San Francisco Vegetarian Society

VegNews - Launch Party - June 26

2008-06-12T11:41:00.000-07:00

Join VegNews Magazine for its first-ever Issue Launch Party in celebration of their special July+August Music edition. Guests will revel in delicious vegan nibbles, fabulous live music (featuring Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers), organic cocktails, a sumptuous dessert buffet, tour-bus treats from roaming Candy Girls, and the company of a couple hundred fun-loving vegetarians. Silent auction items include a lunch date with Vice Presidential-candidate Matt Gonzalez, sassy leatherette handbags, Whole Foods shopping sprees, cruelty-free makeup gift bags, vegan cookie baskets, signed vegetarian cookbooks, and more. All proceeds will benefit the Humane California campaign.

Get your tickets today at http://vegnews.com/party

San Francisco Vegetarian Society (SFVS) Discount Program

2008-03-07T16:25:00.000-08:00

Discount page is being reworked. It will be back soon...

Major Study: Meat is very Dangerous

2007-10-31T14:59:00.000-07:00

After combing through 7,000 studies that date back 40 years, a five year long scientific panel has reached some conclusions...

* Limit body fat. Your body mass index should be between 18.5 to 24.9. Weight around the waist is most dangerous.

* Limit red meat to 2.5 ounces a day. An additional 1.7 ounces a day increases cancer risk by 15 percent. That means an 8 ounce steak or a quarter-pound hamburger would be the limit for a week.

* Limit alcohol to two drinks a day for men, one drink a day for women.

* Limit salt intake to 2 grams a day. That's about a teaspoon a day, instead of the teaspoon and a half that most people eat. To give you an idea of how much salt is in food — just one cup of cottage cheese has half the salt you should eat in a day: half a teaspoon. Processed foods are almost always higher in salt.

If meat is now considered that dangerous, why would anyone want to eat something so poisonous?

More Info:
Telegraph - Red meat and alcohol are major cancer causes

ABC News - New Cancer Recommendations

VEGAN CHOCOLATE Discount from CHOCOLATE DECADENCE

2007-07-15T20:22:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Decadence is offering a special 20% discount to SFVS Members through September 30, 2007. Click on their website at www.chocolatedecadence.com and place an order (no minimum required) for any of their dairy-free-chocolates, including bars, packages, gift boxes, and special children's chocolates. E-mail chocolate@chocolatedecadence.com or use their toll free line: 1-800-324-5018. To get the 20% discount, fill in the name San Francisco Vegetarian Society in the “Comments” section or mention it in the telephone conversation. Indulge yourselves and have fun!

Front Street Chiropractic offers SFVS Discount

2007-06-14T00:01:00.000-07:00

Serving San Francisco’s Financial District for 15 years, vegan Dr. Eben C. Davis, D.C. of Front Street Chiropractic (www.SFbackpaindoctor.com) on 222 Front St., Suite 200, is offering 15% discount to SFVS members on all chiropractic, physical therapy and massage services. Tel: 415-392-2225.

Penang Garden offers SFVS Discount

2007-06-08T23:41:00.000-07:00

Penang Garden Restaurant (www.penanggarden.com), located at 728 Washington St. in SF Chinatown, is offering 10% discount on vegetarian menu items to SFVS members. Family-owned and operated, Penang Garden serves authentic Southeast Asian cuisine from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Its menu lists more than 40 vegetarian appetizers, soups, entrees, rice and noodle dishes.

Poleng Lounge receives kudos

2007-04-04T00:55:00.000-07:00

April 1, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Magazine named Poleng Lounge (SFVS discount provider) as one of the "Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants" (link): "Several Asian-inspired restaurants have recently opened in the Bay Area, but few places do it as well as this nightclub-restaurant that feels like it could be on the coast of Bali. Fortunately the dance club is located down a long hall, so the restaurant doesn't suffer. Tea is also a specialty and works its way into many cocktails and in savory dishes such as the richly flavored curries. Chef Tim Luym (a Rising Star chef), who is Chinese and Spanish, grew up in Manila and has a real feel for various cuisines that comprise the interesting menu." The SF Chronicle previously named Poleng Lounge as one of the "Top 10 Restaurants of 2006" (link) and honored Poleng Lounge Chef Tim Luym as Rising Star Chef 2007 (link).

