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Top 100 Responsible Health & Wellness Influencers of 2020
Health and wellness influencers on the internet—either you religiously check in on their latest scrumptious recipe creations and health tips popping up daily in your Instagram stories OR you roll your eyes and chalk it up to another meaningless millennial phenomena.
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Ari Adams
Love, Peace & Tiny Feet, ShiftCon
Ari is a parenting and lifestyle blogger, author and CEO of the annual ShiftCon Eco-Wellness Influencer Conference for eco-friendly and health-conscious bloggers and influencers. She holds a master’s degree in marketing and has more than 15 years of experience in the media industry. Ari is the lady behind the lifestyle and parenting blog Love, Peace & Tiny Feet; where she shares her adventures of balancing parenthood, holistic wellness, DIY crafts, recipes and other tips for parents.
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As a registered dietitian, Alex provides clarity on the misinformation surrounding nutrition that exists today through her simple and affordable “RD-Approved” recipes and evidenced based science. Her simple tips on grocery shopping lists, meal prep 101 and nutrition information has had her work featured on various media channels, including Whole Foods, Cooking Light, the feedfeed community, Women’s Health, and Kayla Itsines.
Alex Aldeborgh MS, RDN
Daisybeet
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Devin is a media personality, author of eight cookbooks, restaurateur, weight loss expert and the former chef of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.” After nine years as owner and executive chef of Café Renee Catering, Devin now consults for major food and cookware companies. She’s an ambassador of the American Diabetes Association, a blogger for The American Heart Association, served on the advisory board of the American Culinary Federation’s Chef Child Foundation and spent years as Larry King Foundation’s guest chef on “Obesity in America.”
Devin Alexander
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Jennifer uses a no-fear empowerment approach to teach parents how to get their picky kids to eat veggies. As a public health nutritionist, she combines maternal mental health and child nutrition without shaming or pressuring moms, all through colorful imagery. Jennifer’s mantra is “You are doing a GREAT job!”, showing moms that real life is okay, and that they are doing a great job in a tough situation.
Jennifer Anderson MSPH, RDN
Kids Eat in Color
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Joy is one of the world’s leading authorities on health and weight loss. As the nutrition and health expert for the Today Show, Joy shares reliable, practical and easy to follow advice that helps millions of people eat better, live healthier and lead more fulfilling lives. Joy believes it’s never too late to reap the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and is the author of several books.
Joy Bauer MS, RDN
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Jess is a health coach who received her certification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. After being in the wellness industry for almost seven years, she has seen what works and what doesn’t. She pivoted her focus from health coaching to full mind/body coaching as a pregnancy and motherhood mentor, focusing on lifestyle and nutrition. Jess is a founder of The Good Fest wellness festival.
Jess Baumgardner
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This Los Angeles-based mom of three kids has a BA in neuroscience and psychology, a masters in public health and a doctorate in clinical psychology specializing in pediatric neuropsychology. She has a passion for parenting and exposing children to the art of good food. Through her mostly plant-based brand, Natasha shares her health knowledge about pregnancy, motherhood, parenting and more. All profits from her site are donated to charity.
Natasha Beck MPH, Psy.D
Dr. Organic Mommy
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Katie has three guiding thoughts: adventure often, take care and do good. A Cuban-American outdoor advocate, freelance writer and social media expert, professional adventurer, speaker and public lands wonk, she recently founded the Outdoor Advocacy Project. She sees opportunity for empowerment, empathy and action. She wants to help the outdoor community do good, whether it be public lands policy, sustainability, or better access and inclusion in our parks and in the media.
Katie Boué
Outdoor Advocacy Project
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Katherine writes and lectures on food and nutrition topics using only evidence-based (i.e., peer-reviewed) science, not just trends, fads or personal experience. While she understands the latter play a role, she advocates that nutrition science is an actual science and believes in relying on evidence-based research when communicating to the public and clients.
Katherine Brooking MS, RD
Appetite for Health
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Lisa takes a balanced approach to food and healthy living, along with a like-minded community of “downshifters” who aspire to take life down a notch and get back to basics through simple ingredients, whole food recipes and a positive can-do mindset. She aims to create an understanding that what may make one person feel their best may be different for others, and embracing our different paths to wellness.
Lisa Bryan
Downshiftology
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Karalynne believes nature provides the necessary nutrition in order for people to live healthy, happy lives full of energy. Her goal is to inspire others to make a change in their eating habits and daily product use. Karalynne is a wellness coach, nutrition and mental health advocate. With her audience, she shares tips and tricks, how-to's and the why's behind choosing better, whole, non-toxic ingredients for their families.
Karalynne Call
Just Ingredients
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After battling an eating disorder and exercise addiction in 2012, Ryan found himself looking deeper into understanding the root causes of the challenges impacting his body and mind. His experience became the inception of LiveVitae, a lifestyle concept that enabled him to change his life and build a platform to help others. Ryan is a personal trainer, certified health coach and is completing his final year as a certified nutritional therapist.
Ryan Carter
LiveVitae
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Edgar is a proud first generation Mexican American whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Tacámbaro, Mexico in 1989. Edgar grew up being influenced by the creative women in his family who had an affinity for making food flourish with color and texture. While studying horticulture, plant science and nutrition in college, Edgar realized that plant-based cooking, food styling and photography was the best way for him to express his own creativity and food knowledge. Edgar was one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2019.
Edgar Castrejon
Edgar Raw
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Jenné is a Georgia peach living in Los Angeles (by way of NYC), with an insatiable love of sweet potatoes, travel, animals and cooking. She’s known for her delicious and easy-to-make vegan recipes, cooking videos and healthy eating tips. Jenné discovered healthy eating in college and she has been nourishing herself and others ever since. Her first cookbook, Sweet Potato Soul, was published in 2018.
