------About Me
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BOOM! This last year I launched two salvos into the fight to burn fat. My first book Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads came out in stores worldwide and quickly hit the Amazon top 25 for all books! Additionally I created and released the Simply Slimmer System - which is like having me as your nutritionist in a box. Because food is really and truly the ONLY way to lose weight.
As we begin 2010, I can now say that I have two entire decades of experience as a weight-loss specialist in the health and fitness industry. 20 YEARS!!! That is a little scary but rather than hide it, I'm going to be proud of it. I'm a certified sports nutritionist and a fitness expert with a primary specialty in weight loss.
I've been featured on Dancing With The Stars, The Rachael Ray Show, Tyra, the Today Show, The 700 Club, Better TV, the TV Guide Channel, Fox & Friends, E! News, LA’s KCOP 13 News, KTTV Fox 11 News, ABC 7 News and Spike TV. I've appeared in InStyle, US Weekly, Clean Eating, Health, Self, Real Simple, Star, Parents magazine, Muscle & Fitness, and Oxygen magazines as well as several online magazines as a contributing writer/expert. Oh yes, I've written two articles for Yahoo! Food that were promoted on the Yahoo front page to an estimated audience of 90 million people. I've been the diet reviewer for US Weekly's Best Diets annual feature for two years. My private nutrition consulting practice operates from the Brentwood Town Center in Los Angeles California and I'm on the scientific advisory board (sounds high-falutin but it really isn't) of “INTRAFITT”, a nationwide nutrition and fitness consultancy. Most of my clients are referrals from a network of doctor friends based in the Santa Monica area.
I like to think I'm an articulate and very technically knowledgable nutritionist. But more importantly, I consider myself a compassionate human being. My commitment is to connect with people and transform lives. Among my past and present clients are E! star Chelsea Handler, actor Johnny Galecki, action star Jason Statham, action star Steven Seagal, Entourage actor Jeremy Piven, Dancing with the Stars hostess Samantha Harris, E! hostess Giuliana Rancic, actress Janine Turner, NFL legend Marcus Allen, and supermodel Stacy Williams. I'm a nutrition consultant for The Dr. Phil Show and The Ultimate Tea Diet, a Harper Collins book by Mark "Dr. Tea" Ukra.
I founded my company Avanti Nutritionals, and created the brand new Simply Slimmer system - which is like having me as your nutritionist in a box. The Simply Slimmer system includes 4 new nutraceutical supplements developed in conjunction with Nutraceutics; a world-renowned nutraceutical developer. This is not just a flowery statement, this company is tightly run by a family that holds over 100 US drug patents and has over a century of experience in the nutraceutical/pharmaceutical development industry. I'm proud to announce my first four new products: Simply B (a B complex with green tea), Simply MV (a multi-vitamin), Simply O-3 (an omega-3 supplement), and Simply enerG (an energy drink that is healthy for the body and brain). I actually VISIT the factories where these products are made and I see the process with my own eyes so you can have confidence in what you are putting into your body. You can read more information about the Simply Slimmer system here.
Another cutting-edge product that I am proudly offering is the highly researched probiotic: BioGaia. BioGaia is a medical-grade probiotic designed to improve digestive health (more info).
I'm a spokesperson for several whole/natural food companies. My criteria for endorsing food: 1) healthy 2) delicious and 3) OUTRAGEOUSLY-high standards for cleanliness, freshness, quality, and integrity. I'm an absolute NUT about nutrition and healthy food.
I'm a passionate researcher in the field of nutritional science - thus I'm a voracious reader of books (both popular and technical texts), periodicals, news feeds and the clinical journals (here are the news feeds and clinical journals I follow). No I'm not an RD or a PhD or a laboratory researcher. What I am is a practicing clinical nutritionist with a huge body of client experience. I hold a certification in Comprehensive Nutrition and an Associate of Science in Applied Nutrition from Huntington College of Health Sciences (American Academy of Nutrition). I also hold certifications as a clinical sports nutritionist through Allied Health Care Professionals. I'm a member of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. Additionally, I hold numerous certifications for fitness instruction including aerobics, step, spinning, yoga, and personal training. I am happily married and I live in Los Angeles, California.
