In this nutrition podcast, registered dietician Debbie Petitpain discusses how to meet nutritional needs through a vegetarian diet. She addresses the challenge of acquiring sufficient protein and also notes the difficulty of consuming enough calcium when dairy products are excluded from one’s diet. She emphasizes the importance of a well varied and highly nutritive diet for both vegetarians as well as non-vegetarians. Ms. Petitpain concludes by providing advice on how to transition to a vegetarian diet.