Jenné Claiborne
Sweet Potato Soul
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Aaronica has created a practical green guide for millennial moms on-the-go. Her goal is to give moms a space where they can feel like they’re the amazing people they are while saving the world with one green tip at a time. Her site is designed to be inclusive and cater to the many roles that moms and parents have.
Aaronica Cole
The Crunchy Mommy
True, there’s a lot to love—and a lot to be skeptical about—when it comes to the growth of social media influencers who claim expertise in the areas of health, fitness, nutrition, mindfulness and all things wellness. And true, the internet makes it possible for under-qualified social media stars to rise to health stardom. But, despite the skeptics, there’s also a lot of good that can come from sharing and inspiring wellness through digital channels.
New Hope Network recognizes this juxtaposition, as well as the need for vetting this growing space and qualifying the predominant voices influencing today’s health conversation online. That’s why we’ve dutifully scoured profiles, read blogs and followed accounts in order to release our preliminary Top 100 Responsible Health & Wellness Influencers of 2020. We gave special precedence to those influencers who can back up their content with credentials, ranging from registered dietitians and certified health coaches to personal trainers and experienced yoga instructors. Other criteria included the quality and integrity of content, the consistency of wellness inspiration and an authentic voice, the ability to connect and engage with followers, and their innovative approach to messaging and content offerings—ranging from books and podcasts to plans and downloads. These influencers exemplify influence as a force for good. Check out their accounts for a fun and inspiring experience of wellness motivation.
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Jasmine’s food-forward, three-year-old brand is built around inspiring others to eat good food—and defining what that means. To her, good food makes you feel good, gives you energy, is enjoyable and nourishing for body and soul. Her recipes are approachable for nearly everyone, and her photography style is clean and bright. We wouldn’t mind sitting down for a lively meal with Jasmine anytime!
Jasmine Comer
Lively Meals
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Gaby is a cookbook author, chef and food/lifestyle writer who celebrates what it’s like to live the California girl life. That means it’s always sunny, green goddess salads are for lunch, chocolatey brownies make an acceptable dinner alternative, and she’ll never say no to a burrito with extra guacamole—it’s all about balance! This philosophy inspired her cookbook What’s Gaby Cooking—Everyday California Food.
Gaby Dalkin
What's Gaby Cooking
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Lexi is a recipe developer, food photographer, food stylist and the blogger behind Lexi’s Clean Kitchen. Lexi decided to start blogging to share her clean, healthy and allergy-friendly recipes to inspire others that living a healthy lifestyle can in fact be fun and exciting, and never has to be boring. She develops recipes with the ultimate goal of helping others achieve a balanced lifestyle, full of whole foods and free of limitations.
Lexi Davidson
Lexi's Clean Kitchen
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Jackie’s mission is to make the world a better place for ALL. She has been vegan for 32+ years and inspires others to enjoy a healthy plant-based diet with her writing, teaching and public speaking. She is the author of the best-selling book The Vegan Way and has been hailed as a “mover and shaker” by the American Public Health Association. She has also worked on numerous national and regional programs to improve peoples’ health and wellness.
Jackie Day
My Vegan Journal
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Erica believes that every day is a chance to heal for those who suffer from Celiac disease, and that all who are diagnosed can live to manage their symptoms and avoid gluten on a regular basis. A former managing editor of Gluten Free & More Magazine, she recommends gluten-free products and strives to offer tips to make home cooked meals part of a regular routine.
Erica Dermer
Celiac and the Beast
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Rachael is a registered dietitian, certified personal trainer and lover of all things health and holistic wellness. Rachael offers fitness tips, nutritional guidance and healthy recipes for her audience. Her goal is to show people that eating healthy can be enjoyable and most definitely, doable! You don’t have to skip out on your favorite foods—just find healthier alternatives.
Rachael DeVaux RD, CPT
Rachael’s Good Eats
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Jeanine loves bright seasonal food that’s finished with a squeeze of lemon, hence the name of her brand, which launched in 2011. Jeanine (the cook) and her husband Jack (the photographer) create and share mostly vegetarian recipes from their home in Chicago. Their cookbook, The Love & Lemons Cookbook, was described as “happiness in itself tossed in every bowl,” by the New York Times and “one of the loveliest cookbooks we’ve ever seen,” by Bon Appétit.
Jeanine Donofrio
Love & Lemons
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Andrea is a TV health expert, podcast and radio host, author and founder of Naturally Savvy Media Inc., which she launched in 2007 to share her passion for knowledge and health living, and her love for natural products and companies. Her blog was named one of Healthline’s Best Healthy Living Blogs of 2019. Andrea combines her background as a holistic nutritionist and entrepreneur to educate the public on living a healthy lifestyle.
Andrea Donsky
Naturally Savvy
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Krysten specializes in paleo, gluten free, Whole30 and allergy-friendly recipes that taste delicious and focus on eating real food, all while having fun in the kitchen! As a recent winner of Best Healthy Recipes Blogger in 2019 at ShiftCon, Krysten’s motto is “BE REAL. EAT REAL.” Krysten doesn’t take her role as an influencer for granted; she understands that her voice has influence and she recommends brands or products that she uses herself.
Krysten Dornik
Krysten's Kitchen
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Right out of college, Whitney landed her dream job as an entertainment reporter at E! News. During her time in Hollywood, she was surrounded by body image obsession and “experts” who promised the key to achieving a “star-worthy” body. She became increasingly unhappy with both her dietary choices and her career in an industry obsessed with unrealistic expectations, so she became a registered dietitian-nutritionist. She learned about the incredible power nutrition has to transform health and prevent chronic disease, which led to her blog and counseling business.
