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Becoming Vegan: The Complete Reference to Plant-Based Nutrition (Comprehensive Edition)

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Internationally acclaimed dietitians Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina specifically designed this fully referenced, comprehensive edition to meet the needs of health professionals, academic librarians, and curriculum developers in addition to lay readers with a deep interest in nutrition.
The authors explore the health benefits of vegan diets compared to other dietary choices; provide an explanation for protein and amino acid requirements at quite a lot of 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 throughout 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 take care of healthy weights and exceptional fitness on a vegan diet. A lot of tables and graphs illustrate each section. A handy graphic of the vegan plate offers a daily plan for healthful eating. Equally really helpful are the sample menus designed for people of quite a lot of caloric needs.
While much of the emphasis is on the health advantages that vegan diets offer, an opening chapter is devoted to the affect of animal agriculture on the environment, and the degree of inhumanity that has dominated the industry. Plant-based nutrition in point of fact benefits all the planet, and every bite makes a difference.

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