Brenda Davis Bio – 2024
Brenda Davis, registered dietitian, is a leader in her field and an internationally acclaimed speaker. She has worked as a public health nutritionist, clinical nutrition specialist, nutrition consultant and academic nutrition instructor. Brenda is the lead dietitian in a diabetes research project in Majuro, Marshall Islands. She is a featured speaker at nutrition, medical and health conferences throughout the world.
Brenda is co-author/author of thirteen award-winning, best-selling books – Plant-Powered Protein (2023), Nourish (2020), Kick Diabetes Essentials
(2019), The Kick Diabetes Cookbook (2018), Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition (2014), Becoming Vegan: Express Edition (2013), Becoming Raw (2010), the Raw Food Revolution Diet (2008), The New
Becoming Vegetarian (2003), Defeating Diabetes (2003) and Dairy-free and Delicious (2001), Becoming Vegan (2000), and Becoming Vegetarian (1994,1995). She is also a contributing author to a tenth book, The
Complete Vegetarian (2009).
Her books are vegetarian/vegan nutrition classics,with close to 1,000,000 copies in print in 12 languages. Brenda has authored and co-authored many articles for peer-reviewed medical and nutrition journals and magazines.
Brenda is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. In 2007, she was inducted into the
Vegetarian Hall of Fame. Brenda was the 7 th recipient of the Plantrician Project’s Luminary Award. She lives in Calgary Alberta Canada with her husband, Paul Davis. She has two grown children, Leena Markatchev and Cory Davis, and three grandchildren.
Brenda Davis is an authoritative, entertaining, and passionate speaker. She has presented at nutrition and health conferences in over 25 countries.
Book her for your next medical, nutrition, or health conference; for employee seminars or for lectures to the general public.
http://www.brendadavisrd.com/services/lectures-and-seminars/
Vesanto Melina, MS, RD is lead author of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ current Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets.
She is an internationally known speaker and co-author of award winning books that are classics on plant-based nutrition, most with Brenda Davis, and now in 10 languages. Their most recent are Plant Powered Protein, The Kick Diabetes Cookbook and also Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition, written for dietitians, MDs, and other health professionals, with 620 pages and entirely referenced. Half as long is Becoming Vegan: Express Edition.
Vesanto is a consultant for individuals who would like to fine tune their plant-based diets
Vesanto has taught nutrition at Seattle’s Bastyr University and at the University of British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her websites are www.nutrispeak.com and www.becomingvegan.ca .
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