Dear readers,

I have some really exciting news to share!  A couple of weeks ago, I was approached by the Joy Bauer website team - the online home of the TODAY SHOW nutritionist and best selling author, Joy Bauer - asking if I'd be interested in a possible partnership/collaboration!  As you can imagine, my hands were shaking with excitement and my heart was racing.  I was familiar with Joy Bauer prior to receiving this flattering offer but, to be honest, I'd never had the chance to catch Joy on the TODAY SHOW.  Why?  Because I've always had to be at work at or before 7:30am...and we all know that the TODAY SHOW doesn't air until 7am, when I'm already en route to the office.  I do work in finance, after all, people. 

So, before responding "yes, of course!" immediately, I wanted to learn even more about the country's most famous nutritionist, Joy Bauer.  Here are some factoids that I just can't help but brag about:

Joy is the...

• Nutrition and health expert for the TODAY SHOW

• Nutrition expert and contributing editor to PARADE magazine

• Columnist to Women's Day magazine

• Yahoo.com's nutrition expert

• Author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, including: Your Inner Skinny, Joy Bauer's Food Cures

• Nutritionist for the NYC Ballet and American Ballet Theatre

• Associate faculty member at Columbia University

Impressive resume and credentials, no?  I can't tell you how flattered I am that Joy Bauer's team asked me to become affiliated with them.  Whew! 

Obviously, I agreed to partner with JoyBauer.com and, because of my overwhelming enthusiasm, the team shipped me two of Joy's most popular books: Joy Bauer's Food Cures, and Slim & Scrumptious.  After having received and briefly skimmed through each, one thing is congruent in both books: Joy's nutritional and weight-loss methods are realistic, cost-effective, and uncomplicated - as are her recipes, which are free of artificial sweeteners, ingredients, and exotic, "healthy" crap.     

On that note, I couldn't not "share the wealth" with you, my dear readers.  So, I've decided that we're a little bit overdue for a contest, don't you think?  I'm offering not one, but *both* of the brand new books that I just received - Joy Bauer's Food Cures and Slim & Scrumptious - to the first person who responds correctly to the following question:

• True or false: Ounce for ounce, sardines contain as much heart-healthy omega-3 fat as salmon.

Think you know the correct answer?  Hey, you've got a 50/50 chance!  Leave your response in the "comments" field of this post.  Best of luck to you!

Let's get healthy together!

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Until we eat again

Lindsay, The Lunch Belle