Vesanto Melina

Well, I've had a lot of fun in the last while working on a children's book with BC registered dietitian Claudia LeMay. And she's been really visionary about how to help kids eat more healthily. So one of our books is Star Gold, The Food Fairy. And this is the plant-based edition. And it tells a story about a food fairy that comes and talks to one child particularly, but it's well fit for all children, that only likes eating sugar basically and kind of junk food, and has the analogy that this is like building a house. We build our bones, we build our muscles, and what kinds of foods go into those. And in this plant-based edition, she shows people how they have to eat these higher protein foods. And there's a really wide selection that children will like. And also, if they're going to build their bones and their muscles, they need some calcium-rich foods. And one of the fun things is about how the vitamins in vegetables and fruits will be so powerful to fight disease. But she's got fun analogies here. And so anyway, these are really fun little books. Star Gold, The Food Fairy, the plant-based edition. And it's also in French. And then Claudia has come out with another one just recently that is about type 2 diabetes. So for children that have diabetes, how they're to eat to maintain really good health. So these are fun for parents, they're fun for children, and I'm just delighted to have been able to collaborate with Claudia on these two, and also to see her more recent one about diabetes. Thanks, Claudia.