Becoming Vegan

Comprehensive Edition: The Complete Reference to Plant-Based Nutrition

By: Brenda Davis RD, Vesanto Melina MS RD

Narrated by: Norah Tocci

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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2014 Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina (P)2019 Tantor

Objective, informative, and comprehensive

A must have resource for both seasoned vegans and everyone intetested in vegan lifestyle.
Narration is somewhat slow, you may want to speed it up by 10-25%.

Encyclopedia of all things veg

If you can get past the first chapter this is the most comprehensive volume os dietary veg/vegan information I have come across — chapters dedicated to athletics, old age and pregnancy eating.

very informative!

This book is a very informative study , Almost like taking a nutrition class in one book!

5 Stars for Information

The book had a strong beginning, the rest is just a lot of really good, sense information.

Reference

This is a reference book on dietary principles and biology.
Long but very informative, and includes information from Canada and other parts of the world.
I liked this narrator.