On Protein and Vegan Diets - Take Heart - Christian Vegetarian Association

On Protein and Vegan Diets

Vegan diets can easily supply all the nutrients humans need, if it’s balanced correctly. Ginny Messina, MPH, RD, a registered dietitian and public health nutritionist, explains why legumes and nuts are important foods in vegan diets because they contain all the essential amino acids and healthy fats we need. Ginny Messina and dietitian Jack Norris will have their co-authored book, Vegan for Life, published this summer.

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How important it is that conscientious dietitians and nutritionists like Messina and Norris work tirelessly to inform and educate people that well-balanced plant-based diets are not only complete but very healthy. A plant-based diet is God’s ideal choice for humans for it was prescribed to us by God at the beginning of time, as the book of Genesis tells us. Vegetarian diets are responsible and compassionate choices that help us bring harmony and healing into God’s Creation.