In this podcast episode, Ann McMeans, a registered dietitian for more than four decades, and I discuss plant-based eating.
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Ann retired last year from her role as a Senior Dietitian and Nutrition Research Manager at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Prior job responsibilities included managing and serving as a co-investigator in pediatric and adult nutrition research at the Clinical Research Center at Texas Children’s Hospital and the USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center. She currently works part-time as a pediatric gastroenterologist intestinal research dietitian with Baylor.
Ann will explain:
- The difference between a vegan, vegetarian, and plant-based diet
- Examples of plant-focused meals
- Why these foods are important
- How many fruit/vegetable servings to consume each day
- How much protein we really need
- Benefits of various grains
- Benefits of eating a plant-based diet
- What is a healthy microbiome
In this episode, we reference:
Weekday Vegetarians by Jenny Rosenstrach
Eat More, Live Well by Megan Rossi
7-Day Eating Plan (in Eating Well)
Article by Paul Greenberg
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Photo courtesy of Ann McMeans