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Credentials

Ann Louise Gittleman, Acclaimed Author & Nutritionist

Best Selling Author

2021     Radical Longevity (DeCapo Press)
2018      Radical Metabolism (DaCapo Press) – International Best Seller 
2017      The New Fat Flush Cookbook (McGraw-Hill)
2017      The New Fat Flush Journal & Shopping Guide (McGraw-Hill)
2017      The New Fat Flush Foods (McGraw-Hill)
2017      Before the Change (Revised and Updated) (HarperSanFrancisco) – New York Times Bestseller
2016     The New Fat Flush Plan (McGraw-Hill) – New York Times Bestseller
2015     Eat Fat, Lose Weight (Digital) (Blue Hills Publishing)
2012     Zap Proof Your Home (Digital) (HarperOne Selects)
2010     Zapped (HarperOne)
2010     Fat Flush for Life (DaCapo Press) – Top 10 Notable New Diet Books by Time Magazine
2008     The Gut Flush Plan (Avery)
2008     Get the Sugar Out (Revised and Updated) (Crown)
2006     The Fast Track Detox Diet (Morgan Road Books/Doubleday Broadway) – USA Today Bestseller
2005     Hot Times (Revised and Updated) (Avery)
2005     The Fast Track One-Day Detox Diet (Morgan Road Books/Doubleday Broadway)
2004     The Fat Flush Foods (McGraw-Hill)
2004     Super Nutrition for Women (Revised and Updated) (Bantam)
2004     The Fat Flush Fitness Plan (McGraw-Hill)
2003     Before the Change (Revised and Updated) (HarperSanFrancisco) – New York Times Bestseller
2003     The Complete Fat Flush Program Bundle (McGraw-Hill)
2003     The Fat Flush Cookbook (McGraw-Hill)
2003     The Fat Flush Journal and Shopping Guide (McGraw-Hill)
2002     The Fat Flush Plan (McGraw-Hill) – New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly,
Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, and San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller
2001     Ann Louise Gittleman’s Guide to the 40/30/30 Phenomenon (McGraw-Hill)
2001     Guess What Came To Dinner? Parasites and Your Health (Revised and Updated) (Avery)
2001     Eat Fat, Lose Weight Cookbook (Keats)
2000     The Living Beauty Detox Program (HarperSanFrancisco)
1999     Why Am I Always So Tired? (HarperSanFrancisco)
1999     Super Nutrition for Men (Avery)
1999     How to Stay Young and Healthy in a Toxic World (Keats)
1999     Eat Fat, Lose Weight (Keats)
1999     Overcoming Parasites (Avery)
1998     Super Nutrition for Menopause (Avery)
1998     Beyond Probiotics (Keats)
1998     The 40/30/30 Phenomenon (Keats)
1998     Hot Times (Avery)
1998     Before the Change (HarperSanFrancisco)
1997     Your Body Knows Best (Pocket Books)
1996     Get the Salt Out (Crown)
1996     Get the Sugar Out (Crown)
1996     Beyond Pritikin (Revised and Updated) (Bantam)
1993     Guess What Came To Dinner? Parasites and Your Health (Avery)
1991     Super Nutrition for Women (Avery)
1988     Beyond Pritikin (Bantam)

Education
2012    Minister Practitioner
2011    Level 1 Training Certification, Tennant Institute for Pastoral Medicine
2002    Ph.D. in Holistic Nutrition, Clayton College of Natural Health
1993    Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS), American College of Nutrition
1977    M.S. in Nutrition Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
1976    Dietetic Technician, New York Institute of Dietetics
1976    Principal and Teaching Certificate, New York Federation of Reformed Synagogues
1972    Teaching Certificate, Hayim Greenberg Teacher’s College, Jerusalem, Israel
1971    B.A. in English, Connecticut College

