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Tanya Coad

Tanya Coad

Tanya Coad is a freelance writer and researcher with a longtime interest in natural medicine. She has worked in the health food industry for several years. Her articles have appeared in numerous health journals and magazines.

Sara Eve Alarie

Sara Eve Alarie

Sara Eve Alarie is a yoga teacher who practises yoga in Canmore, Alberta. She enjoys teaching yoga to adults, children, and families.

Andy De Santis, RD, MPH

Andy De Santis, RD, MPH

Andy De Santis, RD, MPH, is a dietitian operating a private practice in Toronto. An avid blogger, Andy also loves combining nutrition education and humour on Instagram.

andytherd.com/

Curtis James, MSc

Curtis James, MSc

Curtis James is a nutritionist and health writer living in Toronto, ON.

Susan Czyzo

Susan Czyzo

Susan is a Toronto-based registered physiotherapist with a passion for injury prevention. Follow her on Instagram: @grounded.susan

Matt Jackson

Matt Jackson

Matt Jackson is a Vancouver writer and avid outdoorsman.

Fraser Hamilton

Fraser Hamilton

Fraser Hamilton is a writer, editor, and communications coordinator at alive.

Gena Hamshaw

Gena Hamshaw

Gena Hamshaw is a nutritionist and the creator of the blog The Full Helping. Her recipes have been featured in O Magazine, VegNews, Redbook and other publications. She is the author of the cookbooks Choosing Raw (2014), Food52 Vegan (2015) and Power Plates. Gena lives and works in New York City.

Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez is a cookbook author, food photographer, instructor, and creator of the award-winning blog Not Without Salt. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband and three children.

Jennifer Browne

Jennifer Browne

Jennifer Browne is an author, freelance wellness writer, and blogger. She has written "Happy Healthy Gut and Vegetarian Comfort Foods (Skyhorse Publishing, 2014 and 2015).

@jennifer_browne

Chantelle Drobot, ND

Chantelle Drobot, ND

Chantelle Drobot, ND, practises out of the Integrative Health Centre in Calgary. Her clinical focuses are hormonal issues, digestive disturbances, and stress-related conditions.

Lesley D’Souza

Lesley D’Souza

Lesley D'’Souza, ND, practices at Your Health Wellness Centre in Oakville, Ontario.

Ann Harmer

Ann Harmer

Ann Harmer is a freelance writer and editor who lives in Garden Bay, BC.

Karla Heintz

Karla Heintz

Karla Heintz, BScNutr, is a health TV personality, speaker, and consultant located in Calgary, Alberta. She is the author of Picky? Not Me Mom!.

Desiree Nielsen

Desiree Nielsen

Desiree Nielsen, BSc, RD, is the author of Un-Junk Your Diet and co-founder of the digestive health app MyHealthyGut. Her plant-based cookbook, Eat More Plants, is coming August 2019 from Penguin.

C. Leigh Broadhurst, PhD

C. Leigh Broadhurst, PhD

C. Leigh Broadhurst, PhD, is a geochemist and geobotanist at the leading US government agricultural research facility and a natural health author, lecturer, and consultant.

Pat Bennett

Pat Bennett

Pat Bennett is a freelance writer living in Longworth, BC. She has a passionate interest in water and environmental issues.

Kimberly Easterbrook

Kimberly Easterbrook

Kimberly Easterbrook is a natural health products consultant, wellness coach, and longevity research writer.

Alana Gold, RD

Alana Gold, RD

Alana Gold, RD, is a registered dietitian who uses her nutrition expertise to educate others about health and wellness issues.

Lily Dawn Robertson

Lily Dawn Robertson

Lily Dawn Robertson is a health practitioner and freelance writer in Parksville, BC.

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Corinna Richards

Corinna Richards

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Corinna Richards is an international freelance health writer, web editor and designer, and the co-author of an upcoming book on wellness and integrative medicine.

Valerie Lugonja

Valerie Lugonja

Valerie Lugonja, BEd, is a retired educator, blogger, new gramsy, and global traveller writing to promote cooking and eating delicious, nutritious Canadian food.

Amanda Lee

Amanda Lee

Amanda Lee is a writer and former editor at alive.

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