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Dr Amanda Benham, PhD, APD

Plant-based eating in infants: Part 1

16 Aug, 2024

Key nutrients

The presentation covers the assessment, reasoning and management of essential nutrients to consider in plant-based diets in infants:

  • B12
  • Iron
  • Zinc
  • Vitamin D
  • Iodine
  • Selenium
  • Calcium
  • Omega-3 (ALA, DHA, EPA)
  • Choline
  • Vitamin A
  • Protein

Read a review of the presentation here

You may also be interested in Amanda’s presentations Plant-based eating in infants Part 2: Practical application B12 in plant-based diets and Nutritional adequacy in plant-based diets (adults)

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About the Presenter

Dr Amanda Benham, APD completed her PhD on the Vitamin B12 intake of women of reproductive age on a vegan diet in Australia at Queensland University of Technology. Amanda is qualified in paediatric nutrition and is a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. As well as helping vegan and vegetarian parents raise healthy children on a plant-based diet, she offers them as a treatment option for obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Amanda has published in the area of planning plant-based diets as well as on her study into women on a vegan diet in Australia. She’s also co-written a vegan cookbook, Greenilicious (Arbon Publishing). Amanda has been a vegan since 1983, her two adult children are lifelong vegans and she has a vegan grandchild.

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