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Its time to retire the Pyrmi. Yes, its shpe ws ppeig. A itsmessge ws ressurig. Whether you grvitte towr the gris,ruits, vegetbes t its bse, or the mets iry proucts pictureo its upper eves, the Pyrmi h you covere. But tht ws excty theprobem. From the begiig, the igrm ws t os with scietic eviece.It ws itee to promote soi premise, tht the bsis o the iet shou be vegetbes, ruits, whogris. But its recommetios or met iry proucts ew i the ce o coutess stuies showitht peope who et these proucts iy re ess hethy th peope who steer cer o them.

I 1991, whe the Etig Right Pyrmi ws bout to ebut, three coegujoie me i suggestig better wy. T. Coi Cmpbe, Ph.D., who e the ChiStuy; Deis Burkitt, M.D., who estbishe the vue o ber i the iet; Oiver Abster, M.D., ocoogist rom e George Wshigto Uiversitspoke t PCRM press coerece er the White House. We he tht the iet

stpes shou be the New Four Foo Groupsvegetbes, ruits, whoe gri egumes (bes, pes, etis). A other oos were eeme optiosome optio oos (e.g., mets, iry proucts, eggs, gresy sugry oore best et o the pte etirey.

A week ter, the Pyrmi ws reese. e Ntio Cttemes Bee Associtio, rey reeig rom our suggestio tht met o oger be iy requiremet, ws scize bmets seemigy reuce promiece o the Pyrmi. e group escee o theU.S. Deprtmet o Agricuture, eme tht the igrm be withrwwhich it ws, i o time t. Not uti yer ter i it repper ery uchgeuer the me Foo Guie Pyrmi. I 2005, the igrm ws rerw to repcethe epictios o oo with uiterpretbe coore stripes. Users h to go oie to

out wht ws recommee. A thts the Pyrmi we kow toy.Eter the Power Pte. It is simpe resoby iter igrm tht shows the hethy oos th

beog o our ptes. It is both more ccurte th the Pyrmi much esier to impemet. PCRMhs eveope reese the Power Pte with posters i octors oces, vetisemets i utritio jours, u Web presece. A we hve ske theer govermet to opt itor somethig ike its eer poicy.

ere re my ucertities i utritio sciece: Is it better to emphsiwhoe gris, or shou our ptes be more but i vegetbes ruits? rw better th cooke? e Power Pte oes ot tcke these questios. Rtheit sticks to the bsics: hethy iet emphsizes vegetbes, ruits, whoe gri egumes. It so poits out the importce o gettig

vitmi B12 rom either suppemets or ortie oos ( recommetio tht thegovermet currety imits to oer peope, but is sou vice or everyoe). Ait presets these ies i rmework tht yoe c uerst.

A up-to-te techig too is just rst step i improvig peopes etig hbits.But i our euctio toos c keep up with wht we kow bout utritio sci-ece, our messge is tht much more poweru.

We have asked the federal

government to adopt it

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federal policy.

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9 Introducing the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010

10 Dr. Barnard Helps Viewers Like You Fight Diabetes

Ginnifer Goodwin Has Big Love for Vegan Kickstart

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12 Nonanimal Chemical Testing for a Safer Environment

Action Alert: Contact the FDA about Animal Testing

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proessor Jcqueie Whittemore, Ph.D.,D.V.M., ormer stuet Kty Kott-kmp, D.V.M., FRED ows veterir-is stuets to prctice stomcheoscopy surgeries. Eoscopy uses

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e Eviromet Protectio Age-cy hs pubishe the resuts o the rstphse o the project, which teste seto more th 300 pesticie chemics.Reserchers ou strog corretiosbetwee existig t o chemic e-

ects the resuts o ce-bse ssys.is is the rst step towr proviigthe scietic support eee to persueregutory gecies to use oimtestig btteries. e ext phse o theprogrm wi exp to sever thouschemics, icuig phrmceutics iustri chemics.

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org systems chemic might ect.e sigtures so ow regutorsto ctegorize chemics with simireects. Scietists c use computermoeig to trste the resuts romceur tests to hums.