The December 2006 issue of Common Ground Magazine (link) raved over Poleng Lounge’s many vegetarian options, such as The Buddha’s Treasures (“small vegetable-filled dumplings in matcha tea-dusted wrappers . . . delicate and exquisitely seasoned”) and Poleng Curry (“full of vegetables and rich with coconut milk and tea-infused curry”). As noted in the Winter Issue 2007 of Vegetarian News, Poleng Lounge offers Tofu Triangles with rice wine sambal sauce at 25 cents each during its Happy Hour (4PM-6PM). Poleng Lounge also offers SFVS members a 10% discount during 6PM-8PM.

Low Sperm Count Linked to Beef

2007-03-28T12:35:00.000-07:00

Consumption of beef by women during pregnancy may alter a male's in utero testicular development and compromise his future reproductive capacity, researchers here reported.

The reason could be residual anabolic steroids in the meat, Shanna Swan, Ph.D., of the University of Rochester (N.Y.), and colleagues, reported online in the March 28 issue of Human Reproduction.

In a study of 387 fertile partners of pregnant women, men whose mothers reported eating more than seven beef meals a week while pregnant, had a sperm concentration more than 24% lower than that of men whose mothers ate less beef, they found.

In addition, three times more sons of high-beef consumers had a sperm concentration that would be classified as subfertile according to World Health Organization standards, compared with men whose mothers ate less beef, said Dr. Swan and colleagues.

MedPage Today - Eating Beef in Pregnancy Linked to Reduced Sperm in Adult Sons

SFVS Members Discounts

2007-03-26T19:50:00.000-07:00

The SFVS Discount page is constantly being updated. If you would like to be included, please send a e-mail request to discounts@sfvs.org.

We welcome your comments below.

Vegetarians and veggie inclined have higher I.Q.

2006-12-15T13:09:00.000-08:00

Vegetarians (and the 'vegetarian inclined') have higher I.Q.
Mr Spock, being from the planet Vulcan might have stated these words: "Vegetarians are Logical". Now he can say 'Vegetarians are Smarter'.

A scientific study by a Southampton University team in the British Medical Journal reports that the average vegetarian tend to have five IQ points more than the average person.

However, the report seems to indicate it isn't the exclusion of meat that makes one smarter because "there was no difference in IQ score between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarian but who reported eating fish or chicken."

In other words, there are really two groups here. The vegetarians, and the ones who perceive themselves to be vegetarian.

This may suggest that intelligent people tend to eat healthier and because of this they are more likely to gravitate towards a vegetarian diet. And because Brits tend to become vegetarian more out of ethics than for health reasons (the exact polar opposite to their American counterparts in my estimation), maybe there is a correlation between intelligence and empathy. I guess we'll have to wait for that study.

BBC - High IQ link to being vegetarian

Save the cow, save the world

2006-12-12T10:51:00.000-08:00

No superpowers required; just go Vegetarian
A United Nations report is now saying what I've been saying all along: meat eating hurts the planet more than anything else.

A United Nations report has identified the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife. And they are blamed for a host of other environmental crimes, from acid rain to the introduction of alien species, from producing deserts to creating dead zones in the oceans, from poisoning rivers and drinking water to destroying coral reefs.

The 400-page report by the Food and Agricultural Organisation, entitled Livestock's Long Shadow, also surveys the damage done by sheep, chickens, pigs and goats. But in almost every case, the world's 1.5 billion cattle are most to blame. Livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together...

