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Ginny Kisch Messina is a registered dietitian who runs the blog, TheVeganRD.com - "Thoughts on being vegan, a dietitians perspective". Author of 'Vegan for Life!'.

  • The New York Times, Nina Planck, and Safety of Vegan Diets
    Last week brought more shoddy coverage of vegan diets from The New York Times. This time, it was a debate about the safety of veganism. And it didn't occur to the Times to solicit opinions from anyone with actual expertise in vegan nutrition. At the center of the discussion was food writer and farmer's market [...] (...more)
    23 Apr 2012 at 11:50am       

  • Is Umami a Secret Ingredient of Vegan Activism?
    In a recent New York Times article, wellness reporter Tara Parker-Pope explored the challenges of going vegan. Those challenges—including knowledge about how to prepare vegan foods and finding support—are real, although not nearly as insurmountable as Ms. Parker-Pope would have us think. In particular, she focused on the taste and experience of familiar (...more)
    18 Apr 2012 at 9:13am       

  • Body Shaming Fails Vegans and Vegan Advocacy
    A couple of months ago, I was among several dietitians who voiced concern to PCRM about their Your Abs on Cheese campaign. Based on the thoughtful feedback I received, I felt confident that this body shaming approach to vegan advocacy wouldn't continue. So when I saw the group's latest media effort targeting obesity, I was [...] (...more)
    1 Apr 2012 at 12:43pm       

  • Blogging Woes, PeaCounter and Red Meat Revisited
    Last weekend was a tough time in my blogging career since, as many of you noticed, my blog was infected with malware. I'm grateful to my web host and especially to Jack Norris for helping me navigate through the ordeal. In fact, if I couldn't go whining to Jack every time I have a problem [...] (...more)
    15 Mar 2012 at 12:31pm       

  • Vegan Diets, Critical Thinking, and 9 Blogs You Need to Read
    I had the great pleasure of speaking to the members of the Vegan Chicago Meetup  last week. In addition to being warm and welcoming, this is another group on my list of organizations that aim to promote an evidence-based approach to vegan advocacy. Before my talk on the Seven Habits of Healthy Vegans, event organizer [...] (...more)
    21 Feb 2012 at 1:35pm       

  • Cyanide, How Not to Sell Veganism (and Speaking Schedule)
    In case you haven’t seen them, here are a couple of blog posts from the past week that struck me as worth sharing. One is Jack’s discussion of the safety of cyanocobalamin, a cyanide-containing B12 supplement. Some vegans are choosing to seek out supplements that provide methylcobalamin due to fears about consuming too much cyanide. [...] (...more)
    18 Feb 2012 at 8:45am       

  • Making It Easy To Be Vegan
    A recent review of 135 studies suggests that it's okay to consume some refined grains, as long as at least half of your grain intake is from whole foods. I'm not especially surprised. Sure, whole wheat bread is better for you than white bread and brown rice is way more nutritious than white. But the [...] (...more)
    2 Feb 2012 at 5:46pm       

  • Fat in Vegan Diets and Tips for Optimal Nutrition
    In case you missed it, Jack had a good post last week about fat in vegan diets. And if you're looking to maximize nutrient intake with attention to just a few details, take a look at my post on the 7 Habits of Healthy Vegans on One Green Planet. (This is a very condensed version [...] (...more)
    30 Jan 2012 at 11:44am       

  • Dairy-Free Diets Are Packed with Nutrients
    A study published in the scientific journal Nutrition Research last November looked at the effects on nutrient intake when dairy foods are reduced or removed from the diet. Rather than focusing just on calcium—which is easily found in other foods—the researchers looked at several nutrients that are abundant in dairy products. They concluded that even (...more)
    23 Jan 2012 at 4:16pm       

  • Omega-3 Fats in Vegan Diets: A Quick Primer
    I've written about omega-3s before, as recently as a year ago, but there continues to be much confusion about these compounds and lots of misinformation about them on the internet. The confusion focuses largely on the difference between the two types of omega-3s. If you take supplements of DHA (or DHA and EPA), do you [...] (...more)
    19 Jan 2012 at 2:10pm       



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