Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D., is a health educator and an award-winning writer, consultant and lecturer. She is the founder and CEO of The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City, which offers career programs and public classes in health-supportive cooking and natural healing. She also teaches frequently at such organization as Kripalu, the Open Center, and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  She has spoken at many wellness conferences, and has offered lunchtime wellness seminars at numerous organizations.

Dr. Colbin is the author of Food and Healing and other books. Her column "Food and Your Health" has been appearing in New York Spirit (formerly Free Spirit) Magazine since 1988, and her articles have been published in the US as well as abroad. Her latest book, 'The Whole-Food Guide to Strong Bones' was published by New Harbinger Press in February 2009.  Dr Colbin offers private wellness consultations, and is generally recognized as an expert in the uses of food for health.

You can visit Dr. Colbin's website at Food and Healing