Letters

Vegetarian Times, June, 2002

Your March 2002 issue was terrific! Keep it up. I really enjoyed your article on spuds ("The Spectacular Spud," page 34). The author's comments were very helpful. These are the kind of recipes that I like to see--made with readily available ingredients that are already sitting in my cupboard and are simple, hearty and child-approved. I made the Curried Potato-Stuffed Breads for my family, two neighborhood kids and for my Korean friend and her family, and they loved it. Please have more articles from the same writer and more of your quick, easy, child-appealing recipes.

Theresa Quinton
Via e-mail

Freelancer Ken Haedrich, who wrote about the versatile potato for our March issue, is a frequent contributor to Vegetarian Times. This month he tackles outdoor entertaining in "Hot-for-Summer Cookouts. "To learn more about Haedrich and other writers whose work is featured in the current issue, turn to "Contributors, "page 6.

I just wanted to tell you how wonderful I think your magazine and books are. I am in the process of trying to get healthier and am involved with Weight Watchers. I have been sharing information from your publications with the members, and I have been encouraging them to subscribe to your magazine as well.

Peggy Hakanson
Alameda, California

Weight Watchers is completely adaptable to the vegetarian lifestyle. For some taste-tempting recipes you won't believe are low-fat, check out "Weight Watchers Goes Veg" in our January 2002 issue.

Your April 2002 article on homeopathy ("A Healthy Balance: How Homeopathy Helps the Body Heal Itself," page 73) was disheartening. The "three core concepts" are obvious nonsense and have no support in the scientific or medical community. Chemical assays reveal no trace of the highly diluted "healing substance" in homeopathic products. Vegetarian Times' promotion of natural remedies does a disservice to its readers who do not know enough science to evaluate them. Stick to recipes, and leave medicine to those who know better.

Henry Dudek
Madison, Wisconsin

Homeopathy was founded in the late 18th century by German physician Samuel Hahnemann as an alternative to traditional medicine. Whether or not you agree with its tenets, millions of people rely on homeopathic medicine for treatment of all types of illnesses.