Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet or computer—no Kindle device required.
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera, scan the code below and download the Kindle app.
Plant-Powered Protein: Nutrition Essentials and Dietary Guidelines for All Ages Paperback – 25 August 2023
Purchase options and add-ons
- Print length200 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBook Publishing Company
- Publication date25 August 2023
- Dimensions20.32 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101570674108
- ISBN-13978-1570674105
Frequently bought together

Popular titles by this author
Product description
Book Description
About the Author
Brenda Davis, RD, is one of the world's leading plant-based pioneers and an internationally acclaimed speaker. Widely regarded as a rock star of plant-based nutrition, she has been referred to by VegNews as the "godmother" of vegan dietitians and was the 2022 recipient of the Plantrician Project's Luminary Award. Brenda lives in Alberta, Canada, with her husband, Paul.
Vesanto Melina, MS, RD, is a sought-after speaker at health conferences worldwide. A consultant for individuals as well as the government of British Columbia, she is the lead author of the current position paper on vegetarian diets for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In 2016, Vesanto received the prestigious Ryley Jeffs Award from Dietitians of Canada. She resides in Vancouver, Canada, with her partner, Cam.
Cory Davis, MBA, MSc.IM, P.Ag, is a professional agrologist who has worked in natural resource management since 2012. A lifelong advocate for animal welfare and environmental stewardship, he brings an integrated perspective to natural resource management and environmental stewardship. Cory lives in British Columbia, Canada.
Product details
- Publisher : Book Publishing Company (25 August 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 200 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1570674108
- ISBN-13 : 978-1570674105
- Dimensions : 20.32 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 309,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 340 in Sustainable Agriculture (Books)
- 1,143 in Botany & Plants (Books)
- 2,899 in Nutrition (Books)
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D., was trained at the University of Toronto and the University of London, England, and taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and Seattle's Bastyr University. She is co-author of award winning "Becoming Vegan: Express Edition" and the more extensive "Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition" (for Dietitians, MDs, and health professionals). She also co-authored the nutrition classics "Becoming Vegetarian", "Becoming Raw", and "Becoming Vegan" (all with Brenda Davis) as well as "Cooking Vegan" and "Cooking Vegetarian" (both with Joseph Forest), and "The Food Allergy Survival Guide" and "Raising Vegetarian Children".
She was an author of the joint position paper on vegetarian diets for Dietitians of Canada and the American Dietetics Association (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) and coordinated the vegetarian section of their Manual of Clinical Dietetics. Vesanto is widely known in the media. She is an internationally known speaker and has presented workshops on the topic of vegetarian nutrition to thousands of dietitians across North America. Vesanto received the prestigious Clintec award for leadership in dietetics. She regularly consults for government and industry and for individual clients.
To complement her scientific expertise is Vesanto's joy in creating food that is healthy, delicious and simple to prepare. She became vegetarian in 1978 and vegan in 1993 as she gradually explored the consequences of food choices on health, animal welfare, and environmental issues. Her websites are www.becomingvegan.ca and www.nutrispeak.com
Her co-author Brenda Davis completed an honors degree in Human Nutrition at the University of Guelph, followed by an internship in Ottawa Ontario. She has worked as a public health nutritionist, clinical nutrition specialist, nutrition consultant, academic nutrition instructor, and is Past-Chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. She is an outstanding and inspiring speaker. Her website is http://brendadavisrd.com/