Whitney English MS, RD, CPT
Whitney E. RD
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Caroline has always loved nutrition and has frequent debates about the merits of nutrition and medicine with her husband, who is a doctor. Caroline and Chaz finished their first Whole30 in June of 2014. Since then, Caroline has completed eight rounds of Whole30 and creates meals for those striving to eat clean, whether paleo or Whole30.
Caroline Fausel
Olive You Whole
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This Organic Girl is all about choosing nontoxic beauty, clean foods and valuing an organic lifestyle. Lisa helps empower her audience to ask questions, make active buying decisions and reduce their everyday toxic load—without compromise. This Organic Girl highlights this by showcasing the best of the best in clean beauty and organic lifestyle brands. She tells her readers that by simply CHOOSING, they can make a positive impact on their health and the planet.
Lisa Fennessy
This Organic Girl
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Claire’s unconventional and honest approach to yoga has now morphed into an intersection that includes the whole well-being: mental health, self-worth and the stories women tell themselves. As she’s grown in this space, she has enjoyed getting to observe the industry and look for more ways to make wellness accessible through thoughtful living, smart products and helpful resources.
Claire Fountain
CB Quality
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Cassy Joy has quickly built a following with her approachable tools for health-seeking beginners. She’s known for her meal and fitness plans, which tend to skew paleo, and positive “you can” messaging. Her 2019 cookbook, Cook Once, Eat All Week, is a thoughtful (and actually easy to use) resource that has catapulted her success as a credible resource for healthy eating. Cassy Joy will be one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2020.
Cassy Joy Garcia
Fed & Fit
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Tieghan lives simply, eats seasonally and cooks with whole foods. She comes from a family of nine, which meant BIG meals. In an effort to tame some of her mealtime chaos, she began to help cook and soon realized how much she enjoyed it. She spends her days experimenting with new recipes, photographing her creations and feeding her family. She hopes to inspire a love for food in others, as well as the courage to try something new.
Tieghan Gerard
Half Baked Harvest
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Leah’s blog focuses on embracing whole foods to nourish her readers’ bodies by creating recipes that are quick and easy to make, proving that eating healthy doesn’t have to be complicated. She is always on the lookout for new products in the health/wellness industry (food, beauty, home, etc.). Leah shares these products before most people know about them, providing her audience with lots of advice on healthy baby and toddler food.
Leah Goldglantz
Leah’s Plate
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Pattie Gonia is an outdoor advocate and sustainability champion, spreading a message of inclusivity and diversity in the outdoors. Created by photographer Wyn Wiley to fulfill his gender expression, Pattie truly embodies “influence as a force for good.” For example, Pattie has helped raise more than $100k for non-profits supporting sustainability and LGBTQ+ initiatives by engaging and educating her audience on the influence they have as consumers to create a more inclusive, environmentally conscious culture.
Pattie Gonia
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Alejandra is a Mexican, vegan food blogger with a bilingual platform. She loves to show her audience how easy it is to make healthy, flavorful dishes with a Latin twist. Alejandra also love to show her community health trends, new products, and inspire them to better ways of living by preparing plant-based recipes that will make them feel amazing as a certified plant-based cook.
Alejandra Graf
Piloncillo & Vainilla
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“Being an ‘influencer’ is not a job title or a career path—it’s merely a by-product of being a powerful voice in your field of expertise. Don’t strive to just ‘become an influencer’—that isn’t a thing. Be really, really good at something and tell compelling stories about it.” @katieboue
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of consumers have bought a food or beverage product they’ve learned about from an influencer on social media*
34%
of consumers follow influencers because they want to find recipes and food ideas*
28%
of consumers follow influencers because they want to be inspired*
16%
of consumers follow influencers because
they want to learn
about new products*
13%
*NEXT Data & Insights 2019 Consumer Research Study
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After years of researching her way through SIBO, autoimmunity and gut dysbiosis, Tracey became a registered dietitian and certified wellness health coach. She specializes in autoimmunity, digestive concerns and weight management. Tracey believes wellness is rooted in a whole food approach that not only nourishes body, but also heart and soul. As the previous owner of a dessert catering business, she still holds the belief that an occasional quality treat is an important part of living life to the fullest.
Tracey Grant RDN, CWHC
Whole Daily Life
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Caitlin believes life is all about balance and fun! She tells her readers that they shouldn’t be afraid to blend new flavors or try something new in the kitchen. With Star Infinite Food, she creates healthy, colorful and balanced meals. Caitlin prides herself in her photography and creative use of ingredients, making some of her favorite “unhealthy” recipes in a healthy way.
Caitlin Greene
Star Infinite Food
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Jerrelle is an award-winning author, food stylist, food photographer, food writer and recipe developer. After receiving her masters in gastronomy at Boston University, she wrote her first cookbook, Black Girl Baking, which was nominated for a 2019 James Beard Award in the Baking Category. She now owns and operates her own food photography studio, EJC Studio, in downtown Dallas and contributes recipes to The New York Times.
Jerrelle Guy
Chocolate for Basil
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Miranda is a registered dietitian and natural foods chef in pursuit of the optimal balance of delicious, clean and nourishing food. Her passion is cooking wholesome and health-supportive dishes and sharing meals with loved ones. In addition to earning her MS from the clinical nutrition program at NYU, she has professional culinary training from the Chef's Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts.
Miranda Hammer MS, RD, CDN
The Crunchy Radish
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Kim-Julie focuses on sharing her message of a vegan lifestyle for ethical and environmental reasons. She works to inspire people to take care of themselves on a physical and emotional level. In her own words, her life was “a mess on every level” before she found her way to holistic health, which drives her to want to show people that anything is possible while never judging them and offering encouragement at every step.