The Independent - Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars

Happy Heart Book Club

2006-09-25T14:17:00.000-07:00

This message is from Sam Halsey, for all San Francisco Bay Area residence and beyond:

Hello Happy Vegans:-)

I'm starting a new VEGAN book club “Happy Heart Book Club”.
Thinking we could start by reading John Robbins new book.

Please check out the link.
Please let me know what you think.
Please feel free to share this stuff with your friends.

Happy Heart Book Club

Peace,

sam

Free Video Night (Red Victorian Peace Café) Aug 25

2006-08-23T21:48:00.000-07:00

“New Research on Vegan Diet & Health” by Dr. Neal Barnard, MD

Date: Friday, August 25, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Red Victorian Peace Café
1665 Haight Street, near Ashbury, San Francisco

For more information, call 415-273-5481. Although the Peace Café is not a vegetarian cafe, Vegetarian or Vegan food is available prior to the lecture.

This is a video that was taped at a lecture presented at the World Vegetarian Day 2005. Dr. Barnard is a clinical researcher, author, and health advocate. He is the Founder and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is the author of Breaking the Food Seduction; The Best in the World; Eat Right, Live Longer; Food for Life; and The Power of Your Plate.

This is a good opportunity to bring a friend, socialize, and listen to some important vegan information from a scientific viewpoint.

"The World Peace Diet" by Will Tuttle, Ph.D. (July 21)

2006-07-14T21:31:00.000-07:00

The San Francisco Vegetarian Society is pleased to present “The World Peace Diet,” a lecture – presentation by Will Tuttle, Ph.D.

Date: Friday, July 21, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Institute on Aging (IOA)
3600 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco

Door: Donations Welcome.
Refreshments & Booksigning following the lecture.

For more information, call 415-273-5481 or www.sfvs.org.

Dr. Tuttle will be discussing his recently published book The World Peace Diet, the first book to make explicit the invisible connections between our meals and our broad range of problems-psychological, social, and spiritual, as well as health and environmental. He offers powerful ways we can all experience healing and peace and contribute to a positive transformation of human consciousness.

Dr. Tuttle has a doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and has taught college courses in humanities, mythology, creativity, religion, and philosophy. He has a broad background in Eastern and Western meditation traditions and has created uplifting healing music on seven CD albums of original piano music. His personal web site is: www.willtuttle.com.

Yoga Weekend (July 14-16)

2006-07-14T18:10:00.000-07:00

The San Francisco Vegetarian Society and the Yoga Society of San Francisco invites the public to a Kemetic Yoga Weekend of Lectures and Classes on Yoga therapy, meditation, plant-based diet, and spirituality presented by Yirser Ra Hotep.

Dates: Friday evening Lecture – July 14th 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Saturday Evening Class I – July 15th 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday Evening Class II – July 16th 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Place: Yoga Society
2872 Folsom Street, between 24th & 25th Street, San Francisco

$40 Lecture, $35 per Class (Discount for early phone registration and more discount for SFVS members and for weekend package.) Call 415-285-5537 for more information or to register.

Yirser Ra Hotep is recognized nationally and internationally as a master and innovator of Kemetic Yoga (ancient Egyptian system that included vegetarian diet that influenced Greek philosopher & mathematician, Pythagoras). He has taught Yoga for over 30 years and written extensively on the African origins of Yoga, stress management, diet, health and wellness. He is the author of Kemetic Yoga, a three-volume set of Instructional Yoga DVDs and Journey to Amenta, an audio meditation and music CD. His web site is:

www.yogaskills.com (order DVDs & CDs)

CELEBRATE THE SUMMER SOLSTICE (June 21)

2006-06-04T09:19:00.000-07:00

WORLD GO VEGAN DAY
Sponsored by Go Vegan Radio and
The San Francisco Vegetarian Society

CELEBRATE THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
at the MILLENNIUM Premiere Vegan Restaurant Voted No. 1
in the U.S. by Veg News Magazine

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 6:00 p.m.
$35.00 includes
Three Course Gourmet Vegan Dinner
With an Herbal Seasonal Elixir
(Tips & other Beverages Extra)

Silent Auction to benefit Go Vegan Radio
Special Celebrity Appearance by Bob Linden
Go Vegan Radio On Air America
KQKE AM 960 Fridays between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m.
on The Progressive News Hour with John Scott
and 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. every Sunday
podcasting and archived on www.GoVeganRadio.com

Space is limited.
Send Check to SFVS, c/o Joseph Cadiz,
73 Rondel Place, San Francisco CA 94103
by June 17th or Pay Pal at www.sfvs.org
Call 415-273-5481 for more information. SOLD OUT!

