IN PERSON AT AMERICAN VEGAN CENTER, 17 N 2nd St, Old City Philly

Choosing plant-protein foods over animal proteins provides powerful health advantages and can have a significant effect on climate change (greenhouse gas emissions, water use and pollution, land use and acidification). Dynamic and lively registered dietician and 30-year vegan Vesanto Melina will share her knowledge and answer many of your most pressing questions about protein from plants:

Do vegans and vegetarians get enough protein?
If we adopt a plant-based diet, do we need to carefully combine beans and grains?
Can top athletes compete successfully when their diets include no animal products?
Are plant-exclusive diets suitable for every stage of the life cycle?
Can seniors avoid sarcopenia while eating only plants?
What are the environmental impacts of going plant-based?

Attendees will learn to make an easy tofu recipe.

Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian is coauthor of books that have won awards internationally and
received star rating by the American Library Association as “the go-to books” on plant-based nutrition and
are now in 10 languages. She is lead author of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics latest Position Paper
on Vegetarian Diets. She is an internationally known speaker (in 12 countries). Check out her website plant-poweredprotein.com

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