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# New Vegan Diets 101 Course (Health Professionals Earn Credit!)
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/vegan-diets_0710110303/
- Published: 2011-07-11T16:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:08:20.000Z
- Description: PCRM has posted Vegan Diets 101, an hour-long video by nutrition education director Susan Levin followed by a test at NutritionCME.org. It covers how a vegan diet relates to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer, and is worth one contact hour for nurses, dietitians and physicians.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Comments, Opinion, #vivvo-import

**New Vegan Diets 101 Course (Health Professionals Earn Credit!)**   
7/11/11

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I’ve recently [been on the road](http://www.pcrm.org/newsletter/jul11/kickstart.html?ref=foodconsumer.org) answering your questions about plant-based diets during my [*21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart*](http://www.pcrm.org/shop/neal/kickstart.html?ref=foodconsumer.org) book tour. Now, there’s another new PCRM educational resource that will educate you on the health benefits of a vegan diet. Vegan Diets 101 is an hour-long video presentation by PCRM director of nutrition education Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., that is followed by a test at [NutritionCME.org](http://www.nutritioncme.org/?ref=foodconsumer.org). Watch the presentation to learn:

- the definition of a [vegan diet](http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/index.html?ref=foodconsumer.org);
- how a vegan diet affects [cardiovascular disease](http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/chol%5Fheartdisease.html?ref=foodconsumer.org), [diabetes](http://www.pcrm.org/health/diabetes/?ref=foodconsumer.org), [obesity](http://www.pcrm.org/shop/neal/kickstart.html?ref=foodconsumer.org),[cancer](http://www.cancerproject.org/?ref=foodconsumer.org), [osteoporosis](http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/strong%5Fbones.html?ref=foodconsumer.org), [Alzheimer’s disease](http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/diet%5Falzheimers.html?ref=foodconsumer.org), and other health conditions;
- how a vegan diet provides [all of the nutrients you need](http://www.thepowerplate.org/?ref=foodconsumer.org), including protein, essential fatty acids, iron, zinc, calcium, vitamins D and B12;
- the facts about [soy](http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/soy%5Fhealth.html?ref=foodconsumer.org); and more.

You don’t have to be a health care professional to watch Vegan 101—but if you are, the presentation’s worth 1.0 contact hour for nurses, dietitians, and physicians.

To watch the video and test your knowledge now, [register](http://www.nutritioncme.org/accessDenied.cfm?ref=foodconsumer.org) at[NutritionCME.org](http://www.nutritioncme.org/?ref=foodconsumer.org), then click on the “Vegan Diets 101” link under “Featured CME” on the home page.