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From:	Bryanna (NewVeggies.vegsource.com)
Subject:	Re: protein
Date:	July 10, 2011 at 10:32 am PST

In Reply to: protein posted by Kathy on June 29, 2011 at 3:03 am:

Hi, Kathy! Sorry for taking so long to answer you!
I find it hard to believe that your protein was so
low that you got sick-- I don't think you were
getting good advice. It is not difficult to get
enough protein even on a raw vegan diet (I am not a
raw vegan, BTW). I recommend reading "Becoming
Vegetarian" and "Becoming Vegan" by registered
dietitians Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis, and the
new book "Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to
Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet" by
registered dietitians jack Norris and Ginny Messina.

These RDs all have helpful websites:
http://jacknorrisrd.com/
http://www.nutrispeak.com/ (Vesanto Melina)
http://www.brendadavisrd.com/
http://www.theveganrd.com/ (Ginny Messina)
and http://www.vegnutrition.com/index.html (Ginny
Messina)

The Vegetarian Resource Group has plenty of well-
resourced articles on nutrition-- links here:
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/

I'm going to give you links to some articles that
may help you and explain this better than I can,
including some by vegan registered dietitian Ginny
Messina:

On this pafe is the link to the pdf file for the
abstract of the American Dietetic Assoc.'s (the
professional body for registered dietitians in the
USA)latest report on vegetarian diet:
http://www.eatright.org/about/content.aspx?id=8357

Here are links to Ginny Messina's articles in the
Examiner:
http://www.examiner.com/vegan-in-national/virginia-
messina

Here are some of her posts on protein:
http://www.theveganrd.com/2011/01/vegan-food-guide-
protein-and-new-book.html

http://www.theveganrd.com/2008/12/protein-for-
vegans-old-myths-die-hard.html

and about ex-vegans:
http://www.theveganrd.com/2010/11/do-ex-
vegans%E2%80%99-stories-make-the-case-against-vegan-
diets.html

and her food guide:
http://www.vegnutrition.com/guide/index.html

Here are some further articles:

This is a really great article with a comprehensive
list of vegan foods and protein counts. Go to:
http://www.vegparadise.com/protein.html
Other articles:
Must read!
http://www.nealhendrickson.com/mcdougall/031200pupro
tein.htm

http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/protein.html
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm
http://www.vegsoc.org/page.aspx?pid=781
http://www.ivu.org/faq/protein.html

I hope this helps!

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