14.95
Asian Fusion
A Culinary Odyssey of Vegan Recipes
Chat Mingkwan
Chef Chat Mingkwan shows how to create the distinct differences among dishes from Japan, China, India, Thailand,
Vietnam, Burma, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillipines,
Singapore, and Sri Lanka. Maintaining the native essence
of each cuisine, Mingkwan presents delicious meatless
versions of authentic dishes. 183 pgs, $14.95
PCRM Marketplace
The Sublime Restaurant Cookbook
South Florida’s Ultimate Destination for Vegan Cuisine
Nanci Alexander
The flavors and beauty of south
Florida’s award-winning Sublime
Restaurant are compiled here with
some of Sublime’s most famed culinary creations. From Asian, Latin, or
Mediterranean influences to more typical American fare,
each recipe is delightfully conceived, beautifully presented,
and yet surprisingly quick to prepare. 117 pgs, $19.95
From The Cancer Project
The Nutrition Rainbow Poster
The more naturally colorful your meal is, the more
likely it is to have an abundance of cancer-fighting
nutrients. Pigments that give
fruits and vegetables their
bright colors represent a variety
of protective compounds. The
Nutrition Rainbow poster shows
the cancer-fighting and immuneboosting power of different-hued
foods. 17”x22”, $6.00
Prescription for Life Poster
This whimsical work of art
introduces your patients to the
importance of fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, and beans in
cancer prevention and survival.
It also tells how to obtain free
information about nutrition,
recipes, and classes from The Cancer Project. 17”x22”,
$6.00
The Cancer Survivor’s Guide
Neal Barnard, M.D., Jennifer Reilly, R.D.
Find out how foods fight cancer and the advantages
of a high-fiber, low-fat, dairy- and
meat-free diet. Includes updates
from the latest research, special
prostate and breast cancer sections, tips for making the dietary
transition, and more than 130
recipes. 245 pgs, $19.95
Eating Right for Cancer Survival dvd
Neal Barnard, M.D., Chef Sualua
Tupolo, Stephanie Beine, R.D.
This exciting 2-disc set is designed to
work hand in hand with the companion
book, The Cancer Survivor’s Guide. Nine
nutrition presentations and nine cooking lessons provide powerful tools for making changes
in health and well-being. 270 mins, $19.95
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The Natural Vegan Kitchen NEW!
Recipes from the Natural Kitchen
Cooking School
Christine Waltermyer
Christine Waltermyer blends the principles
of macrobiotics seamlessly with recipes that taste too
indulgent to be good for you. Taste-tested by hundreds of
students and clients, these recipes are fun to make. Sections
include What’s For Breakfast, Nourishing Soups and Stews,
Ballads for Salads, The Main Dish and Casserole City, and
more. Many of the recipes are gluten-free. 191 pgs, $19.95
Macro Magic for Parents and Kids
Taking the Mystery Out of Macrobiotic Cooking
Sheri-Lynn DeMaris
This colorful, fact-filled cookbook offers recipes using only
the finest natural organic produce, whole grains, and grain
sweeteners. Includes extensive information on healing
foods, their properties, and how to incorporate them into
recipes. 120 pgs, $29.95
Just the Facts
Many PCRM fact sheets
and booklets, including our
popular Vegetarian Starter Kit,
are available without charge
at PCRM.org/Resources
Power Plate Poster
“These healthful
food groups help
you live longer, stay
slimmer, and cut
your risk of heart
disease, diabetes,
and high blood
pressure.“ 18"x 24",
$6.00
Go Vegan
Multilingual Apron
Veg-friendly phrases in ten languages.
21"x 28" gourmet apron with pocket.
Cream on forest
green. $13.95
Packed with Plant Power Lunch Tote Bag
Share your enthusiasm for a vegan diet with
this insulated 8.5x6x6-inch lunch bag with zippered top, front pocket, and 32-inch shoulder
strap, $9.95
Who’s Mad?
