Dear Friend,

We hope to find you in great spirits on this summer day!

In this issue of MooZine, your vegin' out guide, we discuss some common challenges to dining out as vegetarians & vegans and share some first-hand tips to help you enjoy your meals while helping to improve the quality of the restaurants you patron. Additionally, we have some splashing news as well as an incredible offer for you: a chance to win a FREE vegan vacation to Hawaii (details below)!

Huge thanks for your support in keeping HappyCow's Vegetarian Guide on the internet & up-to-date. HappyCow's database now lists veggie restaurants & health food stores in over 90 countries with recent additions in Nepal, Lithuania, Estonia, and United Emirates!

Our goal is to give you the most comprehensive guide available, so please continue to send in updates on new places you find.

Veggie Greetings,

the staff volunteers

REVIEW feature now available!
Finally, HappyCow has acquired the technical help to implement the REVIEW feature. Find it by the name of each restaurant or store listing, and be the first to add a REVIEW for your favorite (or not) places!

Write your way to a FREE Hawaii Vacation From our friends at the Blossoming Lotus Restaurant comes this incredibly generous offer: an all expenses paid trip for you & a friend to Hawaii! Register at: happycow.net/veganfusion/hawaii_contest.html (note: contest has closed.)

Feature: Vegin' Out, a Guide to Grazing

Health Notes

Rid Your Body of Toxins
Our expert nutrition consultant addresses one of the major causes of illness and disease: toxicity. Learn what you can do about it... READ FULL ARTICLE

Pet Animal Lovers,
Our friends at Nature's Manna shares your love for animals and understand the difficulty it is watching them go through any health challenge. They provide specialized treatments for your animals using veterinary-recommended, all-natural products created by the finest herbalists. Free consultations.

Visit www.naturesmanna.com for the path to perfect health for your pets' health, happiness, and longevity:

Health Foods Alert: You may be in danger of losing your unfettered access to dietary supplements
A United Nations trade commission - Codex Alimentarius (Latin for "food code") - that met in Rome in July has approved a severely restrictive regulatory code for dietary supplements. Without counter-action, that code is destined to be
enforced by many government regulatory agencies around the world in order to "harmonize" food trade. However, the emerging Codex regulations on vitamins
and mineral supplements may have everything to do with facilitating the profits of multinational food and chemical corporations and very little to do with promoting human health. Ongoing developments at: www. citizens.org

Travel Notes

HappyCow's Vegetarian B&B, Resorts, Spas, and Retreat Centers offers a list of cozy guest accommodations worldwide like Soulshine Resort & Spa in beautiful Belize and Under the Lime Tree in lovely Charente, France. Find these and much more at: Vegetarian Travel Directory

VegVoyages has opened its vegetarian Malaysian adventure - Rainforests, Reefs, Cultures & Cuisines! - a 16 day journey into the heart of peninsular Malaysia where the wilds of one of world's oldest rainforests, the peace and serenity of Southeast Asia’s tropical islands, the crossroads of some of Asia’s finest cultures, vegetarian cuisines, and the rough and often rogue colonial history of the Far East comes to life! This new adventure will be featured along with India, Sri Lanka and Thailand adventures in the 2006 brochure and on the website this fall. More info at: www.vegvoyages.com

HappyCow acknowledges the support of the following vegetarian-friendly businesses. Please visit their websites:

Thank you Native Foods (West Los Angeles) and The Blossoming Lotus (Kauai) for promoting healthy vegan dining and for keeping the cows happily fed. Also thanks to restaurants who support the HappyCow site: See FRIENDS List

EatRaw.com -provides easy access to the best raw vegetarian & vegan living foods.
Natural Herbs Online -features natural roots & tonics for healing & strengthening.
VeggieDate -how else are you going to meet vegetarians?
Bay VegXpress -San Francisco & Bay area home delivery of vegetarian soy foods.
NuTru -offers high quality vegan supplements.
Zhena's Gypsy Tea -organic & fair trade teas.
Green Earth Travel -vegetarian & environmentally-friendly travel.
Shoes with Souls -an eco friendly, socially responsible & cruelty free company.

Smiles to the individual contributors whose money gifts have made HC work possible!

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