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NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina
Vancouver’s healthy food festival, Taste of Health, has become
a welcome September tradition. It’s a fun, inexpensive way
for families to spend a day or weekend. It’s also a great way
for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike to sample healthy foods
and discover how small, dietary changes will impact climate change.
Earthsave Canada’s 10th annual food festival includes cooking
demonstrations, seminars and a veggie food court. Visitors can hear
informative lectures, ask questions of food experts, attend demos,
sample tasty foods and browse the book fair.
Speakers include cattle rancher turned vegan activist Howard Lyman
(www.madcowboy.com);
David Pimentel, professor of ecology and agriculture at Cornell
University; Brenda Davis, RD, a dietitian and my co-author (www.brendadavisrd.com)
and I’ll be there too so please come by and say hello.
The following authors will give cooking demonstrations: Rose Vasile
(www.rawrose.com),
Victoria Laine (www.healthbychocolatebook.com),
Dreena Burton (www.everydayvegan.com)
and Nyala’s restaurateur Assefa Kebede (www.nyala.com).
Here are summaries of my and Brenda Davis’ presentations:
Rx for Healthy Eating
Vesanto Melina
Did your medical doctor give you a prescription for healthy eating?
Would you like to live an extra 10 vibrant years? Can food be good
for you and also be delicious and easy to prepare? How do you cope
when some of your dear ones are vegetarian, vegan or eat raw foods
while others can’t imagine a meal without meat? In this presentation,
you’ll learn simple tips for preparing meals and snacks throughout
the day. You’ll learn to keep your blood sugar level and your
energy high. You’ll get ideas for feeding children, grandchildren
and spouses food that will tickle their fancies and tingle their
taste buds. You’ll discover how to fare well at restaurants
and while travelling.
The Raw Revolution Diet
Vesanto Melina
A trend that is sweeping North America is the raw foods movement.
Some people are motivated to go raw by a concern about bulging waistlines,
others by the abundance of protective antioxidants and phytochemicals
in raw plant foods. Are raw diets nutritionally adequate? If so,
what does a day’s intake look like? How do we create a raw
menu that meets recommended intakes for protein, calcium, iron,
zinc, vitamins B12 and D? Is it okay to be partly raw, rather than
100 percent? Can a raw diet be the basis for a successful weight
loss plan?
Cutting Edge Vegetarian Nutrition
Brenda Davis
There is no more powerful tool than your own example of great health.
While there is overwhelming evidence that a vegetarian or near-vegetarian
diet is as healthy as you can get, plant-based diets are not foolproof.
This presentation will guide you through common concerns and questions
about plant-based diets and provide you with authoritative answers
and detailed information on protein, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin
B12 and essential fatty acids. Learn about the far-reaching benefits
of a vegetarian diet.
Defeating Diabetes – lessons from the Marshall Islands
Brenda Davis
Type 2 diabetes is sweeping North America. Once primarily a disease
affecting people over age 45, it is now common among young adults
and increasing numbers of teens and children. Though often believed
to follow a downhill spiral, research demonstrates that the disease
is highly treatable and, in some cases, completely reversible. The
author of the bestseller Defeating Diabetes will guide you
through the reversal diet and lifestyle and provide tools to improve,
and possibly defeat, your disease. Brenda Davis brings her experience
of working on diabetes reversal in the Marshall Islands, where nearly
half of those over 35 years of age are affected. Her story is riveting
and inspiring. Don’t miss this presentation.
Vesanto Melina is a dietitian and author based in
Langley, BC. Call 604-882-6782 for a personal consultation or visit
www.nutrispeak.com Also see www.healthyschoolfood.org to get a year’s
worth of daily Wakeup Wellness Messages for a $50 donation.
TASTE OF HEALTH
10th Anniversary Sept. 26-28
Croatian Cultural Centre
3250 Commercial Drive @ 16th Ave.
10th Anniversary Gala: Fri. Sept. 26, 6-9 pm
Sat. & Sun.: 10:30 am - 6 pm
Admission: $7/daily (children under 12 free). Free with Earthsave
membership
Info: 604-731-5885, www.earthsave.ca
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