4th of July Potluck (July 4)

2006-05-03T18:51:00.000-07:00

4th of July Potluck, Tuesday, July 4
Boating, Socializing, Appetizers:4:00 p.m., Dine:5:00 p.m., Dance:6:00 p.m.
633 Glenwood Isle, Alameda, hosted by Elizabeth Bechtold. Directions: See May 29th potluck.
$1 suggested donation with food, enough for 10 people per person. $10 per person without food. Attire: Western or Patriotic. (No children under 12 because of the canal.)
After the potluck there will be dancing in the studio. Contact Howard to volunteer setting up: howarddy2@att.net or Elizabeth for last minute directions, 510-864-1111.

Free Video Night at Red Victorian Peace Café (June 30)

2006-05-03T18:48:00.000-07:00

Free Video Night at the Red Victorian Peace Café on the Last Friday of the Month
1665 Haight Street, near Ashbury, San Francisco. Vegetarian & vegan food available before the show.
Featuring World Vegetarian Day 2005 videos. Now’s your chance to see the lectures you missed.
Friday, June 30 - Dr. John McDougall (MD), McDougall Wellness Center, “Marketing Milk and Disease”
Friday, July 28 - Ingrid Newkirk, Founder & President PETA “Making Kind Choices”
Friday, August 25 – Dr. Neal Barnard (MD), Founder & President Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, “New Research on Vegan Diet & Health”

Summer Picnic by the Bay (June 24)

2006-05-03T18:47:00.000-07:00

Summer Picnic by the Bay, Saturday, June 24 at 1:00 p.m.
Crissy Field near the Warming Hut at the end of Mason Street, Presidio, near the Golden Gate Bridge. Children of all ages very welcome.
Bus #29 or #45 to Lyon & Greenwich then take Presidio Shuttle to the Warming Hut or call MUNI, 415-673-6864. Let us know if you are coming as we need to make sure we have enough tables, 415-273-5481. Bring fresh or prepared picnic food for 10. (There is no way to heat food.) Wear layered clothing for unpredictable San Francisco weather mostly on the cool side. There is plenty of time after eating for walking, hiking, biking, or sitting and viewing the fabulous panoramic bay view.

Memorial Day Potluck (May 29)

2006-05-03T18:43:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day Potluck, Monday, May 29
Boating, Socializing, & Appetizers:4:00 p.m., Dine:5:00 p.m., Dance:6:00 p.m.
633 Glenwood Isle, Alameda, at the home of Elizabeth Bechtold
Co-sponsored with East Bay Veg*ns. Very Raw Friendly. Attire: Dressy Casual
Due to the closeness to the canal, Elizabeth has requested that no children under 12 come.
$1 suggested door donation with food, enough for 10 people, or $10 without food. No charge for those arriving two hours early to volunteer setting up and assisting preparing raw treats. Wear or bring soft-soled shoes for dancing in the special Dance Studio. Call Elizabeth to volunteer or for last minute directions 510-864-1111.
Directions: From 880, take High Street Alameda Exit. At stoplight, turn west onto High Street and proceed over bridge 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Otis Drive and right onto Glenwood. From Fruitvale BART Station, take Bus #50 to White Hall & Willow, then walk 2 blocks to Otis and 1 block to Glenwood. Call 415-273-5481 for more general information.