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Avoiig met improves moo, c-corig to report presete t recet Americ Pubic Heth Associ-tio coerece. Reserchers t ArizoStte Uiversity ivie 39 prticiptsito three iet groups: Oe group wsske to hve o met or eggs; secows ske to hve sh three to our times

per week, but o other met; thirme o iet chges. e vegetrigroup experiece moo improve-mets i both tesio cousioctegories, whie the met-etigprticipts sh eters showeo moo improvemets.Beezhold BL, Johnston CS, Daigle DR. Restriction of esh foods in

omnivores improves mood: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Poster presented at: American Public Health Associations 137th

Annual Meeting and Exposition; November 9, 2009: Philadelphia, PA.

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Bcteri rom chicke proucts mybe mjor cuse o uriry trct i-ectios, ccorig to ew Ceters orDisese Cotro Prevetio stuy.Reserchers exmie urie smpesrom wome who h uriry trct iec-tios mtche E. coi i the smpesto E. coi rom cotmite oos.ey ou tht most o the E. coi wsigeste through reti met proucts (61percet o which were chicke proucts) rey-to-et proucts (73 percet owhich were met proucts). e uthorscocue tht chicke ws the misource o uriry trct iectio-cusigE. coi. Reserchers so wre thtim-prouct sources o E. coi my berug-resistt, which c require morecosty compicte tretmets.Vincent C, Boerlin P, Daignault D, et al. Food reservoir for Escherichia

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hmburgers per week were 40 percetmore ikey to eveop type 2 ibetes,whie two or more rie chicke mes

e to 68 percet icrese i ibeterisk. e reserch oowe more th44,000 prticipts who were origiyibetes-ree were prt o the Bck

Womes Heth Stuy.Krishnan S, Coogan PF, Boggs, DA, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR. Consump

tion of restaurant foods and incidence of type 2 diabetes in African

American women.Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91:465-471.

Hmburgers rie chicke mysigicty icrese type 2 ibetesrisk, ccorig to recet rtice i theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Dibetes risk icreses with higheritke o tot protei improtei, ccorig to recet stuy iDiabetes Care. Reserchers yze theiets o 38,094 Dutch prticipts romthe Europe Prospective Ivestigtioito Ccer Nutritio (EPIC) stuy ou tht or every 5 percet ocories cosume rom protei isteo crbohyrte or t, the risk o e-veopig ibetes icrese 30 percet.Icrese im protei itke so co-icie with icrese boy mss iex,wist circumerece, boo pressure.Vegetbe protei itke ws ot ssoci-te with ibetes risk.

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protein and risk of type 2 diabetes in the European Prospectiv

Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-NL study. Diabete

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1894:The U.S. Depart-

ment o Agriculture

develops the frst oodcomposition tables.

The Foo Guie Pyrmi hs ore cssroows oo pckges sice 1992, but emore ccurte, more user-riey grphic hs beeeveope by PCRM experts or use by schoos, hecre proessios, iivius ookig or up-tte utritio vice.

e U.S. Deprtmet o Agricuture crete the Eig Right Pyrmi igrm i 1991. Uike the BsFour igrm it repce, it promote gris, vegetbe

ruits, with somewht ess emphsis o mets iry proucts, eve ess o sugr e tIt ws quicky withrw, however, uer objectioby the met iustry.

A yer ter, the Foo Guie Pyrmi re-emergeery ietic to its preecessor. However, s the pirie o the ew grphic, it ws cer tht it ws reout o te. Eve with reuce grphic emphsis omets iry proucts, it sti ce or two to thrservigs o both ech y. Stuies h rey showhowever, tht peope who oow its vice to cosummet iry proucts re, s group, ess heth

th peope who voi these proucts together.For my, the Pyrmi seeme overy bstrct

i ot trste very we ito iy choices. Ater peope et rom ptes, ot pyrmis.

