Ep 28 – Interview with Vesanto Melina | Registered Dietitian

Interview With Vesanto Melina | Registered Dietian

In this episode we talk to Vesanto Melina, who’s been a registered dietitian for 53 years and a best selling author of books like “Becoming Vegan” and “Becoming Raw”.  We talk to her about modern day trends, fad diets and thriving on a plant-based diet!

About Vesanto Melina

Vesanto Melina is a Canadian Registered Dietitian and co-author of books that have become classics in the field of vegetarian, vegan, and raw foods nutrition, have sold over 700,000 copies and are in 8 languages (Italian, Dutch, Traditional Chinese, Czech, French, Portuguese, Israeli, English). She has presented workshops on various aspects of vegetarian, vegan and raw foods and nutrition for dietitians, health professionals, and vegetarian associations in 17 American states and 9 Canadian provinces, and in Europe (Paris, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Dresden, Ghent, Barcelona, Oxford, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Venice).

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesanto_Melina)

Registered Dietitian since 53 years.
Started teaching nutrition at UBC in 1965.
Am 76 and at top of game.

Book awards, speaking awards, international speaking
Long evolution from era when vegetarian diets were considered risky (1970’s texts)
Vesanto Melina, MS, RD is lead author of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ current Position
Paper on Vegetarian Diets. She is an internationally known speaker and co-author of award winning
books that are classics on plant-based nutrition, most with Brenda Davis, and now in 11 languages.
Their most recent is Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition, written for dietitians, MDs, and other
health professionals, with 620 pages and entirely referenced. Half as long is Becoming Vegan: Express
Edition. Vesanto is a government consultant, and has taught nutrition at Seattle’s Bastyr University and
at the University of British Columbia.

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