Kim-Julie Hansen
Best of Vegan & Vegan Reset
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As a registered dietitian and advocate for intuitive eating, Cara is passionate about helping people rediscover joy in eating deeply nourishing meals without restriction or fear. Her writing and media work promotes a balanced, sustainable approach to nutrition and health that is evidence-based, practical and free from judgment or body/food shaming. She frequently leverages her relationships with farmers, ranchers and food manufacturers to educate peers and the public about food.
Cara Harbstreet MS, RD, LD
Street Smart Nutrition
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Jolene’s mission is to help others look and feel their best— to shine their light. As a pioneering natural beauty editor and health coach, Jolene calls out the dangers of conventional personal care products and shares the major impact of our diet on our skin health. After developing a chronic illness, she expanded her work to support and encourage others to use the energy of their bodies as a major tool for beauty, healing and a better world.
Jolene Hart CHC
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Emilie is dedicated to sharing nourishing recipes and sustainable living tips. Her mission is to get more people cooking in their own kitchens with wholesome ingredients. She shares simple, plant-powered recipes made with affordable foods like lentils, potatoes, fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains because she believes healthy eating should be accessible to everyone. Emilie is studying to be a registered dietitian and believes in evidence-based nutrition and eating satisfying foods to fuel the body.
Emilie Hebert
Emilie Eats
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As a registered dietitian-nutritionist by trade, Erin has nearly a decade of content creation experience in the corporate wellness industry. Getting her start on social media as The Minimalist RD and now rebranded as No Waste Nutrition, Erin’s introduction to minimalism began growing up on a farm in Tennessee, where she learned the value of experiences over things and how to treat the planet with respect. Environmental stewardship and minimizing waste have always been pillars of her personal brand and she’s passionate about spreading a “waste less, live more” message.
Erin Hendrickson RD
No Waste Nutrition
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Dawn is a registered dietitian and certified specialist in sports dietetics. She is the nutrition consultant for the Chicago Cubs, a food and nutrition blogger with The Huffington Post, and on the SHAPE Magazine advisory board. She’s the author of The Flexitarian Diet, ranked a top plant-based diet by US News & World Report and The Superfood Swap. Dawn recently starred in (and won) the hit primetime ABC television show called, My Diet Is Better Than Yours.
Dawn Jackson Blatner RDN, CSSD
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Yumna used to work in branding and marketing for CPG food brands. While she had a passion for the food industry and clean eating, she didn’t know how to cook. Her mom taught her how shortly after she got married and eventually she learned enough to venture into making her own recipes. She started her Instagram account in 2013 and, three years later, had amassed more than two million followers who love her recipes and passion for food that makes you feel good. Yumna was one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2019.
Yumna Jawad
Feel Good Foodie
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Alexis is the founder of Hummusapien, a multifaceted food, wellness and lifestyle brand created to inspire others to eat happy and live fully. Alexis’ goal is to help her audience foster a more nourishing relationship with food through diversity, passion and confidence. She does this with her two-location restaurant, Alchemy, in Columbus, Ohio and her published work in Forbes, Food Network, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and as a freelance writer for MyFitnessPal.
Alexis Joseph MS, RD, LDN Hummusapien
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Sarah’s mantra is “Heal your gut. Heal your life.” She is the original “A Gutsy Girl,” and has been hard at work on her brand and mission for over 10 years. Sarah has been obsessed with all things gut long before it was popular and trendy. She does the research and presents it in a digestible format. People seek Sarah as their go-to as she uses educated resources as the fuel for her content.
Sarah Kay Hoffman CHC
A Gutsy Girl
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As a certified personal trainer, Taylor encourages women to heal their relationship with food and their body. She encourages her readers to eat whole, nourishing food most of the time, but to be kind to themselves and enjoy foods that are considered to be treats on occasion because sometimes that can feed the soul. She practices what she preaches, as she lived through an eating disorder and found true healing, which she is eager to share.
Taylor Kiser CPT
Food Faith Fitness
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With more than 20 years as a practitioner and student of better nutrition, Ashley works with individuals, practitioners, companies and organizations to help build and implement better nutrition plans. Ashley is a frequent media contributor on topics of health and nutrition and an advocate for organic agriculture. She launched TheBetterNutritionProgram.com to provide nutrition assessment tools that help nutrition professionals better support their clients on the path to improved health.
Ashley Koff RD
Ashley Koff Approved
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As a registered dietitian and a self-coined inner health guide, McKel has created a trailblazing mind-body health company with a mission to guide others to become more in tune and aware of their well-being by practicing small daily actions, learning the science of nutrition and honoring the fundamental pillars of health. She offers private nutrition coaching, ebooks, online courses, brand partnerships and a cookbook, Nutrition Stripped—100 Whole Food Recipes Made Deliciously Simple.
McKel Kooienga MS, RDN, LD
Nutrition Stripped
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The founder of Spice Spice Baby, Kanchan has her PhD in biomedicine from Harvard University and training from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Her mission is to help her readers feed their babies, kids and families delicious, nutritious food that incorporates ancient, health-boosting spices. Through her platform and as a creator for Buzzfeed Tasty, Kanchan strives to demystify healing spices. Kanchan will be one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo 2020.
Kanchan Koya PhD
Spice Spice Baby
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Although Doritos and Kraft macaroni and cheese were staples in her diet growing up, Lisa had an epiphany after reading Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food. A lot of what she thought was healthy food was actually highly processed. So this mother of two started her blog based on a challenge called “100 Days of Real Food.” From there, she became a full-time blogger, foodie and best-selling author. Lisa will be one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2020.
Lisa Leake
100 Days of Real Food
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Kelly is a holistic nutritionist, wellness expert and celebrity health coach. Be Well grew out of Kelly’s lifelong passion for health, the science of nutrition and overall wellness. Kelly helps clients improve their health, achieve their goals and develop sustainable habits to live a healthy and balanced life. Kelly is extremely passionate about the science of human nutrition, as she studies the latest research, evaluates competing theories and reads everything.
