Today I talk to Vesanto Melina, R.D. about diabetes. We discuss what the prevalence is in North America, what we need to eat to reduce our risk and what sorts of meals she recommends in her Kick Diabetes Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GTBMBFN/?ref=exp_chefaj_dp_vv_d

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, Hebrew, 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).

Here are the links she mentioned in her talk:

for Vegetarian Nutrition Dietary Practice Group

https://vndpg.org/

nutrispeak.com (see the position paper link in box near top)

becomingvegan.ca (for our award-winning classics)

kickdiabetescookbook.com (for our 2 diabetes books)

For a plant-based MD or health professional near you

https://www.plantbaseddoctors.org/

Thank you for watching.

Love & Kale,

Chef AJ