One Green Planet | Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian | Activity https://www.onegreenplanet.org/members/ginnymessina_ogpblogger/activity/ Activity feed for Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:04:00 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 8859fa36052afbaa4a6766e68eb72b26 Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1480996732 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 05:19:38 -0500 Nutritionist-Approved: Meeting Your Zinc Needs on a Plant-Based Diet Whether or not popping zinc pills will cure your cold or flu symptoms is an ongoing topic of debate. But it’s true that you need enough z […]

]]> 0 ba1dbfc5c3d7dfd8185afe68bf277eff Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/?p=1481088663 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:18:31 -0400 There is good evidence that vegan diets can prevent heart disease and they are likely to lower risk for cancer as well. But does going vegan improve your bone health? I see some post or infographic in social media […]

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Although research on the Mediterranean Diet dates back to the 1950s, it was first popularized in 1993. That’s when three organizations–Harvard School of Public Health, the European Office of the World Health […]

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Menus based on plant foods lie at the heart of some of the world’s healthiest diets. But while a common thread runs through these meals—lots of fresh, whole plant foods—people from around the globe have come […]

]]> 0 7281e56fe26e804ec477fc49d3b65924 Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-health/the-7-habits-of-healthy-vegans/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:31:13 -0400 Thumbnail

It’s easy to have a healthy vegan diet when you build habits around seven simple guidelines.

1. Eat legumes. They’re packed with protein, with the bonus of a big dose of fiber. (No protein-rich animal food […]

]]> 0 7060fb8cb5aa8bdaccf9277193d785bb Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-health/meeting-iron-needs-from-plant-foods-the-vitamin-c-connection/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:30:55 -0400 Most iron is found in red blood cells where it is part of hemoglobin, the molecule needed to ferry oxygen around the body. Without iron, the body has trouble delivering oxygen to cells where it’s needed for e […]

]]> 0 9efb4d868d65c9b3e16860fa26004d0b Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-health/meeting-vitamin-d-needs-on-a-vegan-diet/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:30:15 -0400 For almost all of human history, humans got their vitamin D from sun exposure. In fact, before the days of fortification, it would have been pretty hard to get enough from food. The only food sources were certain […]

]]> 0 49735b67a9d43b9411cd428412962a5d Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyle/building-strong-bones-the-vegan-way/ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:42:02 -0400 Thumbnail

Our earliest ancestors didn’t drink milk and didn’t need to worry about calcium at all. Milk didn’t appear in human diets until around 10,000 years ago, and even then it was common only in certain population […]

]]> 0 a5e4fbda8f07e62dbac5b7cdcb556b3f Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-health/celebrate-st-patricks-day-with-the-eating-o-the-greens/ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:33:30 -0400 Thumbnail

For most people, the only leafy green that comes to mind on Saint Patrick’s Day—other than a shamrock—is cabbage. But as long as we’re celebrating spring and all things green, it’s a perfect time to explore a […]

]]> 0 2ff93ee6c49b403baecd92bb9fd00387 Virginia Messina, Vegan Dietitian wrote a new post https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-health/vitamin-b12-supplements-which-type-is-best/ Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:29:36 -0400 Thumbnail

Most vitamin B12 supplements contain cyanocobalamin, a form of the vitamin that contains small amounts of cyanide. Once you’ve ingested the supplement, your body removes and detoxifies the cyanide, which is […]

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