You are what you eat. Every bite of food you ingest affects your body and your well-being. Join Kathryn as she talks with Christy Morgan and Julieanna Hever about the benefits of plant-based nutrition. They will discuss the health benefits of a whole-food, plant-based diet while demystifying some of the misconceptions related to sustaining a healthy lifestyle animal-free. Learn from two extraordinary women who are helping people live healthier, whole lives by eating blissfully clean.
About Christy Morgan ~
Christy Morgan, also known as The Blissful Chef, is a successful vegan macrobiotic chef, whose business is changing people’s lives through healthy cooking classes, lectures, personal chef services, private instruction, and team building events for businesses. With her first cookbook Blissful Bites and various online and offline articles, she is well published in the world of natural foods.
She trained at The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts in Austin studying macrobiotic cuisine and philosophy. Intense training in culinary school redirected Christy’s creativity from fashion to food, as both a science and an art. It strengthened her knowledge of nutrition and diet, and deepened her passion for food and the world around her. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to follow her new dream of helping others to find the balance and health benefits that she was now experiencing. After 4 years of cooking and teaching in Los Angeles, Christy took t
o the online world, where her videos and blogs allow her to share her knowledge, passion and delicious recipes with countless fans around the globe.
Christy’s mission to show that clean food can be delicious, easy to make, and will bring more energy and bliss into your life! Her fun and informative classes teach amateurs and seasoned veterans alike how to create simple yet delicious, sustainable, “green” meals using local organic produce and seasonal cooking techniques. Her cookbook Blissful Bites is available now where books our sold! Find out more at theblissfulchef.com
About Julieanna Hever, M.S., R.D., C.P.T. ~ 
Julieanna Hever, M.S., R.D., C.P.T. , also known as The Plant-Based Dietitian, is a passionate advocate of the miracles associated with following a whole food, plant-based diet-the established effects of which provide positive healthful benefits. Julieanna is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition and the nutrition columnist for VegNews Magazine. She is the co-author of the upcoming book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking, which will be published on December 6th, 2011. Julieanna counsels a variety of clients in her Los Angeles, California-base
d private practice including elite athletes, adults, and children with various nutritional and/or medical concerns. Julieanna has lectured extensively throughout the United States and is published in prominent journals, magazines, blogs, and newsletters.
As co-producer and star of the “infotainment” documentary To Your Health, Julieanna interviewed a host of the plant-based world’s most respected doctors and researchers to bring this important information to film and television audiences. Her work as the Executive Director of EarthSave, International, has also provided an opportunity for Julieanna to bring whole food, plant-based nutrition to the forefront of efforts to improve the current global health crisis.
Julieanna received her Bachelors degree from UCLA and Masters of Science in Nutrition at California State University, Northridge, where she also completed her Dietetic Internship. She has taught as part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell’s eCornell Plant-Based Nutrition Certification Program, worked as a clinical dietitian at Century City Doctors Hospital, and has consulted for numerous businesses.
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