NOTES FROM THE VRG SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT
The Vegetarian Resource Group in the Media
Vegetarian Resource Group Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, was interviewed by active.com, an online community for active people, about heart healthy beans. She was also interviewed by Today's Dietitian magazine about vegetarian diets for older adults, the Marquette High School newspaper in Missouri about vegetarian teens, and Baltimore's Child magazine about vegetarian children. Reed had an article on bone nutrients for vegetarians accepted for publication by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
VEGAN Outreach
VRG FoodService Advisor Nancy Berkoff did a presentation for the Arizona Nephrology Conference on March 7 in Phoenix, Arizona on vegan renal diets. Attendees were mostly RDs, RNs and MDs. Nancy's Vegetarian Journal article on Menu Selection for Vegan Renal Patients was given out. She continues to teach vegetarian nutrition classes to senior citizens for the City of Long Beach, California.