I 2005, the USDA moie the grphic giitroucig its curret eve more cotrovesioo guie, MyPyrmi. e grphic seri

1916: The frst daily ood guides appear

in USDA publications. They consist o

fve ood groups: milk and meat, cereals,

vegetables and ruits, ats and at oods,

and sugars and sugary oods.

1933:During the Great Depression, the government issues

amily ood plans that speciy which oods to eat at dierent

cost levels using 12 major ood groups: milk; potatoes andsweet potatoes; dry beans, peas, and nuts; tomatoes and citrus

ruits; leay green and yellow vegetables; other vegetables and

ruits; eggs; lean meat, poultry, and fsh; ours and cereals;

butter; other ats; and sugars.

1941:The Food and Nutrition Board

o the National Academy o Sciences

releases the frst Recommended Dietary

Allowances, which include recommen-

dations or calories and nine nutrients.

1942:During World War

II, the USDA releases the

Basic Seven ood guide.This guide suggests

alternate choices in case

o wartime shortages.

1946:The USDA adds

the number o recommended daily

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1956:The seven ood groups are condensed to the Basic Four in the USDA

publication Essentials of an Adequate Diet. The guide ocuses on eating habits

to prevent nutrient defciencies. It recommends a minimum number o serv-ings o milk products, meat products, ruits and vegetables, and grains.

o coore stripesicues o oo imges t requires Iteret ccess to gi ietry guice. Itsprogrm cotet cotiues to recomme met, iryproucts, other uhethu oos.

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PCRM ietitis octors sw the ee or set o esy-to-use ietry guice toos tht serve thecurret ees o the pubicto curb ietry excesses ght chroic iseses.

Ater ietiyig pricipes gos to guie themteris eveopmet, PCRMs irector o utritioeuctio Sus Levi, M.S., R.D., other PCRMexperts exmie the Istitute o Meicie WorHeth Orgiztio reports o ietry itke ietie the most hethu sources o utriets.

e tem cocue tht the ew oo igrm

shou ocus o gris, vegetbes, ruits, bes.ese oos re utriet-rich, ree o choestero im ts, c i i prevetig hert isese, type2 ibetes, obesity, other chroic iseses pguigAmerics. PCRMs utritio experts excue met,iry proucts, eggs sice they re uecessry preset serious heth risks.

Thinking Outside the PyramidHistoricy, oo igrms hve use shpes tht

hve o coectio to oo. But sever eig hethorgiztios, icuig the Americ Istitute or

Ccer Reserch the Americ Dibetes Asso-citio, use pte imges to commuicte utritioiormtio with more iter meig.

To etermie wht shpe wou be best or PCRMsigrm, the tem eveope teste our versios: trigur shpe simir to MyPyrmi, squre, sty-ize pte, simpe pte. ese were evute by

chire uts usig oymous oie survey.e pte-shpe igrm h higher esthetic rtig,compre with squre trigur igrms. It soh high rte o cotet rec.

PCRMs ew igrm presets the bsics o meuor optim heth through the cocrete imge o pte. e Power Pte eimites portio suggestios oo hierrchies simpy recommes vrietyrom our groups. e grphic c trste itogri-bse mes, s might be miir i Asi cuisie,egume-bse mes or Lti Americ tstes, or mes

1977: The Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Hu-

man Needs issues the Dietary Goals or the United States.

The goals address intake o protein, carbohydrate, at, atty

acids, cholesterol, sugars, and sodiumbut they do not

translate into ood plans or guides.

1979:The USDAs new

Hassle-Free Guide to a

Better Diet adds a fthood group to the Basic

Four: ats, sweets, and

alcohol.

1980: The USDA releases the

frst Dietary Guidelines or

Americans, which have beenrevised every fve years since

then.

1991:PCRM calls on the ederal government to

replace the Basic Four with the New Four Food

Groups: grains, legumes, vegetables, and ruits.

Meats and dairy products were considered no mo

than optionaland best avoided altogether.

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1991:The USDA unveils the Eating

Right Pyramid, emphasizing grains,

ruits, and vegetables and reducingemphasis on meat and dairy products.