Kelly Leveque
Be Well by Kelly
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Angela’s award-winning recipe blog features over 500 healthy plant-based recipes. Her goal is to inspire people to embrace more plant-based foods in their diet without feeling deprived. Most of her recipes are gluten free and many are allergy friendly so they can please the whole family. Her first cookbook, The Oh She Glows Cookbook, was released in 2014.
Angela Liddon
Oh She Glows
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As the Sassy Dietitian, Laura empowers people to take control of their health in a fun and sustainable way. She works with people to build better relationships with food, wade through the nutrition B.S. and cook some delicious recipes all with a side of sass! Laura makes sure to stay in her lane as a dietitian, working tirelessly to improve her own knowledge so that her clients and followers get the best nutrition information for their needs.
Laura Ligos RD, CSSD
The Sassy Dietition/
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Rachel has experience developing strategies with a focus on sustainability, circular economy and zero waste. She was Executive Director of the 5 Gyres Institute, an ocean conservation nonprofit, and Healthy Child Healthy World, which became a program of the Environmental Working Group. A thought leader and former journalist, Rachel has appeared on the Today Show, CNN and other media. Her TEDx talks include “Can One Straw Change The World?” and “Fashion’s Role in Solving Plastic Pollution.”
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff
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Wendy and Jess, the dynamic duo behind Food Heaven Made Easy, are both registered dietitians and certified diabetes educators with master’s degrees in nutrition. As BFFs who love to nerd out on anything nutrition related, their platform has a mission of inclusivity, balanced living and healthy whole foods for all. Along with their cookbook, blog and podcast, their work can be found on Buzzfeed, CBS, Self Magazine and more.
Wendy Lopez & Jessica Jones RD, CDE
Food Heaven
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When Ali discovered the spiralizer and learned how easily it could be used to make creative, delicious and nutritious meals, she looked online and couldn’t find a community or resources for those who spiralize—so she created them. Committed to spreading the word about spiralizing, she started Inspiralized.com, the definitive resource for cooking with a spiralizer. It has grown to include three cookbooks, a recipe app, kid-friendly resources, swag and even a branded inspiralizer.
Ali Maffucci
Inspiralized
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Beth is a certified nutritional therapy practitioner and experienced yoga instructor, wellness warrior, adventurer, artist and a lover of all things yummy! She has been gluten free since 2005 due to autoimmune conditions. She created her brand in 2010 after taking major steps to change her diet and her life. She knows the path to wellness is unpaved and can be quite rocky. Beth believes in listening to your own body, eating intuitively and living without labels.
Beth Manos Brickey NTP
Tasty Yummies
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After getting fired from her job, Rachel pursued her brand full time, creating inspiring food content and sharing her journey to motherhood. All of her recipes require “just the good stuff,” meaning they’re made with minimal ingredients, little prep work and very basic cooking skills. She recently launched a podcast and cookbook, both named Just the Good Stuff. Rachel will be one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2020.
Rachel Mansfield
rachLmansfield
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As a nutritional therapy practitioner and mindfulness coach, Alison helps busy women who are on their healing journeys achieve vibrant health, cook delicious food and find balance. She educates her audience about the importance of being their own wellness advocates by making informed health decisions, whether it is everyday food purchases, learning more about sourcing or how to listen to their bodies.
Alison Marras NTP, CHHC
Food by Mars
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Catherine’s goal is to help all families eat real food that’s good for their bodies and will bring their family units together. She is the author of the new book Smoothie Project as well as Weelicious and Weelicious Lunches. Catherine’s company, One Potato, promotes this mission by offering organic family meal kits delivered weekly.
One Potato’s loyal customers have helped her take the concept a step further with new One Potato-branded products that will launch in 2020. Catherine was one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2019.
Catherine McCord
Weelicious
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Jenny is a holistic nutritionist, herbalist and food educator who has written two best-selling cookbooks. Through both online and in-person workshops, she has taught countless students the culinary wisdom and practice of cooking with real foods. As a certified nutritional therapy practitioner, Jenny’s mission is to bring nutrient-dense foods back to the dinner table and to help families cook healthy, healing meals they love.
Jenny McGruther NTP
Nourished Kitchen
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Jessica creates everything from healthy recipes to comfort food and indulgent desserts to cocktails and mocktails. She eats as seasonally as possible using local ingredients every day. Jessica is a self-taught cook who’s accessible and delicious recipes have made her cookbooks Seriously Delish and The Pretty Dish bestsellers.
Jessica Merchant
How Sweet Eats
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Liz is the former food director for mindbodygreen, where she still contributes as a freelance writer and recipe developer. She now combines her food and health knowledge under her own brand, which features a wellness podcast, Healthier Together, and two cookbooks. Liz is a regular speaker, panelist and podcast guest, sharing trends of the wellness world, as well as her deeply personal anxiety journey.
Liz Moody
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Many of Brittany’s recipes are naturally vegan, gluten free, paleo or low carb and she clearly labels them to make it easy to search her site by dietary preferences. Brittany is most passionate about helping others live healthier and happier lives and is often inspired by the people she has met around the world. As a health coach, she works with people who are looking for ways to implement simple changes to feel their best selves.
Brittany Mullins
Eating Bird Food
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Elise is a nutrition and eating psychology expert, creator of the Food Story platform and founder of Kale & Chocolate (now elisemuseles.com). As an author, speaker, health coach and host of the Once Upon a Food Story podcast, Elise’s mission is to empower women to create a healthier relationship with food and their bodies by changing what’s on their plates and in their minds. Elise is a wife, mom of two sons and dog mom to a pair of golden retrievers who keep her sane (and who happen to like kale as much as she does).
