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Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., author and media personality, has carved a unique professional niche as a dietitian well-versed in nutrition research. To raise the profile of the important role that diet plays in reducing risk factors for heart disease, Somer is offering tips, which demonstrate that eating a heart-healthy diet can be as easy as making a few small changes to the foods you typically choose. Somer says, one simple thing you can do is look for packaging that displays the American Heart Association’s (AHA) heart-check mark, which gives consumers a tool to reliably select foods that are heart-healthy.
In 2006, Somer authored Age-Proof Your Body – Your Complete Guide to Looking and Feeling Young, an easy-to-read resource based on the latest research and cutting-edge studies that gives women (and men, too!) the power to slow, stop, and even reverse the aging process.
Before this latest publication, Ms. Somer authored seven books: 10 Habits That Mess Up a Woman’s Diet, The Food & Mood Cookbook, The Origin Diet, Food & Mood, Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy, Nutrition for Women and The Essential Guide to Vitamins and Minerals. She also co-wrote The Nutrition Desk Reference, which is in its third edition. In addition, Somer is an advisory board member to Shape magazine, past contributor to Eating Well and has written more than 300 articles for numerous national magazines, including Better Homes & Gardens, Cosmopolitan, Fit Pregnancy, First for Women, Fitness, Food & Wine, Men’s Fitness, Prevention, Redbook, Self, Walking and Working Woman.
Ms. Somer received her bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition from Oregon State University and her master’s degree in Community Health from Ohio State University. She has completed doctoral work at the University of Oregon and has taught college-level courses at Willamette University, Ohio State, Western Oregon University, Linfield College and University of California at San Diego’s Extension Program.
