Vegan Nutrition with Jill Nussinow, MS, RD

Jill Nussinow is a Registered Dietitian, culinary educator, cookbook author, speaker and consultant and all around proponent of a plant-based diet. She teaches vegetarian and vegan cooking at Santa Rosa Junior College in California and other places around the US. She has a son who is almost 15. One of her greatest joys is sharing her enthusiasm for vegetables and pressure cooking with anyone who will listen.

I have been tossing around the idea of taking on a vegetarian diet to start and possibly vegan later on down the line. My reasons are my own, but one of the main being it?s a lot healthier than the lifestyle I live right now. Can you give me any suggestions as far as literature or supplements I should look into so I start off on the right track?

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My best suggestion is to set a goal of eating vegetarian only for at least a certain number of days a week. Once you adjust, you can switch completely. Take a look around this site for information, the Vegetarian Resource Group www.vrg.org, as well as reading the The Physician?s Committee for Responsible Medicine has a great Vegetarian Starter Kit www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/index_new.html.

If you follow the ideas suggested, you will not need any supplements until you decide to go vegan. At that point, you will need a consistent source of Vitamin B12, which is easily found in supplement form.

Visit Jill's website TheVeggieQueen.com and her blog theveggiequeen.blogspot.com.

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Disclaimer: The advice given here is for eductional purposes only. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified health care provider.
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