Elise Museles
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A former financial and food industry analyst, Robyn has been called “food’s Erin Brockovich” by The New York Times and Bloomberg. The early years of her work are documented in her bestseller The Unhealthy Truth. She became recognized around the world after her TEDx talk in 2011, which was viewed by millions and translated into multiple languages. She is a trusted and sought-after food industry advisor, strategist and public speaker.
Robyn O’Brien
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Garianne is known for her mantra “real food, real talk” and focuses on getting nourishment from food. She doesn’t represent fad diets, but instead favors real whole foods in moderation as the key to a healthy lifestyle. She also advocates taking care of your mental health and is open with examples from her personal life, often discussing topics like PTSD, clean eating and listening to our bodies.
Garianne Sheridan
The Peachy Prodigy
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Lauren lives a zero-waste lifestyle in New York City. As an environmental studies major in college, she was always interested in the environment. After learning about Bea Johnson, a woman in California who produced little to no garbage, she was inspired to lessen her impact. Lauren does not produce any garbage, although she does recycle and compost. She was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020 as a Social Entrepreneur.
Lauren Singer
Trash is for Tossers
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Ashley is a mom of three and the pediatric registered dietitian behind the popular child nutrition brand, Veggies & Virtue. Her blog offers parents age-appropriate food ideas, mealtime organization, evidenced-based insight on pediatric feeding questions or concerns, as well as fun ways to get kids to enjoy healthy foods. She combines her professional expertise and personal experiences to help parents achieve less mealtime stress and more feeding success.
Ashley Smith RD
Veggies & Virtue
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Gabrielle has a BS and MS in nutrition, is a plant-based chef and future cookbook author. Gabrielle looks at food as more than just nutrients but as the universal experience and the thread that binds us together. Her ongoing mission is to inspire individuals to take control of their health, rebel against the dominant food culture and embrace balance. She emphasizes eating the things you love without animal products.
Gabrielle St. Claire
Eat Drink Shrink
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After years of flipping back and forth with traditional and vegetarian diets, Rachel decided to trial a vegan diet in 2015. She felt great (she’s currently in remission from lupus) and has never looked back since. Her brand features recipes that are vegan, tasty, easy and full of bright and colorful produce, plus the occasional sweet treat. Rachel loves living a minimalist lifestyle in a ‘burb of Boston.
Rachel Steenland
The Plant Riot
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Camille’s passion is inspiring others to live a happy and healthy life. She believes that everyday moments are cause for celebration. Camille is also author of the best-selling book, Camille Styles Entertaining, and proud mom to Phoebe and Henry. Her brand’s motto “Live Life Like You Mean It” encapsulates her passion to connect with her community about what’s really important to them.
Camille Styles
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Michelle is the founder of Nom Nom Paleo, a popular Paleo food blog that has evolved to much more. She has a Webby Award-winning cooking app, a Best of Paleo Award-winning podcast, and a James Beard Award nominated and New York Times best-selling cookbook, Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans. Her recipes have been featured by Whole Foods Market. The national retailer also carries her CPG product line and features her personal picks shelf talkers. Michelle was one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2019.
Michelle Tam
Nom Nom Paleo
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Dr. Temple is a holistic pediatrician on a mission to prevent chronic disease and supercharge children’s health. Dr. Temple finds most families are frustrated with the care they receive in our broken healthcare system; so, in her practice, she helps families implement changes for a better way of life. Her approach helps children and families achieve optimum quality of life with less missed school days, fewer doctor visits and less medications.
Ana-Maria Temple MD
Familly Wellness Tips
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At just age 19, Haile is an international speaker, health activist, vegan food and lifestyle influencer, podcaster, the youngest certified integrative nutrition health coach in the U.S., and founder/CEO of the nonprofit HAPPY (Healthy Active Positive Purposeful Youth). All of Haile’s programs, projects, and initiatives are geared towards engaging, educating, motivating and empowering young people to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Haile Thomas
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Prior to moving to Denver, Colorado, Jamie lived in Birmingham, Alabama where she was the assistant nutrition editor at Cooking Light magazine. As a registered dietitian, she formerly worked as a clinical nutrition specialist at a hospital in Tampa where she counseled organ transplant recipients. Jamie’s recipes are largely plant-based, but she enjoys all foods in moderation. Her food philosophy is that eating healthy should be rewarding, uncomplicated and, most importantly, delicious.
Jamie Vespa MS, RD
Dishing Out Health
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After battling deep-rooted hardships and an eating disorder, Monique found balance with food and exercise, inspiring her to start her brand, Ambitious Kitchen. Monique loves having conversations with her readers and using her blog as a voice of inspiration for those looking to find balance in their lives. On her blog, readers can find globally-inspired recipes with a healthy twist, baking recipes and, of course, a healthy dose of real talk.
Monique Volz
Ambitious Kitchen
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Danielle is the face of grain-free and gluten-free cooking, known for delicious, vibrant Paleo-friendly food. The author and photographer of the New York Times best-selling cookbook Against all Grain, Danielle realized she needed to make dietary changes after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. With her culinary skills plus her love for food and journalism, she has become a source of hope for others suffering from food intolerances and allergies. Danielle was one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2019.
Danielle Walker
Against All Grain
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Ashley started her blog by sharing the recipes she loved as she learned to eat healthier by cooking meals from scratch and baking healthier desserts. Her blog and social media feature approachable recipes made with real ingredients, and she doesn’t follow one particular style of dieting. She believes a diet filled with whole foods and a lifestyle that includes exercise is universally healthy and strives to offer helpful tips.
