Biography of Elizabeth Somer

Elizabeth Somer, MA, is a registered dietitian who has carved a unique professional niche as one of the few, if not only, dietitians who are well-versed in nutrition research. For the past 20 years, she has read more than 100 studies a month, packaging that information into easy-to-read books, magazine articles, lectures, continuing education seminars, and practical news for the media.

Elizabeth Somer has written seven books: Age-Proof Your Body (William Morrow, 1998), Food & Mood (Henry Holt, first edition 1995, second edition 1999), Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy (Henry Holt, 1996), Nutrition for Women (Henry Holt, 1993), and The Essential Guide to Vitamins and Minerals (HarperCollins 1990, second edition 1995). Her most recent book, The Origin Diet , was published in 2001. Ms. Somer also co-authored The Nutrition Desk Reference (Keats Publishing, 1996), which is in its third edition.

For the past 20 years Elizabeth Somer has served first as Editor of the Nutrition Report and now as Editor-in-Chief of Nutrition Alert! , newsletters that abstract the current nutrition research from more than 6,000 journals. She is an Advisory Board Member to Shape Magazine , past contributor to Eating Well magazine, and has written more than 250 articles in numerous national magazines, including American Health, Better Homes & Gardens, Cosmopolitan, Eating Well, Fast and Healthy, Fit Pregnancy, First for Women, Food & Wine, Healthy Living, Living Fit, Mature Outlook, McCall?s, Men?s Fitness, Muscle and Fitness, Prevention, Redbook, Self, Sesame Street Parents Magazine, Shape, Walking Magazine, Women's Sports and Fitness, and Working Woman .

Elizabeth Somer has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the most recent National Mature Media Merit Award in 1998 for her article titled "Beat the Clock," which appeared in the April 1997 issue of Living Fit magazine.