1992:The Food Guide Pyramid is introduced, almost identical

to its predecessor. It encourages consumption o grains, veg-

etables, and ruits, but still recommends two to three servingseach day rom the dairy group and another two to three rom

the meat group.

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sion provides no nutrition guidance at all until users connect to the Internet.

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Introducing the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010

Miios o chire cou soo hve ccess to utri-tious vegetri schoo uches i Cogress psses bi itrouce this Mrch.

e Hethy Schoo Mes Act o 2010, itrouceby Rep. Jre Pois, D-Coo., wou crete piot pro-grm to provie seect schoos with pt-bse vegetr-i optios hethu oiry beverges. e biwou so rewr schoo istricts with itio ooi i they oer most stuets oiry vegetri oochoices every y.

For yers, PCRM octors ietitis hve e-courge wmkers to mke chges to chi utri-tio egistio to support hethu vegetri oos.Now PCRM is pyig mjor roe i supportig thismesure, which wou put vegetri me optios oiry beverge choices ito schoo ceteris.e bi hs bee itrouce s Cogress cosiersthe reuthoriztio o the Chi Nutritio Act, whichys the grouwork or schoo mes other oossistce progrms.

Oe i three chire is ow overweight, sysPCRM ietiti Kthry Strog, M.S., R.D. Oe ive tees hs borm choestero eve. I chireever hve optio other th the usu met--iry-bse mes, those gures re ot ikey to chge.

Oe eer stuy showe tht 70 percet o schoos

serve mes tht excee recommee eves o sturtet. PCRM utritio experts re meetig with Memberso Cogress other schoo utritio stkehoers toexpi how the Hethy Schoo Mes Act cou ghtchihoo obesity improve chires over heth.

I the w psses, the U.S. Deprtmet o Agricuture

wou oow the piot progrm by mkig pt-bsevegetri optios oiry beverge choices vi-be to schoos through the commoity progrm. Itwou so provie triig mteris o the utritiobeets o these oos. Stuets wou o oger hveto provie octors ote to choose mik tertive.

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Dr. Barnard Helps ViewersLike You Fight Diabetes

Miios o Pubic Brocstig Service viewersere bout ew pproch to cotroigibetes this Mrch. PCRM presiet Ne Brr,M.D., trvee to PBS sttios everywhere rom Pitts-burgh Mimi to Des Moies, Iow, BowigGree, Ohio, to iorm Americs tht ow-t veg

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e pt-bse pproch is bse o mstuy ue by the Ntio Istitutes o He pubishe i Diabetes Care, theAmerican Journof Clinical Nutrition, the Journal of the AmericaDietetic Association. Rther th compeste or muctioig isui, s other tretmets o, the ippers to hep peopes ow isui work better b

terig wht goes o isie ces. It so es to weigoss, better cotro o choestero boo pressur better over heth.

Just two weeks beore Dr. Brrs PBS tour, goermet report surce bout the gers o Av commo ibetes rug. e report ou tht just three moths i 2009, more th 300 eths weike to the or meictio. Dr. Brr expieto PBS viewers tht veg iet c eectivey treibetes hs oy positive sie eects.

PCRMs oie 21-Dy Veg Kickstrt hs cugthe eye o growig umber o heth-cosciouceebrities, icuig Giier Goowi o HBOs BLoveseries.

Goowi ws eer o the 21-Dy Veg Kickstprogrm i Mrch. Aso joiig the Kickstrt eeship i Mrch were Persi White o the teevisio shoGirlfriends; Aexr Jmieso, uthor oLiving Vegafor Dummies e Great American Detox Diet; Joey Ker oSuper Troopersme. ey shre recipe

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Congress PushesMilitary to End

Animal Use

Aew bi itrouce i the U.S. House o Repre-settives wou require the miitry to istitutemoer meic triig methos i courses tht cur-rety subject thouss o ims to stb wous,burs, other ijuries. PCRM meic expertsrecety joie miitry physicis, meic simutioexperts, Rep. Bob Fier, D-Ci., o Cpito Hito expi why the miitry shou repce ive ims

i its meic triig courses with ethic euc-tioy superior hum-bse methos.