This February, another Alberta dairy cow was found to have
mad cow disease, reportedly Canada’s 18th case of the
brain-wasting disease. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein famously
suggested that farmers should cover up such cases when one
arose in 2003: “I guess any self-respecting rancher would have
shot, shoveled and shut up, but he didn’t do that,” Klein said at
the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting.
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Cat Magnetic Bumper Sticker $2.00
Drugs in Milk
The Secret Life of Mitch Spinach
FOR KIDS!
Hillary Feerick; Jeff Hillenbrand; Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
Illustrated by Andrea Vitali
While other kids eat their usual chicken fingers and pepperoni pizza, Mitch Spinach’s high-powered fruit and vegetable smoothies give him special powers, used to tackle
problems and solve mysteries at Sunchoke Elementary.
Mitch Spinach is a great role model for all the things children need help with—eating well, kindness, compassion,
helpfulness, and modesty. 28 pgs, $16.95
Monkey Refrigerator Magnet 2"x3½". $1.00
Rabbit Refrigerator Magnet 2"x3½". $1.00
The Food and Drug Administration has announced
plans to ramp up tests for
antibiotic traces in milk. The
dairy industry is protesting
these tests, explaining that
they could lead to recalls of
tainted milk.
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Young chimpanzees in the
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Eat Your Feelings
Consumption of foods
containing saturated fats and
trans fats may contribute to
depression, according to new
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Just Say No
In 2009, 29 million pounds of antibiotics were used to raise
animals in factory farms, according to a recent Food
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in the animals, injected them
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Billions and Billions Stressed
University of Toronto researchers found that merely seeing
McDonald’s Golden Arches or other fast-food symbols caused
research participants to show signs of stress.
Chimpanzees Outwit Hunters
Five wild chimpanzees in Guinea have learned to deactivate,
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A Strong Voice for
Children and Animals
Marge Peppercorn, M.D.
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n her pediatric practice in Sudbury,
Mass., Marge Peppercorn, M.D.,
helped many children grow into healthy
young adults and even went on to care
for many of her patients’ children. She
is concerned about child nutrition and
believes one of the best ways to combat
child obesity is to provide more nutrition
training for parents, teachers, and health
care professionals.
“In my experience, most medical
schools devote much more time to disease treatment than to disease prevention
and usually offer only limited teaching
of nutrition,” Dr. Peppercorn explains.
“Most physicians wind up with only
rudimentary knowledge of basic dietary
needs and practically no knowledge at all
of the relative health benefits or risks of
plant- or animal-based diets unless they
study it on their own.”
Dr. Peppercorn has helped with
PCRM’s campaign to get more plant-
based options in school lunch lines and
other nutrition programs.
“Encouraging children to be more
active with less time sitting in front of
a TV or computer would certainly help
combat obesity, but promoting a healthier
and more plant-based diet is even more
important,” she says.
Dr. Peppercorn has also always felt
compassion for and a strong bond with
animals. As a child, she rescued injured
birds and turtles with her mother. In
high school, she spoke out against frog
dissections. But while she was getting
her medical degree at Harvard Medical
School, Dr. Peppercorn had to practice
surgery on live dogs.
“When I went to medical school there
were very few women in my class, and
I always felt I had to prove myself,” Dr.
Peppercorn explains. “Although I certainly
expressed my objections verbally, I never
had the courage to refuse to do the surgeries altogether. I’ve always regretted that
and it’s made me all the more determined
to do whatever I can do now to try to
prevent such unnecessary suffering.”
Dr. Peppercorn has played a critical
role in PCRM’s campaigns to improve
medical training and research, doing
media interviews and contacting research
institutions. She was at the forefront of
the campaign that ended NASA’s planned
monkey radiation experiments.
“I found the NASA project inexcusable because the data to be obtained was
so irrelevant to any human situation and
the cruelty to the monkeys so completely
unnecessary,” says Dr. Peppercorn.
When a friend mentioned PCRM to
Dr. Peppercorn years ago, she realized its
mission to promote better health and nutrition for people as well as more humane
research perfectly addressed her major
concerns.
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