Ashley Walterhouse
Fit Mitten Kitchen
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Katie is a mom of six and a master certified health coach who launched wellnessmama.com, an online resource for women and moms who want to live a healthier life. Katie, along with a team of researchers and medical advisors, present practical health tips, real food recipes, DIY beauty instructions, green cleaning tutorials and natural remedies. Katie recently launched Wellnesse, her own brand of clean personal care products.
Katie Wells
Wellness Mama
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A nationally recognized health communication strategist and wellness media correspondent, Chelsea is the founder of an “all things wellness” blog that teaches others how to live a plant-based, non-toxic lifestyle. After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and finding success in managing her condition through natural means, Chelsea started her platform with content ranging from quick health tips to eco- and green-beauty reviews, to plant-based recipes.
Chelsea Williams MPH, CCPH
That’s Chelsea
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Wellevatr is the new brainchild of well-known influencers and friends, Whitney (@ecovegangal Eco-Vegan Gal) and Jason (@jasonwrobel; author of Eaternity and host of the Cooking Channel’s “How to Live to 100.”) Their joint venture is part business coaching and part wellness inspiration, featuring a podcast titled This Might Get Uncomfortable, video coaching and resources. With nearly 25 years of combined experience in blogging, video hosting, content, digital marketing and counseling, Whitney and Jason offer a wealth of healthy enthusiasm.
Jason Wrobel & Whitney Lauritsen Wellevatr
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Growing up part-Japanese and part-Mexican, food was an expression of connection and affection in Toni’s family. When her family members suffered from multiple nutrition-related diseases, Toni suggested healthier food. But she kept hearing that it was too expensive. She hated that answer, so she started her blog to prove that healthy, plant-based eating is possible by sharing recipes, weekly newsletters, meal plans, cookbooks and a podcast.
Toni Okamoto
Plant-Based on a Budget
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Yoli’s stated mission is to guide and inspire people to be their highest selves. She doesn’t operate from a place of judgment about a person’s current habits or lifestyle and is careful to not impose her choices on others. She strives to meet people where they are and has discovered that operating with empathy, resourcefulness and mindfulness yields openness and willingness to try.
Yoli Ouiya
Yoli’s Green Living
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Sonja and Alex, the dynamic duo behind A Couple Cooks, seek to inspire people to healthy, sustainable food choices. Their recipes, podcast, cookbooks and column in the Washington Post, Voraciously: Plant Powered, showcase that intersection between food that is good for you, easy and delicious. Their site features more than 1,000 mostly vegetarian and vegan recipes. Sonja and Alex will be on our Fab 5 Influencer team at Natural Products Expo West 2020.
Sonja & Alex Overhiser
A Couple Cooks
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Amanda’s philosophy is that the best meals are those made with fresh, simple ingredients—local if possible—and always what’s in season. Her passion for sharing food stories and experiences is rooted in the enjoyment of cooking and all that it brings to her audience’s lives, whether that be a nourishing meal or a friendship. Many of Amanda’s recipes are vegetarian and all are gluten free, specializing in baking with alternative flours.
Amanda Paa
Heartbeet Kitchen
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As a mother of three, Amy knows that feeding toddlers is a huge challenge and can be stressful. She offers encouragement, easy recipes and tips that make feeding toddlers feel more manageable. Amy is a former editor (having worked for FamilyFun, Better Homes & Garden, and ReadyMade magazine brands, among others) and is now a freelance writer and recipe developer for multiple magazines, books and websites.
Amy Palanjian
Yummy Toddler Food
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After struggling with body acceptance as a teenager, Rachel entered college wanting to know the truth about nutrition, so she took some classes. She went on to get her PhD in nutrition and behavior change and became a registered dietitian. She offers downloadable nutrition plans and cookbooks, and her popular Instagram account is well known for easy-to-understand recipe breakdowns, side-by-side plate comparisons and bright, healthy meals.
Rachel Paul PhD, RD
College Nutritionist
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For the first 30 years of her life, Kelly didn’t enjoy cooking … at all. The shift came when she realized that rather than following a recipe, she preferred looking into her pantry and making something from scratch. She uncovered a hidden talent she had for creating delicious, highly colorful and nourishing recipes and photographing them. She started her blog in 2012 and it became wildly popular, leading to two cookbooks. She also manages a branch-off Instagram account, Eat the Rainbow Kids.
Kelly Pfeiffer
Nosh and Nourish
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For 10 years, Margaux has been on a mission to spread the message that the key to a happy and healthy life is to live authentically as your true self, with a foundation in good nutrition. As a certified nutritional therapy practitioner, her content focuses on what truly nourishes body, mind and spirit—whole foods, authentically healthy products and recipes that are equally as healthy as they are delicious.
Margaux Rathbun, NTP
Authentic Self Wellness
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Melissa is a dietitian living in New York City who specializes in weight management and bariatrics. She works at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, where she spent seven years in oncology and surgery, and the past four years in bariatrics. Melissa has a nutrition consulting business and operates the popular Instagram account Confessions of a Dietitian, a brand extension that emphasizes nutritious food, exercise and balanced mental well-being.
Melissa Rifkin MS, RD, CDN
Melissa Rifkin Nutrition
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Amanda believes being healthy is about fueling our bodies with the right foods. After struggling with an eating disorder in high school, she educated herself on all things nutrition and health, and then started sharing that journey through her blog and social media. Amanda offers product nutrition comparisons, meal ideas and workout tips to help her followers lead a healthy life.
Amanda (Meixner) Rocchio
Meow Meix
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Diana is a licensed registered dietitian-nutritionist and lives on a working organic farm west of Boston. She runs a nutrition practice and is a cookbook author, podcast host and mother of two. She speaks at universities and conferences about nutrition and sustainability, social justice, animal welfare and food policy issues. She’s also working on a new book and film project, Sacred Cow, which explores the important role of animals in our food system.