At Februrys brieg, Rep. Fier, chir o theHouse Committee o Veters Airs, iscusse hiseorts to moerize miitry triig by itroucigthe Bttee Exceece through Superior Triig(BEST) Prctices Act. is bi, H.R. 4269, wou ethe Deprtmet o Deeses use o ims i combttrum chemic csuty cre triig courses.

Hope Ferowsi, M.D., M.P.H., PCRMs irectoro reserch poicy, presete overview o the miitrys

reice o ive ims or meic triig. Lt. Co.Wiim Morris, M.D. (ret.), chie o eurosurgery tMutiCre Heth System, iscusse his perso ex-perieces with im use i combt trum triig.Am Levie, M.D., irector o hum simutio irector o resiecy triig t Mout Sii Schooo Meicie, Mrti Eso, M.D., irector othe Ceter or Experieti Lerig t the Jmes H.Quie Coege o Meicie, presete hs-omeic simutio emostrtio. e brieg wsstig-room oy.

Ech yer, the miitrys trum triig coursessubject more th 8,500 gots pigs to severe ijuries.I chemic csuty cre courses, ive vervet mokeysre give toxic ose o the rug physostigmie, whichc iuce seizures, brethig icuty, eth.

Crig or woue troops uer re requiresquick thikig, there is o time to trste romim-bse triig to iesvig cre or your humptiet, sys Dr. Ferowsi. e BEST Prctices Actesures tht the miitrys meic triig meets 21st-cetury strs.

e BEST Prctices Act wou require the miitryto use hum-bse meic simutors or chemiccsuty cre triig to esure tht meic persoereceive eective triig beore epoymet. e biwou so phse out the use o pigs gots i combttrum triig courses.

e BEST Prctices Act currety hs 27 cogres-sio co-sposors.

Rep. Bob Filner, D-Cali. Hope Ferdowsian, M.D., M.P.H. William Morris, M.D. Adam Levine, M.D. Martin Eason, M.D.

Sam DeMaria, M.D., demonstrates use o SimMan, a medical simulator.

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Action Alert

Contact the FDA AboutAnimal Testing

Every day, thousands of animals are expemented on and killed to create and test drugmany of which will never help a sick human b

ing. Thats why PCRM and an international coa

tion of scientists, doctors, and animal-protectio

organizations filed the Mandatory AlternativPetition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administr

tion. The petition asks the FDA to mandate the u

of validated nonanimal testing methods, whe

those alternatives exist, to create safer drugs f

American consumers.

The FDA is currently reviewing the initiative. Du

ing this time, we need you to contact the FDA an

urge the agency to mandate the use of validate

alternatives to animal tests. Please write to:

Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

5600 Fishers LaneRockville, MD 20857

UPDATE: As of April 2010, more than 120,000

PCRM members and supporters have signedpetitions that have been sent to the FDA.

To learn more about the Mandatory Alternativ

Petition, visitAlternatives-Petition.org. To sign PCRM

online petition to the FDA, go to Support.PCRM.or

FDA_Petition.

Nonanimal Chemical Testing for a Safer Environmen

Urging REACH Administrators to Reach Out

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PCRM Urges NASA Inspector General toBlock Monkey Experiment

Apropose NASA-ue experimet wi bombr

squirre mokeys with hrmu ioizig ritioto test the gers o iterpetry trve, ccorig to govermet ocumet recety ucovere by PCRM.

PCRM physici Joh Pippi, M.D., F.A.C.C., other PCRM experts obtie the reserch protocothrough the Freeom o Iormtio Act coucte i-epth ysis. I Februry, PCRM submitte orm eg petitio to NASAs Oce o the IspectorGeer emig u ivestigtio o this $1.75miio experimet.

NASAs mokey ritio experimets re pro-ouy crue, sys Dr. Pippi. ey re so uscie-

tic. t is, they wi ot give NASA the iormtioit is ookig or.

