Jean Carper is a best-selling author, columnist, radio talk show host, and leading authority on health and nutrition. She is the author of 23 books, including Your Miracle Brain, Miracle Cures, the award-winning Stop Aging Now!, Food--Your Miracle Medicine and The Food Pharmacy. Her latest book is EatSmart: the Cookbook You Can't Live Without. (click here to see her books).

Her column, Eat Smart, for Gannett's Sunday supplement, USA Weekend, appears every week in 600 newspapers nationwide with a readership of 51 million. (Check it out at www.usaweekend.com. Read her columns here).

Previously she was senior medical correspondent for CNN (Cable News Network), recipient of the cable industry's prestigious ACE award for a series on brain cancer. She has written more than 200 articles for national publications, such as the Washington Post and the Reader's Digest, and has appeared on numerous television programs, including the Today Show, Good Morning America and Dateline.

She is also a well-known consumer advocate and co-author of the book The Dark Side of the Marketplace (with Senator Warren Magnuson), and Eating May Be Hazardous for Your Health (with Jacqueline Verrett), a scientific critique of the Food and Drug Administration's policies.

She received an "excellence in journalism" award for her ground-breaking book, Stop Aging Now! from the prestigious American Aging Association, made up of leading academic and governmental scientists who investigate the causes of aging and how to slow it down.

Stop Aging Now!, published in 1995, details cutting-edge research showing that specific vitamins, minerals, herbs and foods have astonishing anti-aging powers. By popular demand, she produced the first Stop Aging Now! supplements in 1996, based on information in that book. Since then the supplements have been regularly upgraded to reflect all the latest research.

Jean Carper serves on the board of the American Aging Association. She is also on the advisory board of the American Botanical Council, the most reliable source of information on medicinal herbals.

She is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, and a recipient of their distinguished achievement award.

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Andreas M. Papas, a founding member of Yasoo, is President and member of the Board. He holds a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry and combines 25 years of academic and industrial experience in nutraceuticals. A Fulbright Scholar at the University of Illinois, Dr. Papas is currently an Adjunct Professor at the College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University. He is the author of The Vitamin E Factor (HarperCollins, 1999) and editor of the scientific book Antioxidant Status, Diet, Nutrition and Health (CRC Press, 1998).

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Harry Preuss, MD, MACN, CNS, is a pioneer in the field of human nutrition, and is one of the world's foremost experts on the use of dietary supplements to combat obesity. Dr. Preuss is a tenured professor at Georgetown Medical Center, a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health, and a certified nutritional specialist with more than 300 medical papers to his credit.

Dr. Preuss is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN), a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS), and Co-Chairman of the GUMC Internal Review Board. He is also the past president and a master of the American College of Nutrition (MACN) and past president of the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialist (CNS). He is the author of author of Alternative Cures, Maitake Magic, The Prostate Cure and The Natural Fat-Loss Pharmacy, his acclaimed new science-based guide that cuts through hype surrounding weight-loss supplements.

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Gale Maleskey, MS, RD has spent 20 years working as a full time professional writer, specializing in healthy lifestyles, food and nutrition, alternative medicine and medical consumerism. She has been a senior editor for Prevention magazine, writing and editing their most popular columns and full-length feature articles. She is a clinical dietitian and author of seven books, including Nature's Remedies, Energy Forever and Vitamins and Minerals: Questions You Have, Answers You Need. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association's Nutrition in Complementary Care practice group and a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. She maintains a private practice in nutrition counseling in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

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Carey Rossi is a writer and editor with eight years of experience covering all aspects of nutrition and fitness. She was the editor in chief of Better Nutrition, a shopping magazine for natural living, and the founding editor of Muscle & Fitness Hers. In addition, her work has appeared in Muscle & Fitness, Looking Good Now, Healthy Family, Vegetarian Times and Natural Health. She is the author of “No More Diets Ever, Lose Weight the Natural Way.”

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Maggie Spilner, is an expert on the health benefits of exercise and walking. She was a senior editor at Prevention Magazine for 17 years, writing a monthly walking column, newsletter and annual Walking Club Magazine. In addition she covered topics on asthma! , workplace wellness, arthritis, weight-loss and stress reduction. She is the author of three books on walking, including Prevention's Complete Book of Walking for Health and Walk Your Way Through Menopause.

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