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October 2009 Asian Vegetarian Congress – 6-10 Nov, 2009
China Xiamen International Vegetarian Food Fair, 12-15 Nov, 2009
IVU World Vegetarian Congress – 1-7 Oct, 2010, , Jakarta and Bali
Welcome to Organisations That Have Recently Registered with IVU CHINA:
Chinese Vegetarian Recipes - www.chinesevegetarianrecipes.org September 2009 Welcome to Organisations That Have Recently Registered with IVU NEW ZEALAND :
Revive Vegetarian Cafe (2 Auckland Locations) - www.revive.co.nz August 2009
Similar petition campaigns are happening in several other countries: www.meatfreepetition.com Welcome to Organisations That Have Recently Registered with IVU July 2009 How I Became a Vegetarian I have been a vegetarian since 5/Jan/09. My shift towards vegetarianism started when I read a book about the horrendous treatment of the non-human animals whom we eat. I learned more and found that livestock’s food is not regulated, including the amount of chemical pesticides and fertilizers used in growing their food. I saw how our fellow animals are treated as profit making machines, how they are mutilated and confined with almost no space to move and how some go insane due to the unnatural and cruel conditions. This got me wondering how we are able to inflict so much pain on other species just for our personal gain. Welcome to Organisations That Have Recently Registered with IVU Events: Minding Animals Conference 13-18 July, 2009, Newcastle, Australia June 2009 Organising Vegetarian ‘Meetups’ New Registred Group: May 2009 Japan Veg Soc President Publishes Article in Leading Nutrition Journal Considering that nowadays almost all the international airlines that arrive at and depart from Japan's airports offer vegetarian options for the airline meals, one can say that vegetarian food is world food. This article covers the history of vegetarianism, from its origin in India and Greece, to the modern vegetarian movement in Britain in 19th Century, to the foundation of IVU in 1908 as a global network of vegetarian organizations. The author further discusses the various types of vegetarians and explains that IVU's definition of vegetarian includes vegans, lacto vegetarians and lacto-ovo vegetarians. Reasons for becoming a vegetarian and trends in the U.S. and Japan are also discussed, by pointing out that many health conscious people in the U.S. have turned to vegetarianism because of the American Dietetic Association's 1997 recognition of the preventative effects of vegetarian diets. People are also moving towards vegetarian for global reasons, such as environmental protection, assistance to developing countries and animal rights. The journal’s next issue will carry an article by another leader of the Japan Vegetarian Society on vegetarian diets in hospitals. Vegan Diets and Buddhist Nuns in Vietnam Osteoporos Int. 2009 Apr 7. [Epub ahead of print] Introduction: Whether a lifelong vegetarian diet has any negative effect on bone health is a contentious issue. We undertook this study to examine the association between lifelong vegetarian diet and bone mineral density and body composition in a group of postmenopausal women. Methods: One hundred and five Mahayana Buddhist nuns and 105 omnivorous women (average age = 62, range = 50-85) were randomly sampled from monasteries in Ho Chi Minh City and invited to participate in the study. By religious rule, the nuns do not eat meat or seafood (i.e., vegans). Bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine (LS), femoral neck (FN), and whole body (WB) was measured by DXA (Hologic QDR 4500). Lean mass, fat mass, and percent fat mass were also obtained from the DXA whole body scan. Dietary calcium and protein intakes were estimated from a validated food frequency questionnaire. Results: There was no significant difference between vegans and omnivores in LSBMD (0.74 +/- 0.14 vs. 0.77 +/- 0.14 g/ cm(2); mean +/- SD; P = 0.18), FNBMD (0.62 +/- 0.11 vs. 0.63 +/- 0.11 g/cm(2); P = 0.35), WBBMD (0.88 +/- 0.11 vs. 0.90 +/- 0.12 g/cm(2); P = 0.31), lean mass (32 +/- 5 vs. 33 +/- 4 kg; P = 0.47), and fat mass (19 +/- 5 vs. 19 +/- 5 kg; P = 0.77) either before or after adjusting for age. The prevalence of osteoporosis (T scores </= -2.5) at the femoral neck in vegans and omnivores was 17.1% and 14.3% (P = 0.57), respectively. The median intake of dietary calcium was lower in vegans compared to omnivores (330 +/- 205 vs. 682 +/- 417 mg/day, P < 0.001); however, there was no significant correlation between dietary calcium and BMD. Further analysis suggested that whole body BMD, but not lumbar spine or femoral neck BMD, was positively correlated with the ratio of animal protein to vegetable protein. Conclusion: These results suggest that, although vegans have much lower intakes of dietary calcium and protein than omnivores, veganism does not have adverse effect on bone mineral density and does not alter body composition. Organisations That Have Recently Registered with IVU April 2009
