Becoming Vegan, Vesanto Melina, MS, RD
Becoming Vegan, Vesanto Melina, MS, RD
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Becoming Vegan
Comprehensive Edition: The Complete Reference to Plant-Based Nutrition

Author: Vesanto Melina, MS, RD, Brenda Davis, RD

Narrator: Norah Tocci

Unabridged: 24 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/17/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina explore the health benefits of vegan diets compared to other dietary choices; explain protein and amino acid requirements at various stages of life; describe fats and essential fatty acids and their value in plant-based diets; investigate carbohydrate facts and fallacies; reveal the truth about wheat, gluten, and grains; pinpoint where to obtain calcium, iron, zinc and other minerals without animal products; clarify the importance of obtaining vitamin B12; and show how to attain optimal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation.

Nutritional guidelines are provided for infants, children, teens, and adults, including seniors; and a section is devoted on how to achieve and maintain healthy weights and exceptional fitness on a vegan diet. Numerous tables and graphs illustrate each section. A handy graphic of the vegan plate offers a daily plan for healthful eating. Equally beneficial are the sample menus designed for people of various caloric needs.

While much of the emphasis is on the health advantages that vegan diets offer, an opening chapter is devoted to the impact of animal agriculture on the environment, and the degree of inhumanity that has dominated the industry. Plant-based nutrition truly benefits the entire planet, and every bite makes a difference.

About Vesanto Melina, MS, RD

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, and have sold over 700,000 copies and are in eight languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig?

not a page turner, but the definitive Bible of veganism. where, why, what, and how to get all those yummy things that your body needs. never who, though. :)......more

This book was decent, but never something I'd recommend to someone trying to go vegan. Instead I'd recommend it to their mothers who, still buying in to the massively corrupt nutritional guidelines we have in place in the U.S., would be much reassured by the authors' stalwart support of said guideli......more