Your First and Last Name: Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian
About Me – For optimal listing appearance, please limit this info to one or two paragraphs.: Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian is co-author of books that have won awards internationally and received star rating by the American Library Association as “the go-to books” on plant-based nutrition. She does personal consultations online with clients anywhere in North America or Europe (or beyond) by a combination of Zoom (preferred) or Skype, or phone, and email. This includes 1 hr. of contact plus 1-1/2 hr. of nutritional analysis preparation. A consultation includes:
· computerized, accurate, and detailed nutritional analysis of your eating pattern
· simple ideas for improving your diet to meet your goals, in ways that suit your lifestyle
· answers to your questions
· reliable and up-to-date nutrition information and practical tips to keep you in optimal health!
· guidance on meeting recommended intakes for all nutrients
· ideas for healthy, delicious, easy meals
· several recipes and general menus; simple, practical solutions to challenges; fast & easy cooking tips.
Vesanto is a nutrition detective, figuring out solutions.
Vesanto is lead author of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics current Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets. Her most books are Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition and Becoming Vegan: Express Edition, and The Kick Diabetes Cookbook, (all with dietitian Brenda Davis). Their books are now in 15 languages. Vesanto has taught nutrition at Seattle’s Bastyr University and at the University of British Columbia and is a government consultant. She is an internationally known speaker. Her websites are https://nutrispeak.ca/ , https://becomingvegan.ca/ and https://kickdiabetescookbook.com/
List Special Services You Offer: Consultations can be for individuals, children, pregnancy, seniors, and family health
A consultation includes:
· computerized, accurate, and detailed nutritional analysis of your eating pattern
· simple ideas for improving your diet to meet your goals, in ways that suit your lifestyle
· answers to your questions
· reliable and up-to-date nutrition information and practical tips to keep you in optimal health!
· guidance on meeting recommended intakes for all nutrients
· ideas for healthy, delicious, easy meals
· several recipes and general menus; simple, practical solutions to challenges; fast & easy cooking tips
Years in Plant-based Nutrition: I am a Plantrician
I Have Attended The Int’l Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference (PBNHC): I attended The Int’l Conference for Nutrition in Medicine: ABLM – Certification for Lifestyle Medicine
I am an ABLM Certified Lifestyle Medicine Specialist: No
I obtained an eCornell Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate: No
I am a CHIP Health Certified Facilitator
Practice Name: Becoming Vegan Nutrition
Primary Practice Street Address (if virtual only, enter city): 1733 East 33rd Avenue
#103
Vancouver
British Columbia
V5P 3T3
Canada