Organisations That Have Recently Registered with IVU March 2009 Welcome to New IVU Full and Associate Member Societies MONGOLIA: Vegetarian Earth Green (Non-Governmental Organization) - veg_earth_green@yahoo.com Welcome to Organisations That Have Recently Registered with IVU AUSTRALIA - Peace Kitchen - www.peacekitchen.typepad.com INDONESIA - Kafedaun.com - The Largest Vegetarian Info - www.kafedaun.com January 2009 “A Delicate Balance: The Truth” - New Video on the Many Ills of Meat An Australian filmmaker has produced an 84-minute video titled, “A Delicate Balance” www.adelicatebalance.com.au/trailer.html You can view the trailer or order the DVD online or pay per view to watch the entire video. The video features interviews with such experts as T. Colin Campbell, Howard Lyman, Neal Barnard, John McDougall, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., Maneka Gandhi and Peter Singer. Two sequels are planned. December 2008 Parent Support Group Launched Moving from the older generation to the younger generation, last month, Vegetarian Society (Singapore) launched a Parent Support Group to help parents who are trying to raise their children as vegetarians. Present at the first meeting was a dietician and a counsellor who offered advice. Additionally, the making of a tasty, healthy smoothie was demonstrated. To learn more, including to view a survey used by the group, visit www.vegetarian-society.org/?q=node/936 Does your organisation have such a Parent Support Group or something similar? Please let this newsletter be a forum for exchange of ideas on this important topic. To contact one of the organisers of the Singapore group: psg@vegetarian-society.org Ask for Pauline Vegemite. New Associate Member Society: November 2008 More Memories of Dresden, and Information on Indonesia 2010 The 100th anniversary IVU World Vegetarian Congress, held earlier this year in Dresden, Germany, lives on in many people’s memories. At www.ivu.org/congress/2008/texts/reports.html - even if you don’t read Japanese, you’ll enjoy the photographs from Congress coverage by Japanese magazine 'Veggy Steady Go'. Amongst their photos is one of Susianto Tseng, IVU Regional Coordinator for Asia-Pacific. Susianto is also one of the key organisers of the 2010 IVU World Vegetarian Congress to be held 1-7 October in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia: www.ivu.org/congress/2010 October 2008 Chinese Language Email Group on Vegetarianism If you enjoying reading and writing about vegetarian issues and news in Chinese, this group is worth a look. September 2008 Major New Addition to History Section of IVU Website 2010 Congress in Indonesia IVS plans to open the Congress in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, before moving to Bali, the country’s most famous tourist destination. Both places have hosted domestic IVS events with 1000 and more participants. Vegetarian Magazine Launched in Japan The publisher and editor-in-chief is vegetarian and wants to raise awareness and to foster an environment for veg-related businesses. She realizes that it will take a while for this kind of magazine to become profitable in Japan, but she believes that her magazine meets the needs of the times. The website is in Japanese at www.veggy.jp August 2008
In an effort to reduce garbage, please bring your own eating utensils and bags for the items you buy: www.vegetarianfestival.jp
(4) Minding Animals Conference – 2009 A transdisciplinary conference exploring the interrelationships between animals and society
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And, A Petition for Taiwan 
NEW BUSINESS SUPPORTER: Meat and Egg Free - 
IVU has a wide and growing variety of email groups, for example, groups for various regions of the world, such as Africa and Asia/Pacific. Recently, a Chinese language email group, ivu-cn, was launched: 
Kyoto Vegetarian Festival 2008 
