Our Founder
Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D, is the founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Natural Gourmet Institute and author of The Book of Whole Meals, Food and Healing [published in six languages], The Natural Gourmet (all from Ballantine Books), and The Whole Food Guide to Strong Bones (New Harbinger Publications). Her column, “Food and Your Health” has been appearing in NY Spirit Magazine since 1988.
Dr Colbin has more than 35 years of experience cooking and teaching the effects of food on health, and has offered private nutritional and wellness consultations through the Natural Gourmet Institute. She was a recipient of the Avon 1993 Women of Enterprise Award, and the Aveline Kushi Lifetime Acheivement Award from Kushi Institute International in 2012. Dr. Colbin earned a Ph.D. in Wholistic Nutrition from The Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2002.

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