Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D., is an award-winning leader in the field of natural health, and a highly sought-after lecturer and wellness consultant. She is the founder of The Natural Gourmet Cookery School in New York City, the oldest natural foods cooking school in the country. Colbin is the author of four books, including The Book of Whole Meals, The Natural Gourmet, and Food and Our Bones: How to Prevent Osteoporosis Naturally. She is featured in her own videotape, Basics of Healthy Cooking, and an audiotape, The Five Phases of Food.