Deborah Kesten, M.P.H., is an international nutrition and lifestyle researcher and educator, with a specialty in preventing and reversing obesity and heart disease. She was the nutritionist on Dr. Dean Ornish’s first clinical trial for reversing heart disease through lifestyle changes, and Director of Nutrition on similar research at cardiovascular clinics in Europe. More recently, she has created the pioneering Enlightened Diet, a “whole person” optimal eating and weight loss program, the results of which were published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. With more than 200 published health articles, she is the award-winning author of The Enlightened Diet, Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul and The Healing Secrets of Food, a comprehensive, evidence-based nutrition program about the power of food to heal physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially. Deborah’s accomplishments include Your Whole Person Nutrition Program, a comprehensive approach to optimal eating (offered on her Web site at www.Enlightened-Diet.com), contributing articles to scientific books and medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, and to magazines such as Yoga Journal and Spirituality and Health. She lives in Washington with her husband Larry Scherwitz, PhD, co-author of The Enlightened Diet. Both Deborah and Larry are EmpowHer.com providers, experts and writers.
Lots of weight loss products promise miracles. One in particular that I recall says a magic pill lets you lose weight while you sleep. Now, groundbreaking new studies are revealing that you don’t ...
May 11, 2009 - 3:55pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten describes the types of fats found in food, and how much fat women should consume.
May 1, 2009 - 3:06pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares why women consume fattening food more often when they are stressed.
May 1, 2009 - 2:55pm
Not too long ago, my husband, Larry Scherwitz (who is also an EmpowHer writer, expert, and provider) bought a package of crackers he sometimes enjoys. Knowledgeable about nutrition and health, ...
April 27, 2009 - 3:24pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains if wellness coaching can help a woman to stop overeating.
April 21, 2009 - 5:04pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares how dieting and weight loss coaching differ.
April 21, 2009 - 4:58pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains the concept of wellness coaching.
April 21, 2009 - 4:53pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten recalls the best food choices for healthier living.
April 21, 2009 - 4:45pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains whole-person nutrition.
April 21, 2009 - 4:21pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten describes the number one reason women overeat.
April 21, 2009 - 4:12pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares how women can stop dieting.
April 21, 2009 - 4:07pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains how dieting alters a woman's body.
April 21, 2009 - 4:02pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains if the taste of food is affected by the preparation.
April 21, 2009 - 3:55pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten describes how women can eat less food, but enjoy everything more.
April 21, 2009 - 3:47pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten describes the Enlightened Diet.
April 21, 2009 - 3:41pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten describes how women can develop a healthy relationship with food.
April 21, 2009 - 3:33pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains the differing types of overeating.
April 21, 2009 - 3:22pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares how she became interested in weight management and heart disease and how they relate to women.
April 21, 2009 - 3:17pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten describes why some women feel guilty when they take a break from dieting.
April 21, 2009 - 2:48pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains how mothers can promote good self-esteem for their daughters.
April 21, 2009 - 2:42pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares how young women can build good self-esteem.
April 21, 2009 - 2:36pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten describes how women can reduce their shame about being obese.
April 21, 2009 - 2:16pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains why it is challenging for women to keep the figure they had when they were younger.
April 21, 2009 - 2:09pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains why women cannot maintain their weight loss while dieting.
April 21, 2009 - 1:58pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten recalls the main cause of female weight gain.
April 21, 2009 - 1:52pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares why a woman's menstrual cycle can stop because of a change in diet.
April 21, 2009 - 1:46pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains the 10-percent fat diet.
April 21, 2009 - 1:32pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains if women need to take supplements.
April 21, 2009 - 1:06pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares her opinions on popular weight loss diets.
April 21, 2009 - 12:57pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares the eating style women should focus on to get control of their eating.
April 21, 2009 - 12:52pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains emotional eating.
April 21, 2009 - 12:43pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares how a woman's emotions are affected by food.
April 21, 2009 - 12:38pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains how women can discover their overeating style.
April 21, 2009 - 12:33pm
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares the three most important eating tips for women.
April 21, 2009 - 10:34am
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares how women can halt overeating.
April 21, 2009 - 10:25am
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten recalls how much fat a woman should consume when trying to reverse heart disease.
April 21, 2009 - 10:05am
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains social nourishment and shares how it contributes to a healthy lifestyle.
April 21, 2009 - 9:57am
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares if women can reduce stress by eating.
April 21, 2009 - 9:10am
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten explains if women will receive enough fats, minerals, and vitamins on the heart disease reversal diet.
April 21, 2009 - 8:49am
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten describes the heart disease reversal diet.
April 21, 2009 - 8:39am
Wellness Coach Deborah Kesten shares the importance of eating healthy when trying to reverse heart disease.
April 21, 2009 - 8:31am
When most of us consider heart-healthy eating, we think of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and lean, low-fat servings of dairy, fish, and poultry. But did you know that relationships you ...
April 13, 2009 - 7:44pm
When researchers took a close look at the foods typically eaten in various countries, they discovered an interesting insight: as fish consumption increased, depression decreased.
Of course, ...
April 6, 2009 - 1:41pm
It’s a distressing fact: In the United States and most Western countries, diet-related chronic diseases—from heart disease and obesity to diabetes and depression—are the single largest cause of ...
March 23, 2009 - 2:25pm
Mac and cheese. Chocolate chip cookies. A bite of Ben and Jerry’s. Some call it “comfort food”; others say it’s “food as friend.” However you phrase it, turning to food to soothe the soul has been ...
March 17, 2009 - 3:33pm
It’s been a while since researchers discovered depression is a key predictor of heart disease — even of not surviving a heart attack. More and more, though, studies are revealing that depression ...
March 11, 2009 - 4:16pm
When I lecture about optimal eating and weight, the question I’m asked most frequently is about the diet du jour. Many want to know what’s best: Is it the zone? Eat right for your type? What do I ...
March 3, 2009 - 4:29pm
Did you know, weighing too much can threaten your breast health, and may also increase the risk of a plethora of other health problems, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, key ...
February 23, 2009 - 8:11pm
Have you had your Bakelite, organochlorine, Banvel, Roundup, Ronstar, Trimec, Turf Supreme, DBCP, DDT, DDE, kepone, heptachlor, mirex, and toxaphene today? Probably. More often referred to as ...
February 16, 2009 - 12:48pm
There’s no question about it: a high-fat diet increases the risk of breast cancer (and many other cancers).
But an extensive overview of the fat/diet link published in the American Journal of ...
February 10, 2009 - 5:10pm