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Staying Healthy on Plant-Based Diets

1. Plant-based diets include:
   • Semi-Vegetarian - small amounts of animal flesh
   • Vegetarian
     • Lacto-Ovo - no animal flesh.
     • Vegan - no animal flesh, eggs, or dairy products
2. Introduction
   1. I Was Vegan for Awhile, But...
   2. Daily Recommendations
   3. Vegan Multivitamins
3. Nutrients that Need Attention in Vegan and Vegetarian Diets
   1. Vitamin B12
   2. Omega-3 Recommendations
   3. More in-depth material on fats:
   • High ALA Sources
   • The Fatty Acids
   • High Fat Plant Foods and Oils Tables
4. Nutrients that Need Attention in Vegan Diets
   1. Bones, Vitamin D, and Calcium
   2. Iodine
5. Other Nutrients
   1. Protein
   2. Non-Protein Amino Acids: Taurine & Carnitine, Creatine, Carnosine & beta-Alanine
   3. Iron
   4. Vitamin A
   5. Zinc
   6. Selenium
   7. Miscellaneous Nutrients: vitamin B2, vitamin B6, etc.
6. Pregnancy, Infants, Children
   1. General Info
   2. Real Vegan Children

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Research on Vegetarians and Vegans

Expert Statements on Vegetarian Diets

Disease Markers: Cholesterol Levels, Blood Pressure, Body Weight, Homocysteine

Disease Rates of Vegetarians and Vegans

Type 2 Diabetes

Cancer, Vegetarianism, and Diet

Nutrient Intakes of Vegetarians and Vegans

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Vegan Diets for Disease Treatment

Type 2 Diabetes

Heart Disease

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Miscellaneous

Basics of Nutrition Research

Becoming a Registered Dietitian

Dairy Industry and the American Dietetic Association

Hair Loss

Kidney Disease

Raw Foodism

Soy

Sports Nutrition

Vegan Meal Plans by Dina Aronson, MS, RD

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Responses to Anti-Vegetarian Articles

Response to CCF about Protein for Vegan Teenagers (2/5/09)

Response to Anti-Vegetarian Articles (Vegetarian Kids Survey, Rickets, Brain Shrinkage) (1/14/09)

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Off Site

Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association

Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) Local programs for preventing and reversing lifestyle-related disease (atherosclerosis, diabetes, stroke, over-weight) through healthy living and eating.

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Books

The Dietitian's Guide to Vegetarian Diets (2004) by Virginia Messina, MPH, RD, Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, Mark Messina, PhD, MS

Food Allergy Survival Guide by Vesanto Melina, MS, RD, Jo Stepaniak, MSEd & Dina Aronson, MS, RD

Vegan Menu for People with Diabetes by Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD

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Translations

Article	Language	Translated By
Staying Healthy on Plant-Based Diets (2009)	Hebrew	AnimalVoiceRadio
Staying A Healthy Vegan	Chinese (simplified)	Yu Lu and Chieh-yu Lin
Staying A Healthy Vegan	Chinese (traditional)	Yu Lu and Chieh-yu Lin
Staying A Healthy Vegan	Polish	Michal Podogrodzki
Staying A Healthy Vegan (abridged)	Russian	Lidia Belknap
Staying Healthy on Plant-Based Diets (2009)	Portuguese	Veg4Life
What Every Vegan Should Know about Vitamin B12	Spanish	Vegetarian Solutions
What Every Vegan Should Know about Vitamin B12	German

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