Free Video Night at Red Victorian Peace Café (May 26)

2006-05-03T18:40:00.000-07:00

Free Video Night at the Red Victorian Peace Café on the Last Friday of the Month
Friday, May 26 at 7:00 p.m. Vegetarian & Vegan food are available before the show.
1665 Haight Street, near Ashbury, San Francisco
“The Greatest Diet on Earth” by Joel Fuhrman, MD. This video features Dr. Fuhrman’s recommendations in his two excellent books, Eat to Live and Disease Proof Your Child.

Kentucky Fried Chicken leafletting (May 28)

2006-05-03T18:36:00.000-07:00

Kentucky Fried Chicken leafletting followed by lunch at Shangri La.
Sunday, May 28th, Leafleting at 12:00 p.m., Lunch at 1:15 p.m.
KFC is at 1900 Irving Street at the corner of 20th Ave in San Francisco. Shangri La is at 2026 Irving St. at 22nd Ave., 731-2548, walking distance from KFC. Come to one event or both. A group will walk from KFC to the restaurant together. Please RSVP, write to veggiejews@cyberonic.com . See newsletter for more info.

Cooking Demo with Jill Broadway (May 21)

2006-05-03T18:32:00.000-07:00

Cooking Demo with Jill Broadway, Sunday, May 21 at 1:00 p.m.
One Taste Café, in the Urban Retreat Center, 1074 Folsom Street, between 7th & 8th St, San Francisco
$10 donation includes Recipes and Samples. Reservations by May 18, call 415-273-5481.
The exciting “Global Vegan Gourmet” Menu will include: Fennel, Pear and Celery Root Soup with Lemongrass and Basil; Kelp Noodle Salad with Orange Miso Dressing; Sesame Spinach and Shitake Rolls; Coconut Cream Tarts with Vanilla and Cardamom, Chocolate Crust, Seasonal Fruit. Menu is vegan and wheat free, with no refined sugar or starches, and organic as much as possible. Jill is a professional chef with 9 years experience and a graduate of the Culinary Management Program of George Brown College, Toronto, Canada. She specializes in health conscious cuisine with extensive knowledge of vegan, Ayurvedic and yogic diets. A certified yoga instructor, she has traveled in India, cooked in yoga ashrams and worked as the chef at two Ayurvedic wellness spas. Besides teaching holistic cooking classes, she is currently working at Café Gratitude on Irving in San Francisco.

Potluck/Free Lecture by Don Moseman (May 13)

2006-05-03T18:12:00.000-07:00

May Potluck with Free Lecture by Don Moseman, aka “Walking Don”
Saturday, May 13th, Socializing & Appetizers:6:00 p.m., Dining:6:30 p.m., Lecture:7:30 p.m.
Location: IOA.
After the Potluck, Don will discuss “Healthy Diet and Walking” and show slides from his 2nd walk in 1998 from Boston to San Francisco/Mill Valley via the northern route. He showed his slides from his 3rd walk across the U.S. at our October 2005 Potluck. His remarkable walking feats were written up in the San Francisco Chronicle Nov. 19, 2004. Educational and inspiring, be sure to bring friends, old and young to meet Don. At the age of 66, he is now planning his 4th walk across the U.S. We will be planning a greeting party when he reaches San Francisco sometime during the summer.

Meet author/philosopher Peter Singer (May 12)

2006-05-03T18:07:00.000-07:00

Lecture with Book Tour – Peter Singer, Professor/Author “Why Our Food Choices Matter”
Friday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Co-Sponsored with UUFETA
Unitarian Universalist Center, Franklin & Geary Streets, San Francisco
MUNI #38 with East Bay connection at TransBay Terminal and BART at Montgomery Exit
Peter Singer had been a professor at Princeton University since 1999. He was the founding President of the International Association of Bioethics and founding Co-Editor of the journal Bioethics with Helga Kuhse. Singer first became internationally known after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975. His other books include Practical Ethics, How Are We to Live?; Rethinking Life and Death; One World; The President of Good and Evil and his present book, The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter. Book signing will follow the lecture.