This webinar mutually offered by the Diabetes and Vegetarian Nutrition PGs offers registered dietitian nutritionists' practical advice on adopting a more whole foods, plant-based diet for the management and potential remission of diabetes. Common myths related to a plant-based diet are addressed, including a review of recent studies representing people with diabetes. The webinar concludes by sharing at least one case study for a more practical look at this practice.

Speaker

Brenda Davis, RD

Brenda Davis, registered dietitian, is a plant-based pioneer and an internationally acclaimed speaker. Brenda has been a featured speaker at medical, nutrition, and dietetic conferences in 25 countries on 6 continents.

As a prolific nutrition writer, Brenda has authored/co-authored 13 books with nearly a million copies in print in 15 languages. Her latest books, include Plant-Powered Protein (2023), Nourish (2020), Kick Diabetes Essentials (2019), and The Kick Diabetes Cookbook (2018).  Brenda has also authored and co-authored numerous professional and lay articles and is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Brenda was the lead dietitian in a diabetes intervention research project in the Marshall Islands. On her last trip (November 2017), she developed a nutrition education curriculum for kindergarten through grade 6 and trained teachers in all public schools. Brenda was the 7th recipient of the Plantrician Project’s Luminary Award in 2022.