From the protoco, PCRM experts ere tht thesquirre mokeys wi be house iiviuy i steecges. Ater bombrig the ims with ritio,reserchers wi test them or cogitive impirmet.

NASA hs ot use mokeys or riobioogy re-serch sice 1990, whe govermet reserchers eeour eces o ritio experimets o mokeyster cocuig tht mokey t i ot trste tohums. e experimets were the bsis o the 1987

movie Project X. My reserchersicuig NASAscietistsow use high-tech, hum-cetere meth-os o stuyig spce ritio exposure.

Hard-Fought Victory for Animals at Medical College of Wisconsin

Ater yers o outrech by PCRM its mem-bers, the Meic Coege o Wiscosi youce it hs stoppe usig pigs i its rst-yerphysioogy course. Beore usig pigs, the bor-tory use ogs. Now, stuets wi observe humptiets use computer simutio. e coege

rst ouce tht it wou piot this hum- computer-bse progrm ter Februry 2009PCRM emostrtio.

e Meic Coege o Wiscosi (MCW) userogs, rts, rbbits i other physioogy bortoriess recety s Jury. But schoo spokesperso systhese sm im bortories re uer review my ot be oere ext yer. PCRM wi urge MCWto compete the trsitio to oim methos or physioogy techig.

Bill Maher Calls onNASA to Drop Monkey

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Another Canadian Trauma Training Course Goes Animal Free

Quees Uiversity i Kigsto, Otrio, recetyiorme PCRM tht it stoppe usig ive pigs iits trum triig progrm. e uiversity wi iste

use the TrumM System simutor, which provies more reistic, hum-cetere triig experiece.

Like my o PCRMs Avce Trum Lie Sup-port (ATLS) victories, this oe ws chieve through coorite pproch. Whie PCRM crioogistJoh Pippi, M.D., F.A.C.C., ws i iscussios with

the uiversitys ATLS course irector, PCRM ttorMrk Keey ws pursuig ccess to the istitutiorecors through Otrios Freeom o Iormtio

Protectio o Privcy Act.is test Ci victory oows others i 200

Lst yer, PCRM persue both Suybrook HeScieces Cetre the Uiversity o SsktchewCoege o Meicie to stop usig ive pigs i their ATLprogrms excusivey use the TrumM System

Now, 95 percet o U.S. Ci ciities thprovie ATLS triig use hum-ptiet simutors. B hu o progrms cotiue to use ive ims.

Animals, Research, and Alternatives: Call for Abstracts

Fity yers ter the eveopmet o the moe toreuce, ree, repce ims i reserch,PCRM is brigig gob experts together to iscussthe progress tht hs bee me the opportui-ties tht ie he.

e Aims, Reserch, Atertives: MesurigProgress 50 Yers Lter coerece wi tke pce oAug. 26 27, 2010, i Wshigto, D.C. e coer-ece is sposore by PCRM the George WshigtoUiversity Meic Ceter, og with the Johs HopkisUiversity Ceter or Atertives to Aim Testig, the

Istitute or I Vitro Scieces, the Keey Istituteo Ethics t Georgetow Uiversity.

Atteees wi iscuss im experimettio,chgig cutur perspectives bout the sttus o i-ms i society, ew tertives to im reserch.

Scietists, reserchers, meic proessios, ethi-cists, stuets, poicymkers, govermet ocis

re ecourge to joi the coverstio by submittibstrcts o tertives to im experimettioor ethic or scietic cosiertios regrig usiims i experimets.

