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Hello,

 

Posted for CHOICE

EMAIL SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT SOY MILK TODAY!

Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:00 P.M. PST

 

This is very last minute - it appears the Los Angeles Unified school board has

changed the wording on their resolution away from a vegetarian alternative and

away from inclusion of soy milk. Please read the following message from

Jaqueline Domac and email the Board before 5 pm on Tues. Oct 28.

 

Susan Wieland, Dir. of CHOICE

www.choiceusa.net

 

This is it... The vote is this Tuesday, October 28 at 5pm. LAUSD School Board

333 S. Beaudry Ave., Los Angeles 213-241-6389

 

LAUSD, the 2nd largest school district in the nation, will vote on whether or

not to offer a vegetarian meal each day, at all 700 schools, and whether or not

to pilot soy milk. We need your help! Please take a look at how the revised

motion is written (BELOW), and then send a letter of support via e-mail or fax

and/or call the school board members. Activists will be fighting to get the

original wording back in the motion....and to ensure that these two tenets don't

get deleted altogether in the final hours. For the animals, and

children,....please voice your support, and encourage those who live in the L.A.

area to attend the vote. Thank you!

 

Jacqueline Domac Chair, Health Dept. Venice High School, LAUSD

www.nojunkfood.org

 

LAUSD Obesity Prevention Motion (segment of latest draft):

 

Directs the Superintendent to provide at least one vegetarian option that

includes a vegetable or fruit component in addition to the salad bar as one of

the 11 options served daily in the cafeteria;

 

Directs the Superintendent to undertake a pilot program offering a la carte soy

milk options at 5 schools;

School Board Members e-mail addresses:

 

jose.huizar (President)

marlene.canter (author of motion)

david.tokofsky

julie.korenstein (co-author of motion)

mike.lansing

marguerite.poindexterlamotte

jon.lauritzen

For further school board contact info. visit www.lausd.net For further policy

info. visit www.nojunkfood.org and click on " policy "

 

Background Info...

 

We Say:

 

Provide at Least One Plant Based Vegetarian Option.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the United States Department of Agriculture,

the National Institutes of Health, and the American Dietetic Association all

recommend a greater emphasis in the American diet on fruits, vegetables, whole

grains and legumes, with a reduction in the consumption of animal foods.

 

In California, schools continue to rely upon the Nutrition Services Division's

Food Distribution Program that delivers foods purchased and donated by the USDA.

The most popular USDA-donated foods sent to processors are: beef, pork, chicken,

and turkey. This invariably encourages schools to cut costs by using the above

foods, despite the USDA's recommendation to " ensure financial decisions do not

undermine nutrition goals " . In light of this dilemma, the California legislature

overwhelming passed ACR 16, authored by CA Assemblyman Joe Nation, which

requests that the state departments of Education, Food and Agriculture and

Health Services develop nutritionally sound school lunch menu plans that would

provide daily optional plant-centered vegetarian school lunches.

 

According to LAUSD's own estimates, there are between 22,000 and 37,000

vegetarian students in the district, many of which are lactose intolerant.

Offering a plant-based meal is easy to do. LAUSD's Nutritional Service's

Division already has applicable recipes approved by their own test kitchen and

are already offered at selected LAUSD school sites. These can easily be prepared

in proportions appropriate to demand since, unfortunately, meals are no longer

prepared in our school kitchens, making heating and serving in small increments

a simple task. A popular plant based item at Venice High School is our Veggie

Chili Potato Boat. Even SYSCO Foods, the country's largest food service

distributor, offers plant based meal distribution: www.MoonRoseVegetarian.com

and other USDA approved recipes are readily available from the USDA's website,

the Detroit Unified School District, and California's Project Healthy

Beginnings.

 

We Say:

 

Offer Soymilk Wherever Dairy Milk is Sold.

Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose, the primary sugar of

milk. 30 to 50 million Americans are lactose intolerant. Broken down into ethnic

groups, approximately 75% of African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native

Americans, 90% of Asian Americans and 15% of Caucasian Americans are lactose

intolerant. Students who consume dairy, and are lactose intolerant, can

experience an upset stomach, bloating, nausea, gas, cramps, and/or diarrhea.

Some students choose not to consume dairy products due to ethical reasons or

other health concerns. Soymilk is an excellent source of calcium. In fact,

soymilk is fortified with the same amount of calcium as found in dairy milk.

 

In addition, according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, human

studies have shown that the consumption of soy protein is associated with a

markedly lower urinary excretion of calcium compared with the consumption of

similar amounts of whey protein or a mixture of animal proteins. And, unlike

dairy milk, soymilk contains no cholesterol or saturated fat. According to a

representative of Dean Foods, the largest distributor of dairy milk and soymilk

in the United States, dairy milk sales are flat, while soymilk sales are

soaring.

 

At Venice High School, a LAUSD LEAF Pilot Site, soymilk sales surpassed dairy

milk sales within a few weeks of its introduction. Soymilk is affordable, has a

shelf life of over eighty days, and is available in plain, vanilla, and

chocolate. It can easily be ordered and stocked in quantities appropriate to

demand.

 

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!! Jacqueline Domac

 

 

 

 

 

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