Jackie Newgent, RD, CDN, is a classically trained chef, registered dietitian, media personality, and award-winning cookbook author. She’s author of the recently-released 1,000 Low-Calorie Recipes, the media-acclaimed Big Green Cookbook, and the American Diabetes Association bestseller The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook, which was awarded the "Best Health and Nutrition Book in the World" by Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2007. She has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, ABC’s Good Morning America and World News Now, NBC’s Later Today and Dateline, Food Network’s Follow that Food, and The Daily Buzz. Her food articles, menus, and recipe features are regularly featured in national publications, including Shape,, Health, Woman’s World, and KIWI magazines. She lives in New York City.