Scientific Articles and Books
Authored or Co-authored by Vesanto Melina 

The Raw Food Revolution Diet by Cherie Soria, Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, The Book Publishing Company, 2008  

Food Allergy Survival Guide by Vesanto Melina, Jo Stepaniak and Dina Aronson, Healthy Living Publications, 2004.

Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: Vegetarian Diets. American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada; J Am Diet Assoc. 2003;103(6):748.

Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: Vegetarian Diets. American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2003;64(2):62.

A new food guide for North American vegetarians.  Messina V, Melina V, Mangels AR. A new food guide for North American vegetarians.  J Am Diet Assoc. 2003;103(6):771.

A new food guide for North American vegetarians. Messina V, Melina V, Mangels AR. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2003;64(2):82.

Raising Vegetarian Children by Jo Stepaniak and Vesanto Melina. 2002 McGraw-Hill.

Also in Traditional Chinese as 完美寶貝健康蔬

Becoming Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis, Wiley Canada, 2003.

The New Becoming Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis, The Book Publishing Company, 2003.  

Healthy Easting for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer Physicians Committee Manual of Clinical Dietetics, Chapter 10, Vegetarian Nutrition (Vesanto Melina acted as a coordinator), published by the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada, 2000.

Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, The Book Publishing Company, 2000.

The Good Cook Book by Yves Potvin and Vesanto Melina, published by Yves Veggie Cuisine, 2000.

Cooking Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Joseph Forest, Macmillan Canada 1996, and John Wiley and Sons 1998.

Becoming Vegetarian by registered dietitians Vesanto Melina*, Brenda Davis and Victoria Harrison, Macmillan Canada, 1994, The Book Publishing Company,1995

Also in French, as:

Devenir Végétarien, published by Les Editions de l'Homme, Quebec (1996), and in Portuguese as A Dieta Saudável dos Vegetais, Editora Campus, Brazil (1998).  

The Manual of Nutritional Care, chapter on Nutrition for the Adult Vegetarian by V.L.Crawford* published by British Columbia Dietitians' and Nutritionists' Association, 4th edition, 1992.  (Endorsed by the British Columbia Medical Association.)

Eating Your Way to a Healthy Lifestyle by V.L.Crawford, in Nursing B.C. 24 (5):16 1992.

Infant Feeding and Vitamin Supplementation Survey by M.T.Walsh and V.L.Crawford, Canadian Public Health Association.  Presentation June 18, 1986.

Vegetarian Diets by V.L.Crawford in Update:  Newsletter of the B.C.Nutrition Council, 11(1):1  1986.

Nutrition and Hyperactivity in Children by V.L.Crawford, Ministry of Health, Province of British Columbia, 1980.

Food for Little Folks by V.L.Crawford, Ministry of Health, Province of British Columbia, 1979.

Junk Food in Our Schools?  A look at student spending. by V. L.Crawford, Journal of the Canadian Dietetic Association, 38(3):193   1977.

Low Methionine Exchange Lists by V. L.Crawford, School of Home Economics, University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. 1969.

Low Methionine Recipes by M. Anne Davis, V. L. Crawford, M. Lee and J. Birkbeck, Division of Human Nutrition, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. 1969

Treatment of Homocystinuria with a Low Methionine Diet, Supplemental Cystine and a Methyl Donor, by T.L.Perry, et al, The Lancet, ii: 474, August 31, 1968.

*Note:  In 1994 name changed from Vesanto Louise Crawford to Melina (due to marriage).