Ann Kulze

Biography

As a physician, best-selling author, and motivational speaker, Dr. Ann Kulze is on a personal crusade to share with as many people as possible the joys of living well. She is a renowned authority in the areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyles and disease prevention. As a gifted teacher with unrivaled credibility and passion, Dr. Ann transforms all of the "new science" of healthy living into programs that are simple, easy and fun!

With her unique background and formal training in both nutrition and medicine, along with her extensive "hands on" experience as a wife, mother of 4 and trusted family physician, Dr. Ann has distinguished herself as a one-of-a-kind "real world" nutrition and wellness expert. Growing up in a family with a rich heritage in science and medicine, Dr. Ann developed an interest in wellness and specifically nutrition at an early age. Following her passion, she attended Clemson University and graduated with honors with a degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. She received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, where she received numerous academic awards and graduated as the Valedictorian of her class. Following her professional training, she worked as a family physician for 14 years and established the wellness education firm, Just Wellness, LLC in 2002.

In addition to her private wellness coaching practice, she is a corporate wellness trainer and a highly sought motivational speaker. She has been the national spokesperson for Ruby Tuesday`s highly acclaimed SMART EATING Initiative and the nutrition spokesperson for the Healthy South Carolina Challenge.

Dr. Ann is the author of the three critically acclaimed books, Dr. Ann`s 10-Step Diet: A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality (2004 Greenleaf Book Group), Eat Right for Life (2010 WELCOA), and Eat Right for Life Cookbook Companion (2011 WELCOA). Over 800 North American businesses have purchased her Eat Right for Life book to guide their employees. Dr. Ann has created a host of other wellness resources including DVDs, CDs, grocery lists, a menu/ recipe book and webinars to further leverage her inspirational wellness message.

Dr. Ann has been featured in a number of national media outlets including the Dr. Oz show, Oprah and Friends Radio, Time Magazine, USA Weekend, NPR, WebMD, CNN Radio, and Prevention, among many others. She is a regular host of South Carolina`s NPR Your Day radio program, a regular guest on various radio programs across the country.

When she is not writing, researching or motivating others through her public or corporate speaking engagements, Dr. Ann lives her wellness message. She enjoys swimming, running, kayaking, cooking and spending time with her wonderful family.

Dr. Ann lives with her husband and four children in her native Charleston, SC. She currently serves on the Medical Advisory Board for the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA), the Board of Directors for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the Scientific Advisory Board for Exercise TV, and the Charleston County School District`s School Health and Wellness Committee. She is a recipient of the Prevent Cancer Foundation`s champion seal and the distinguished South Carolina Liberty Fellowship. She currently serves as the co-chair of the South Carolina Liberty Fellowship Health Forum.

Publications

Dr. Ann's 10-Step Diet:A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality.
-Lose Weight for Good. Feel Good for Life.
In her revolutionary weight loss program, Ann Kulze, M.D., demystifies the nutritional science that leads to sustainable weight loss and good health. Unlike fad diets or lose-weight-quick schemes, the 10-Step Diet prides itself on taking the entirety of your wellness into account. It goes beyond teaching you what to eat: it teaches you why you should eat certain foods and avoid others.

The 10-Step Diet is not "low carb," "high protein," "low cal," or "low fat." Instead, it is a new way of eating and living that results in permanent weight loss and dramatic improvement in overall health and wellness. Best of all, it's surprisingly simple, and the results are permanent because the plan is realistic, flexible, and comprehensive.

In the 10-Step Diet, Dr. Ann reveals the benefits of the right fats, the right proteins, the right carbohydrates. She teaches you not only what to eat, but also how to live: what to buy at the grocery store and what to avoid, how to prepare your meals at home, and how to dine out without sacrificing your health and weight. Dr. Ann outlines the almost drug-like properties of some of the most powerful foods science knows and how they - along with lifestyle modifications - can prevent the ten most common diseases affected by nutrition. Most important, she offers the scientific reasoning behind her recommendations, so you can fully understand your body and how your nutritional choices affect the way you look and feel.

It's time to throw out the idea that dieting means eating strange foods or depriving yourself of great tastes, and start enjoying what you eat - not merely for the taste, but also for the proven nourishment the right foods offer. Whether you have 10 pounds to lose or 100, Dr. Ann's 10-Step Diet will help you look good, feel great, and stay well.

Titles

Eat Right for Life!
This is Dr. Ann`s most popular program. With explosive enthusiasm, she delivers THE blueprint for healthy eating in a way that anyone can sink their teeth into permanently!

Live Life!
Dr Ann says it all in this "comprehensive" healthy living program. She provides state-ofthe-art guidance for optimal nutrition and healthy lifestyle practices to set everyone on the irresistible path to lifelong wellness and vitality.

Dr. Ann`s Focused Programs
~Take Charge of Your Youth!
~Rein in Your Appetite
~Give Yourself an Oil Change
~Boosting Your Energy
~Life of Death by Carbs
~Just Say Whoa! to Cancer
~Just Say Whoa! to Type 2 Diabetes
~Being Good to Your Heart
~Being Good to Your Breasts
~Boosting Your Brain
~Feed Your Kids Right!
~Weigh Less -- Be More
~Cool it! Just say Who to Inflammation
~All the Right Food

Wellness Works!
Dr. Ann makes the compelling case for employer-based wellness promotion as the most effective means available to rein in escalating health care costs and to boost employee productivity.