PLoS ONE hs gree to crete coectio those rtices tht () re ccepte or presettio the coerece, (b) pss the PLoS ONE eitoricriteri. PLoS ONE is rge, peer-reviewe, oioy ope ccess jour rom the Pubic Librry Sciece. I bstrct is ccepte by the coerec

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University of Washington Allows Monkey to Starve

Ame pig-tie mcque house t the Uiversityo Wshigtos Ntio Primte Reserch Ceter

ie st yer ter osig qurter o his boy weight.A September 2009 U.S. Deprtmet o Agricuturereport ou tht the im h ot bee weighe imore th two moths, twice s og s require by theuiversitys ow protocos.

e Uiversity o Wshigtos (UWs) primteceter is oe o eight eer primte ceters i thetio. is is ot the rst time UW hs come uerscrutiy or its im reserch ceters. A UW primte-

breeig ceter er Spoke ws

cose i 1995 ter ve bboos ieo co-wether exposure or thirst. I2005, three rooms i UW ciityreche 104 egrees Fhreheit, ki-ig more th 500 mice. A i 2006,the uiversity ws put o probtioter ispectors rom the Associtioor Assessmet Accreittio oLbortory Aim Cre ou seri-ous eciecies i the ciities.

Chimpanzee ProtectionGains Wide-RangingSupport

Lwmkers, physicis, scietists, jourists, stu-ets, my others hve joie the cmpigto pss the Gret Ape Protectio Act, which woue chimpzee experimettio reese eeryowe chimpzees to scturies.

More th 140 members o Cogress hve sigeo i support o the bi, H.R. 1326. PCRM expertscotiue to meet with Members o Cogress who hveot yet sige o. PCRM is so workig to ciittethe itrouctio o Sete compio bi. e cm-

pig to sve Americs chimpzees hs bee coverei vrious mei outets.

Most peope ot reize tht bortories re -owe to coe chimpzees or their etire ives icges bout the size o kitche tbe, si PCRMsirector o reserch poicy Hope Ferowsi, M.D.,M.P.H. Beyo the cruety o the experimets, chim-pzees ivig i bortories re eie the socicotct they ee. ey c become epresse, some eve severey mutite themseves.

Foxie lived in a laboratory for decades. She had ve babiesall were taken

from her as infants. The United States is the last industrialized nation still using

chimpanzees in invasive experiments. The Great Ape Protection Act would protect

chimpanzees from inhumane research and release more than 500 to sanctuaries.

They stole her childrenSupport the Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 1326)

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Cancer Project Names Worst Gourmet Burgers

Fst-oo chis re tryig to ure icustomers with gourmet burgers.With stggerig 1,140 cories moresturte t, choestero, soium

th yoe shou et i etire y,Weys Bco Deuxe Tripe Burgertoppe e Ccer Projects ist o the vemost uhethu gourmet burgers so byst-oo chis.

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cancer prevention and survival through nutrition education and research.

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cou ot rue out sttistic chce s the reso orthese resuts. Peope who cosume the most soy myhve prticipte i other ctivities tht cou owerrisk such s etig more ruits vegetbes. Soy oosi this stuy icue miso soup, soymik, vriety otou ishes, ermete soybes.Shu XO, Zheng Y, Cai H, et al. Soy food intake and breast cancer survival.JAMA. 2009;302:2437-

2443.

Shimazu T, Inoue M, Sasazuki S, et al. Isoavone intake and risk of lung cancer: a prospective

cohort study in Japan.Am J Clin Nutr.Published ahead of print January 13, 2010. doi:10.3945/

ajcn.2009.28161.

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Met cosumptio cigrette smokig sig-icty icrese the risk o cute myeoieukemi (AML), ccorig to ew igs rom theNtio Istitutes o Heth-AARP Diet HethStuy. AML, ccer tht strts i the boe mrrow,is the most commo cute eukemi ectig uts.Reserchers ooke t ery 500,000 prticipts ou tht those who te the most met h icrese risk o AML, compre with those who teess met. ey so ou tht ormer curret

smokers h icrese risk, compre with thosewho ever smoke. Prticipts who rk coee h ower risk o AML.Ma X, Park Y, Mayne ST, et al. Diet, lifestyle, and acute myeloid leukemia in the NIH-AARP cohort.

