Notes from the VRG Scientific Department
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Sarah Ellis for being chosen as chair elect of the American Dietetic Association Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group. Sarah does the nutrition analyses for the recipes appearing in Vegetarian Journal.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY
Thank you to Arnold Alper, MD, and Jay Lavine, MD, who helped us give information to more than 500 health professionals at our outreach booth in Washington, D.C. Common questions included how vegetarians could obtain calcium and protein. As one attendee stated to us, "This is the most useful information I'll pick up all day." Kudos also to VRG's members, who enabled us to provide Vegetarian Journal subscriptions to more than 60 of the doctors who came by the booth. Perhaps this information will influence medical professionals and their patients.
