Vesanto Melina

Vesanto Melina is a Registered Dietitian and co-author of Becoming Raw and of the Raw Food Revolution Diet. She also is co-author of the bestselling nutrition classics Becoming Vegan, Becoming Vegetarian, and Raising Vegetarian Children. Vesanto taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and at Seattle’s Bastyr University. She co-authored the joint position paper on vegetarian diets of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada. Her website is www.nutrispeak.com 

Sat 1pm: Healthy Nutrition for the Raw Vegan Diet
Can we meet recommended intakes for protein, calcium, iron, zinc, vitamins B12 and D, and omega-3 fatty acids on raw vegan diets? Are these standards relevant for raw vegans? How do we keep our blood glucose level on raw vegan diets ? What does a nutritionally adequate raw food diet look like? Can such a diet be done simply?

Sun 10am: Raw Food Diets: What's True, What's Not? 
What does science say about these questions: Do our bodies need the enzymes from plant foods? Are cooked foods toxic? For maximum benefit, must our diet be 100 percent raw? Should we be eating buckwheat greens, sprouted legumes, raw mushrooms, and seaweeds? What do we learn from science about raw and high-raw diets in relation to chronic disease?