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Acoho re met icrese the risk o prostte coo ccer, respectivey, i peope with certigeetic vrit, ccorig to ew stuy. As prt o theEurope Prospective Ivestigtio ito Ccer Nutritio (EPIC)-Norok stuy, reserchers exmiegees, iet, iestye ctors rete to coorect,brest, prostte ccers. ey ou tht peopewith the vrit gee h ecrese biity to repirDNA whe they cosume re met, processe met, coho. is put the group t higher risk oreveopig ccer. Higher tioxit itke, speci-cy vitmi E crteois, showe protectiveeect or ccer risk i those with the geetic vrit.Loh YH, Mitrou PN, Bowman R, et al. MGMT Ile 143Val polymorphism, dietary factors and the

risk of breast, colorectal and prostate cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into

Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Norfolk study. DNA Repair. Published ahead of print January 20,

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Dr. Neal Barnards Program

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Bone vitality doesnt come through dairy

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egan Soul Kitchen

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Reinterpreting popular dishes rom Arican and Caribbean

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Drawing on her personal experience,

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A Side of Carbon Emissions

Swedish diners are now

aware of the carbon footprint

of their meals. New food

labels include the green-

house gas emissions used

to produce the product.

Meat production is a leading

source of greenhouse gasses.

Experts believe the labels

could help reduce Swedens

culinary carbon footprint by

as much as 25 to 50 percent.

Butter Ban

A leading London heart sur-

geon has called for a ban on

butter. Shyam Kolvekar, M.D.,

says a butter ban could save

thousands of lives by reduc-

ing saturated fat intake. Healso advises people to eat

less meat.

Ancient ArteriesCT scans of Egyptian mummies show evidence of heart dis-

ease, which is usually thought of as a disease caused by the

modern diet and sedentary lifestyles. High-status Egyptians

ate a diet high in fatty meat from cattle, geese, and ducks.

French Women Do Get Fat

The myth that French women

stay slim forever has been

exposed after new statistics

revealed that 15 percent of

French women are obese.

The trend for ever-meatier di-

ets, including more fast food,

has not spared France.

Patent Pending

Wild spider monkeys have

invented a new toola body

scratcher that may release

medicinal compounds. Sci-

entists observed spider mon-

keys using small sticks and

branches to scratch them-selves. The monkeys chewed

the tools tips between

scratches, possibly to release

medicinal compounds from

the plants.

Big Win for Animals

The Swiss Supreme Court

recently ruled against the

Polytechnic School of the

University of Zurich, whose

researchers wanted to

conduct two neurological

experiments on macaques.The experiments would

have involved the maximum

suering of animals on the

Swiss scale of severity with

no direct benet for human

health.

New Center Honors Gandhi

The Mahatma Gandhi-Doerenkamp Centre for Alternatives to

Animal Use in Life Science Education opened in October at

Bharathidasan University in Tiruchirappalli, India. The open-

ing marked the 140th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhis birth

and will promote humane science, blending the political and

spiritual leaders philosophy of nonviolence with life science

education.

Vegetarian Strongman

Joe Rollino once lifted 635

pounds with one nger. He

could bend quarters with

his bare hands. Reputed to

be the strongest man in the

world, Joe was a lifelong veg-etarian. He nally died at age

104 after being struck by a

minivan while walking in his

Brooklyn neighborhood.

Caterpillar Meat?

Some scientists are push-

ing lawmakers to consider

replacing beef with crickets

and caterpillars to combat

climate change. The Food

and Agriculture Organiza-

tion of the United Nations is

expected to release policy

guidelines later this year

encouraging countries to

include insects in their food

security plans.

A Royal Feast

This past fall, Englands Windsor Castle threw a vegan feast for

200 dignitaries from around the world as part of the Celebra-

tion of Faiths and the Environment. The royal banquet was

hosted by the Duke of Edinburgh.

Smart Chicks

Scientists in Italy have

observed that chicks only

three or four days old can do

simple arithmetic. With no

training, chicks were able to

keep track of object shifts

representing math problems

such as 4-2=2.

And Speaking of Spiders

A spider living in Central

America and Mexico turns

out to be a vegan. Named

after an agile panther in Rud-

yard Kiplings 1894 childrens

classic, The Jungle Book,

Bagheera kiplingi jumping

spiders must dodge armies of

ants to get to

their favorite

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