The Diet Detective gets up close and personal with some of the folks on the front lines of the battle for better health. See his recent interviews below!
May 2, 2013
Sodium Girl: Jessica Goldman Foung
After Lupus caused her kidneys to fail, Jessica Goldman Foung embarked on a low-sodium mission that ultimately saved her kidneys and her life. Through the Sodium Girl blog, she chronicles how to maintain a low sodium lifestyle (or any limited diet) while dining out on delicious food, travelling to exotic places and getting creative in the kitchen by conquering makeovers of high sodium favorites like bloody marys, pad thai and spareribs. She released Sodium Girl's Limitless Low-Sodium Cookbook in February 2013.
April 18, 2013
Interview with Alfonso Moretti aka ‘The Angry Trainer’
Alfonso Moretti Jr. is a personal trainer with 20+ years' experience in the fitness industry. He believes in helping people BE fit rather than just look fit, and is on a mission to transform the fitness industry via his website Angry Trainer Fitness. His mission is to get you fit and healthy the right way by sharing what he’s learned within the industry both from a personal and professional perspective. Moretti doesn't believe in crazy diets or inappropriate exercise regimes. He believes in teaching people how to make intelligent fitness decisions and exposing fitness myths to help those looking for optimal health and fitness attain their goals.
April 18, 2013
Julie Upton, MS, RD: Nutritionist and Health Writer
Julie Upton is a registered dietitian and communications expert specializing in nutrition, fitness and health. As a former New York City-based national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, Julie is interviewed in hundreds of magazine articles and is a frequent guest on national and local television and radio stations. She has appeared on the NBC Today Show, CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, CNN Headline News, and Fox News Fox & Friends. She has also appeared on MTV, Access Hollywood, E! Entertainment News and Extra to provide expert commentary on Hollywood nutrition trends.
April 3, 2013
Lou Schuler Interview: Fitness Writer and Expert
Lou Schuler is an award-winning journalist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, co-author of the book The New Rules of Lifting Supercharged (Avery, 2012) and contributing editor at Men’s Health magazine. I emailed Lou a few questions. His answers, with some minor edits, appear below. What better way to learn about fitness than from a passionate fitness fanatic who knows exactly what to say (and write, for that matter).
March 15, 2012
Jennifer Nicole Lee
Jennifer Nicole Lee (JNL), has become an icon for women and fellow moms across the world with her amazing 70-pound plus weight loss success story. To ultimately improve her physical and mental health and become more active with her children, Jennifer began a regimen of exercise drills and performance nutrition. Training as an athlete, Jennifer's goal was to lose weight, with the ultimate goal of entering a bikini contest. Less than one year later, Jennifer entered the ultimate figure competition and was crowned Miss Bikini America 2004, realizing her goal and proving that mothers can still be sexy, fun and fit.
February 9, 2012
Margaret L. Bogle
Margaret L. Bogle, PhD, RD, is Executive Director of the Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative and an Associate Professor in the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition. She is also the author of Quick Meal Solutions: More Than 150 New, Easy, Tasty, and Nutritious Recipes for Families on the Go.
December 21, 2011
Sal Marinello
Sal Marinello is a professional strength coach who has conducted almost 30,000 private training sessions over the past 20 years and has spent thousands of additional hours working with high school and youth league teams.
December 2, 2011
Pam Anderson
Pam Anderson is the monthly food columnist for USA Weekend and Better Homes and Gardens and a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including books, including the Julia Child award winning The Perfect Recipe, and James Beard Award nominees, How to Cook Without a Book and Perfect Recipes for Having People Over. Perfect One-Dish Dinners: All You Need for Easy Get-Togethers is her latest.
October 13, 2011
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin has built a reputation as the most versatile, dominant swimmer in the world. Natalie left the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics as the most decorated female athlete.
September 29, 2011
Brenda J. Ponichtera
Brenda J. Ponichtera is a registered dietitian and author of several award-winning cookbooks, all designed to prove that "healthful eating doesn't have to take a lot of time in the kitchen."
September 15, 2011
Chris Freytag
Chris has been teaching fitness, training clients and coaching on the subjects of nutrition and health for the past 20 years. Chris' high energy and approachable personality has helped build her reputation as a nationally known fitness expert among the viewers who watch her weekly NBC TV segments, to the members who jam pack her classes, to her clients, readers and fans.
August 25, 2011
Valerie Waters
Valerie Waters has over seventeen years experience getting celebrities ready for important movie roles, events, magazine lay outs and awards ceremonies, and has established herself as one of the premier personal trainers in Los Angeles — one who can produce results fast.
August 11, 2011
Jenny Jones
Jenny Jones is best known for hosting the nationally syndicated talk show "Jenny Jones," but "talk show host" is just one of Jones' many careers which have included waitress, bookkeeper, temp worker, fashion model, caterer, comedian, musician, singer, songwriter, author, and philanthropist.
July 21, 2011
Billy Strynkowski
As Executive Chef for Cooking Light magazine, and resident "celebrity chef," Chef Billy Strynkowski has gained followers with his positive attitude, healthy and delicious recipes, and helpful cooking tips. His natural performance skills, engaging personality and well-rounded culinary experience have made him the unassuming culinary go-to guy for millions of Americans.
July 13, 2011
Diet Detective Interview with Slow Foods founder Carlo Petrini
The healthy food movement is moving these days. And one man, an Italian named Carlo Petrini, has been on a mission to promote the culture of conviviality, good food and wine that has now developed into the Slow Food movement.
July 7, 2011
Chef Laura Pensiero
Laura Pensiero is a French Culinary Institute graduate, a registered dietitian, health educator, restaurateur, cookbook author, spokesperson, and industry expert. She founded Chef4Life, a nutrition and culinary consulting service, that provides corporations, schools, health institutions, the food industry, and media with practical solutions for healthy, delicious and lasting improvements in "diet" and enjoying food, in order to promote health, longevity and vitality through nutritious and flavorful eating.
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