Marie Ruggles, MS, RD, CN, CDE is a clinical nutritionist and certified diabetes educator known as “The Kitchen Pharmacist.” She started her career in research at Columbia University, where she earned a degree in nutrition and public health. Her specialty is drilling down the science into simple actions steps to help busy people stay healthy and age gracefully.

Her book, "Optimize Your Immune System: Create Health and Resilience with a Kitchen Pharmacy" received multiple awards including the Readers Favorite, Gold medal Non-Fiction Awards, and a #1 New Release in Medical Nutrition. It reveals the “secret sauce” for viral protection and aging gracefully.

Ruggles is passionate about making cutting-edge nutrition research easy to implement in everyday meals. She is also BIG ON FLAVOR. Anyone can master her simple strategies for making 5-star food in their own kitchen. Using humor plus a food-as-medicine approach, she teaches her listeners how to build a healthier body at their very next meal.

After struggling for years with post-viral syndrome, Ruggles developed a strategy to build resilience and support the body's innate ability to heal. This journey is what led Ruggles to author a book that provides the roadmap for taking responsibility for one’s health. She is known for saying that “Health begins when your feet hit the floor each morning!”

Ruggles is the expert for revealing exactly where to get the most bang-for-your-buck daily health hacks that heal, energize, and rewire the brain.

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