Vesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian is a nutrition consultant and lead author of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics last (2016) Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets. Vesanto has taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia and Seattle’s Bastyr University; she received the Ryley-Jeffs award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award as a dietitian. Her books that have won awards internationally and received star rating by the American Library Association as “the go-to books” on plant-based nutrition. Most recent are Plant-Powered Protein, The Kick Diabetes Cookbook, and Becoming Vegan (Comprehensive and Express Edition) (all co-authored with Registered Dietitian Brenda Davis). With over a million books in print in English, their books are now in 9 additional languages. She is an internationally known speaker (in 14 countries).

Her websites include nutrispeak.ca, plant-poweredprotein.com, becomingvegan.ca, and kickdiabetescookbook.com.