Highlights – Professional Experience

2019 – Present   Columnist for Women’s World
2017                    Keynote speaker at Annual NANP Conference & Expo, Portland, OR
2016                    Keynote speaker at Cancer Control Society Convention, Universal City, CA
2016 –  Present  Keynote speaker at ASEA International Convention
2004 – 2013       Nutritional Advisor and Columnist for First for Women magazine
1990 – 2000       Director of Nutritional Outreach, American Academy of Nutrition, Corona Del Mar, CA
1987                    Nutrition Director, Human Environmental Bio-Toxic Reduction, San Diego, CA
1980 – 1982       Director of Nutrition, Pritikin Longevity Center, Santa Monica, CA
1979 – 1980       Public Health Nutritionist, WIC Food Program, Yale Satellite Clinic, New Haven, CT
1978 – 1979       Chief Nutritionist for Pediatric Clinic, Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY
1977 – Present  Personal Nutritional Consultant

Celebrity Spokesperson/Brand Ambassador
Rejuvex, The Balance Bar, The Vitamin Shoppe, BeautiControl, Erdic International, Tonalin, Spectrum Oils, Barleans, Arkopharma, Himalaya USA, Carlson Labs, Essential Formulas, Uni Key Health Systems, ASEA

Media
Ann Louise has appeared on:  20/20, Dr. Phil, The View, The Early Show, Good Morning America, Extra, Fox News, PBS, CNN, Good Day New York, 700 Club, Walgreen’s Health Corner

Her work has been featured in:  Time, Newsweek, Goop, Seventeen, Fitness, Harper’s Bazaar, Real Simple, Women of Power, The National Enquirer, Family Circle, Ladies’ Home Journal, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, Woman’s World, Ebony, Muscle & Fitness, Runner’s World, Health, Parade, First for Women, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, Hadassah Magazine, London Daily Mirror, Bella, SHE, Russian Vogue, SELF, Australian Woman’s Day, The Huffington Post, AOL

Speaking Engagements
Functional Medicine Success Summit, Estee Lauder, Lucent Technologies, Murad, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, The Los Angeles Times, The American Menopause Foundation, AARP, Erdic UK, Natural Products Association, Expo East, Expo West, New Hope Communications, Mannatech, New Visions, Eniva, Beauti Control, New York Books in the Park for The New York Times, University of Hartford, Clayton College of Natural Health, The National Institute of Whole Health, National Association of Nutritional Professionals, Nutritional Therapy Association, International Association of Colon Therapists.

Summits

  • Essential Oils Summit with with Eric Zielinski, March 2015
  • Fat Summit with Mark Hyman, Feb 2016
  • The Metabolism Summit with Sara Vance, Feb 2016
  • Microbiome Medicine Summit with Raphael Kellman, March 2016
  • Women’s Hormones: A Women’s Wellness Collaborative with Bridgit Danner, April 2016
  • Crohn’s and Colitis Summit with Joel Sprechman, Dec 2017
  • The Heavy Metals Summit with Wendy Myers, Jan 2018
  • Healthy Gut Experts Summit with Aliky Kouroupis, Jan 2018
  • Candida Summit with Evan Brand, July 2018
  • 6th Annual Rewire Your Brain to Think Thin Training summit with Marna Thall, October 2018
  • Autoimmune Revolution summit with Dr. Peter Osborne, Nov 2018
  • EMF Health Summit with Lloyd Burrell, Dec 2018
  • The Magnificent Midlife Woman Summit with Sheree Clark, Jan 2019
  • The Perimenopause Summit with Michelle Sands, March 2019
  • Vibrant Health Formula summit with Laura Frontiero, Aug 2019
  • Thriving in Your Third Act summit with Sabrina Chaw, Aug 2019
  • The Anxiety Summit: Gut-Brain Axis with Trudy Scott, Nov 2019
  • The Genius Of Your Genes Summit with Donna Gates, Feb 2020
  • The Anxiety Summit 6-Toxins, Meds & Infections Summit with Trudy Scott, Nov 2020

Awards

Advisory and Educational Boards
Clear Passage, Functional Medicine University, The American Menopause Foundation, The Price-Pottenger Foundation, Your Future Health, The National Institute of Whole Health, International Institute for Building-Biology & Ecology, The Healers, Nutritional Therapy Association, Taste for Life Magazine, Total Health for Longevity Magazine, Healing Retreats & Spas Magazine, Health Sciences Institute Newsletter

Professional Memberships
American College of Nutrition, International EMF Alliance, Weston Price Foundation, Institute of Functional Medicine, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine