Aging in Great Health!
March 24, 2020 No Comments
Aging in Great Health! Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian Why do we age? Getting older, and showing it, and feeling it, involves a buildup of
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Many of these articles were written for the public and appeared in Common Ground Magazine
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Plant-based Food Prep.
October 21, 2019 No Comments
Nutrispeak By Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian As a dietitian, I learned a lot about which foods rated highest in folate or vitamin C, and
Three Great Ways to Start Your Day
September 21, 2019 No Comments
Nutrispeak By Vesanto Melina and Julia Murray Breakfast! This can be an exciting reason to get up in the morning. (Then again, others prefer to
Coconut Oil: Menace or Miracle?
June 21, 2019 No Comments
Nutrispeak By Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis Few foods have been at once maligned and acclaimed as much as coconut oil. Some view it as
Redefining Protein Quality: What’s New About Protein?
May 21, 2019 No Comments
NutriSpeak by Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian A new paper published by the American Society for Nutrition makes the case for modernizing the definition of
Vegan Kid Alert
March 21, 2019 No Comments
Nutrispeak by Vesanto Melina and Gillian Meghan Walters Children tend to gravitate to animals and love them. Adults guide them to care for companion animals; to love,
Meat Subsidies: We’re Paying Double
January 21, 2019 No Comments
Nutrispeak by Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian Our annual subsidies to Canadian farmers have ranged from 6.9 billion dollars (in 2011) to more than 8 billion
Defeating Type 2 Diabetes
December 21, 2018 No Comments
Nutrispeak Vesanto Melina, MS, RD “The diabetes time bomb has been ticking for 50 years, and it’s been getting louder. Martin Silink, President International Diabetes Federation
Q&A: Iron on a Plant-Based Diet!
October 21, 2018 No Comments
Nutrispeak Vesanto Melina MS, RD, Alessia Vaz and Sophia Jhajj A common misconception is that those eating plant-based diets are more prone to develop iron