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Maintained and written (unless otherwise noted) by: Jack Norris, Registered Dietitian, President of Vegan Outreach (bio) VeganHealth.org exists to provide:
Plant-based diets include:
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Staying Healthy on Plant-Based Diets
- Nutrients that Need Attention in Vegan and Vegetarian Diets
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It?
- What Every Vegan Should Know about Vitamin B12 by Health Professionals & Vegan Organizations
- Fats - including omega-3s and DHA
- Nutrients that Need Attention in Vegan Diets
- Bones, Vitamin D, and Calcium
- Iodine
- Miscellaneous Nutrients
- Protein
- Non-Protein Amino Acids: Taurine, Carnitine, Creatine
- Iron
- Zinc
- Selenium
- Vitamin A
- Miscellaneous Nutrients: vitamin B2, vitamin B6, etc.
- Pregnancy, Infants, Children
- Real Vegan Children
Disease Rates and Markers of Vegetarians and Vegans
- Expert Statements on Vegetarian Diets
- Disease Markers: Cholesterol Levels, Blood Pressure, Body Weight, Homocysteine
- Disease Rates of Vegetarians and Vegans
- Also see: The Long Term Health of Western Vegetarians, by Paul Appleby of EPIC.
Miscellaneous
- Athletes
- Vegan Meal Plans by Dina Aronson, MS, RD
- Vegetarian Dietitians
- Hair Loss
- Soy
- History of Cooking and Thoughts on Raw Foodism
- So, You're Thinking of Becoming a Registered Dietitian
- Nutrition Research: What You Should Know
- Calcium, Bones, ADA and the Dairy Industry
- Vegetarian Diets for People with Kidney Disease
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.
- Contaminated Produce Top Food Poisoning Culprit
- Center for Science in the Public Interest's April 1, 2004 News Release on Food Contamination. Adding the animal product categories together shows that they account for many more outbreaks than produce.
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
Translations
| Spanish translation of What Every Vegan Should Know about Vitamin B12 | translated by Vegetarian Solutions |
| Chinese (simplified) translation of Staying A Healthy Vegan | compiled and translated by Yu Lu and Chieh-yu Lin |
| Chinese (traditional) translation of Staying A Healthy Vegan | compiled and translated by Yu Lu and Chieh-yu Lin |
| Polish translation of Staying A Healthy Vegan | compiled and translated by Michal Podogrodzki |
| Russian synopsis of Staying A Healthy Vegan | compiled and translated by Lidia Belknap |