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Expert Profile: Cari Corbet-Owen

Expertise: I'd love to answer your questions about how to lose weight naturally --without diets, diet products and diet programs. I love to answer your questions about: intuitive eating, turning exercise into fun (instead of a chore) and how to improve your body image even before you reach some or other magical figure on a scale. Please note, that as I'm a psychologist and not a dietician, I don't answer any questions related to nutrition.

Experience in the area
I'm a Clinical Psychologist who has researched diets and dieting and what works and what doesn't (in medical and psychological journals) for almost 2 decades. I'm the author of two books: The Mind over Fatter Program and The Joy-Filled Body: Eat! Play! Love and Live! I have written numerous articles spoken at psychological conferences, lead workshops internationally and been on TV and radio. I was a childhood dieter at 11, anorexic by 15, a frantic yo-yo dieter for 20 years before discovering that STOPPING dieting was the answer. My URL: www.ditch-diets-live-light.com

Organizations
Have been the consulting psychologist to the South African Nutrition Experts Panel, and am on the experts panel for Shape Magazine, South African Journal of Natural Medicine and the South African Journal of Psychology.

Publications
Shape, Readers Digest, Men's Health, Glamor, South African Journal of Natural Medicine, O magazine and many many others.

Education/Credentials
Clinical Psychologist

Awards and Honors
Been nominated for 2006 and 2007 as South African business women of the year in the Health category for starting The Mind over Fatter movement. Had an excerpt of my 2nd book selected by O Magazine (South Africa) which appeared in their December 2007 edition.

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Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: Fat is not always the health ogre it's made out to be. However, our thoughts about our fat cause us enormous chronic stress that cause all the health problems forever blamed on being overweight. see http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/neuropeptides.html

Something controversial or provocative about this subject Breakfast may NOT be the most important meal of the day; see http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/breakfast-buzz.html

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Thank you for replying
(Tiffanie on 09/17/08)

Thank you so much! the website and information are so helpful! ill definitely give your suggestions a try!
(Adrian on 07/15/08)

great and really helpfull
(ellie on 07/05/08)

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Recent Answers from Cari Corbet-Owen

2008-09-11 Cravings: Hi Tiffanie I actually wrote about food craving recently at http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/food-craving.html. First you need to ascertain whether this food craving is a psychological one or...

2008-07-15 Hydroxycut hardcore: Hi Elliot You're probably asking the wrong person this question because (and let me say this up front so that you know where I'm coming from) I'm against putting anything into my body that has the potential...

2008-07-14 needing to tone up: Hi there - I'm not really sure what you're asking me, but from your picture you certainly don't look fat, you look just very normal to me, and it sounds like you're investigating the exercise route which...

2008-07-12 thenewme: HI Nicole, shucks I answered this and for some or other reason I must not have submitted it properly, so here goes again. Nicle firstly I'd tell you not to start dieting unless you are able to follow...

2008-07-12 walk or run: HI Sue Firstly let me start off by saying I'm not a medical doctor nor a dietician - I'm a psychologist, so I'm going to give you an opinion which you may need to check out earlier. I think it's...