Meet Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman
Visionary health expert Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., CNS has always been a trendsetter. With millions of followers nationwide, she has the uncanny ability to pinpoint major health concerns and provide solutions years ahead of anybody else.
Highly respected as the grande dame of alternative health and award-winning author of 30 books, she single-handedly launched the weight loss/detox revolution in her New York Times bestseller The Fat Flush Plan. A Connecticut College and Teachers College, Columbia University graduate, Dr. Ann Louise was recognized as one of the top ten nutritionists in the country by Self magazine and was the recipient of the American Medical Writers Association award for excellence. She has been a popular columnist for First magazine since 2003.
Always ahead of her time, Dr. Ann Louise forged new ways of thinking about obesity early on in her career. Over two decades ago, she predicted the global "diabesity" epidemic that currently affects up to 1 in 2 Americans and nearly 70 -80 percent of some populations worldwide.
She was the first to proclaim that obesity was caused by the lack of the right kind of dietary fats and the wrong kind of carbohydrates in her bestselling book Beyond Pritikin, published in 1988. In Beyond Pritikin, she predicted that the fat-free, carb-rich diet was creating weight gain, sugar cravings, fatigue and type 2 diabetes.
She shed a spotlight on the hidden hazards of parasites and how their symptoms are typically misdiagnosed and easily confused with those of other common health disorders in her classic Guess What Came To Dinner? Parasites and Your Health. Ever the nutritional pioneer, in Your Body Knows Best, Dr. Ann Louise introduced the blood type/weight theory and boldly stated that one diet may not be right for every body—an idea that is only now becoming mainstream in 2012.
She also led the way in presenting natural alternatives to synthetic hormones for menopausal symptoms in Super Nutrition for Menopause (now in print as Hot Times). She is widely credited as the first to popularize the term "perimenopause" in her New York Times bestseller, Before the Change.
Her Fat Flush Plan has spawned five additional books including the latest release in the series, Fat Flush for Life (Da Capo, 2010).
Her latest book, the highly acclaimed Zapped (HarperOne, 2010), was reviewed by Irene Alleger of the Townsend Letter. She writes, "Ann Louise Gittleman, whose nutritional bestsellers have often been reviewed in the Townsend Letter, puts her considerable talents to work in a groundbreaking book on the many hazards of living with high levels of electromagnetic energy."
Awards & Press
A savvy and dynamic speaker, Dr. Ann Louise has been featured on 20/20, Dr. Phil, The View, Good Morning America, Extra!, and The Early Show. In addition, her work has been featured on CNN, PBS, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CBN, Fox News, and the BBC. She has appeared on several national infomercials including the extremely popular World's Greatest Treasury of Health Secrets hosted by Hugh Downs. She has served as a celebrity spokesperson and formula developer for many of the largest companies in the health foods and network marketing industry— including Spectrum Oils, Barleans, Carlson's, Essential Formulas, Tonalin, BeautiControl, and Mannatech.
Her work has been featured in a myriad of national publications ranging from Time and Newsweek to Glamour, InStyle, Good Housekeeping, Ebony, USA Weekend, Parade and The Oprah Magazine. Millions of readers follow her advice through her features in First for Women and Woman's World magazines. Thousands of fans visit her website www.annlouise.com daily and post on her facebook page www.facebook.com/annlouisegittleman.
Engaging Health
Today, she continues to dedicate herself to carving out new landmarks in holistic health and healing. Through her many books, CDs, DVDs, website, videos and blog (Ann Louise's Edge on Health), Dr. Ann Louise is continually forging ahead into new health frontiers.
