Vesanto Melina is:
- A consultant for individuals who would like to fine tune their plant-based diets
- Instructor for a nutrition series at Living Light Culinary Arts Institute in California
- An internationally known speaker
- Co-author of award winning books that are classics in plant-based nutrition
- Lead author of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' current position paper on vegetarian diets.
Copenhagen Veg Fest
One of the keynote speakers at 2 day Copenhagen Veg Festival. - Aug. 2018
Paris France Vegan Popfestival
A Panelist at 1 day Human Hunger Workshop - Sept. 2018
Ghent Belgium Veg Workshop
Keynote speaker at Ghent Veg Workshop. - Sept. 2018
Portland Or. Health Conference
Keynote speaker at Health Conference & Veg Fest. - Oct. 2018
Awards
- Real Top 10 books
- Go-to-Book A.L.A.
- 5 Star Amazon Reviews
- Canada Book Award
- Ryley Jeffs Award
Vesanto Melina RD is a sought-after speaker and personal consultant; she has taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia and Bastyr University in Seattle and is consultant to the government of B. C. She is lead author of the current position paper on vegetarian diets for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is recipient of the prestigious Ryley Jeffs Award from Dietitians of Canada.
Vesanto Melina MS Registered Dietitian, has co-authored 12 best selling books – They can be found on Amazon and a variety of other locations such as Barnes and Noble. Various of her books have been translated into 13 languages. They have now sold 800,000 copies.
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Books include:
Just released: The Kick Diabetes CookBook
Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition winner of the REAL Top 10 Book Award and fully referenced for health professionals and nutrition enthusiasts (with Brenda Davis)
Becoming Vegan: Express Edition winner of the Canada Book Award and Foreword Book of the Year top 10, and given star rating by the American Library Association as “the go-to book” on vegan nutrition (with Brenda Davis), as well as:
Cooking Vegan (Cooking Vegetarian in Canada), with Joseph Forest
Becoming Raw and Raw Food Revolution Diet, with Brenda Davis, and 2nd also Cherie Soria
LIVING LIGHT CULINARY INSTITUTE
Vesanto and her co-author Brenda Davis teach nutrition at LIVING LIGHT CULINARY INSTITUTE. This school is in Fort Bragg California 4 hours north of San Francisco. For more information on LIVING LIGHT CULINARY INSTITUTE click on sunflower logo
