Julieanna Hever (known as the Plant-Based Dietician) is an American registered dietitian and advocate of plant-based nutrition.

Julieanna Hever
OccupationDietitian

Biography

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Hever received a bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles and a Masters of Science in nutrition from California State University, Northridge where she completed her Dietetic Internship.[1] She worked as a clinical dietitian at Century City Doctors Hospital.[1] Since 2005 she has worked as a registered dietitian in Los Angeles.[2] She is a consultant to Forks Over Knives and a nutrition columnist for VegNews magazine.[2][3]

Her 2014 book The Vegiterranian Diet focuses on improving the Mediterranean diet into a lower-fat whole food entirely plant-based approach.[4] According to Hever if fish and vegetable oils are removed from the Mediterranean diet then it is a whole food plant-based diet.[5][6]

In 2021, Hever authored The Choose You Now Diet which contains 75 whole food, plant-based recipes.[7] Hever is a council member of True Health Initiative.[2]

Personal life

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Hever is an ethical vegan in her personal life.[8] She became interested in plant-based dieting after reading John Robbins’ book Diet for a New America as a teenager.[8]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Julieanna Hever - Plant-Based Dietician Q&A". rouxbe.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Julieanna Hever". truehealthinitiative.org. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Julieanna Hever". forksoverknives.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ^ "The Vegiterranean Diet". libraryjournal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Julieanna Hever: Plant-based Dietitian and Author". elysabethalfano.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. ^ "The Vegiterranean Diet". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  7. ^ "The Choose You Now Diet". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  8. ^ a b "An Interview with Julieanna Hever, the Plant-Based Dietitian. sharonpalmer.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.