Diana Rodgers RDN, LDN
Sustainable Dish
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Sahara has been called “a leading voice for the millennial generation into the new paradigm shift” by Deepak Chopra. She’s the founder of Rose Gold Goddesses, a women-supporting sisterhood. She has been featured in Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign and is the author of two books, Eat Feel Fresh, Idiot’s Guide to Ayurveda, and A Yogic Path. She hosts the Highest Self Podcast, which is ranked the #1 podcast in the spirituality category on iTunes with over 11 million downloads.
Sahara Rose
I am Sahara Rose
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Jenn is a wife, mom, author, content creator, recipe developer and lifestyle writer for NeuroticMommy. She gives practical tips on plant-based cooking, nutrition, yoga and more. She is very candid with her readers and keeps things real, not wanting to give an aura of a perfect life—because life happens! For that reason, her audience trusts her, as they know she only talks about things that she knows, uses and trusts herself.
Jennifer Rose Rossano CHHC
Neurotic Mommy
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Barbara is a former corporate dietitian turned retail health and wellness consultant and brand strategist. Her “Retail RD” column regularly appears in Today’s Dietitian magazine and she has written for Progressive Grocer magazine. She regularly contributes to trade-related media articles on retail dietitians, healthy food trends and more. Further, Barabra is the co-founder of the Oldways Supermarket Dietitian Symposium.
Barbara Ruhs MS, RD
Market RD
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In 2001, Shannon was diagnosed with a series of digestive issues that forced her to drastically change her diet. From the moment her health journey began, she embraced cooking and became passionate about the flavors and textures of various healthy foods, without sacrificing taste or feeling deprived. As a mother of three, Shannon has based her brand on whole foods for the whole family with a determination to bring the family meal back.
Shannon Sargent
Clean Eats & Treats
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Pia is a fat writer, style expert, public speaker and a certified transformational coach. She has been featured on Good Morning America and in People and Yoga International magazines. Her blog questions conventional notions of beauty and empowers women to take up as much space as they damn well please. While writing articles about body image, she has also spent the last nine years working in social justice nonprofits.
Pia Schiavo-Campo
Chronicles of a Mixed Fat Chick
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As an MD, Vivian brings her audience information their MDs may not. While being incredibly real and authentic with her audience, she can evaluate medical information for accuracy, empowering her readers to take back their health and make lifestyle changes that may not happen in their doctors’ offices. As a responsible influencer, she is very clear with her audience that what she shares is general education and not to be taken as medical advice.
Vivian Chen MD, IHP
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Garianne is known for her mantra “real food, real talk” and focuses on getting nourishment from food. She doesn’t represent fad diets, but instead favors real whole foods in moderation as the key to a healthy lifestyle. She also advocates taking care of your mental health and is open with examples from her personal life, often discussing topics like PTSD, clean eating and listening to our bodies.
Garianne Sheridan
The Peachy Prodigy
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Lauren lives a zero-waste lifestyle in New York City. As an environmental studies major in college, she was always interested in the environment. After learning about Bea Johnson, a woman in California who produced little to no garbage, she was inspired to lessen her impact. Lauren does not produce any garbage, although she does recycle and compost. She was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020 as a Social Entrepreneur.
Lauren Singer
Trash is for Tossers
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Ashley is a mom of three and the pediatric registered dietitian behind the popular child nutrition brand, Veggies & Virtue. Her blog offers parents age-appropriate food ideas, mealtime organization, evidenced-based insight on pediatric feeding questions or concerns, as well as fun ways to get kids to enjoy healthy foods. She combines her professional expertise and personal experiences to help parents achieve less mealtime stress and more feeding success.
Ashley Smith RD
Veggies & Virtue
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Gabrielle has a BS and MS in nutrition, is a plant-based chef and future cookbook author. Gabrielle looks at food as more than just nutrients but as the universal experience and the thread that binds us together. Her ongoing mission is to inspire individuals to take control of their health, rebel against the dominant food culture and embrace balance. She emphasizes eating the things you love without animal products.
Gabrielle St. Claire
Eat Drink Shrink
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After years of flipping back and forth with traditional and vegetarian diets, Rachel decided to trial a vegan diet in 2015. She felt great (she’s currently in remission from lupus) and has never looked back since. Her brand features recipes that are vegan, tasty, easy and full of bright and colorful produce, plus the occasional sweet treat. Rachel loves living a minimalist lifestyle in a ‘burb of Boston.
Rachel Steenland
The Plant Riot
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Camille’s passion is inspiring others to live a happy and healthy life. She believes that everyday moments are cause for celebration. Camille is also author of the best-selling book, Camille Styles Entertaining, and proud mom to Phoebe and Henry. Her brand’s motto “Live Life Like You Mean It” encapsulates her passion to connect with her community about what’s really important to them.
Camille Styles
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Michelle is the founder of Nom Nom Paleo, a popular Paleo food blog that has evolved to much more. She has a Webby Award-winning cooking app, a Best of Paleo Award-winning podcast, and a James Beard Award nominated and New York Times best-selling cookbook, Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans. Her recipes have been featured by Whole Foods Market. The national retailer also carries her CPG product line and features her personal picks shelf talkers. Michelle was one of our Fab 5 Influencer team members at Natural Products Expo West 2019.
Michelle Tam
Nom Nom Paleo
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Dr. Temple is a holistic pediatrician on a mission to prevent chronic disease and supercharge children’s health. Dr. Temple finds most families are frustrated with the care they receive in our broken healthcare system; so, in her practice, she helps families implement changes for a better way of life. Her approach helps children and families achieve optimum quality of life with less missed school days, fewer doctor visits and less medications.
Ana-Maria Temple MD
Familly Wellness Tips
