Vegan Nutrition with Dina Aronson, M.S. R.D.

Dina Aronson, MS, RD is a vegan dietitian whose specialties include chronic disease prevention, vegetarian/vegan nutrition, and lifestyle management. She is the founder and director of VeganRD.com, a nutrition consulting company. Active in many vegetarian nutrition organizations, Dina was the recipient of the American Dietetic Association's Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award in 2002.

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We would like to raise our six month old daughter as a vegan. I am looking for a book to help with her diet, to insure she is getting proper nutrition. Can you help? Thank you - Wendy

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Dear Wendy,

Here are my book recommendations:

Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Melina, MS, RD (a complete guide for every stage of the lifecycle)
Raising Vegan Children in a Non-Vegan World by Erin Pavlina (there's a good nutrition section, but the emphasis is more on the social and practical aspects of raising vegan children)
Raising Vegetarian Children by Jo Stepaniak, MS, Ed, and Vesanto Melina, MS, RD (despite the title, this book really is about vegan nutrition for pregnancy, lactation, infants, and children)

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