Jill Place

Jill Place, MA, RD, CCN is a trailblazer in Complementary and Alte ative Medicine (CAM), a beacon in CAM cancer therapy and a visionary in what she calls Getting Lighter, the WHY of weight loss. She was one of the very first dietitians to embrace CAM as a therapeutic tool. Now that CAM is considered mainstream, Jill has already had years of experience working directly with patients as well as writing and speaking. She’s on the fault line of the paradigm shift to health prevention!

Jill began her passion for healing though nutrition by working with and for Harvey and Marilyn Diamond of Fit for Life fame. She was also an accomplished chef, so she did everything from co-creating recipes to troubleshooting huge seminars for them. Jill’s passion then led her to return to school to become a Registered Dietitian. And seek advanced education in CAM, eventually becoming a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. As well as psychotherapeutic training in addiction, weight loss and eating disorders.

Jill’s unique skills, including her intense interest in human behavior from a prior career as an actor and coach, have prepared her to treat both the person AND the problem with cutting-edge nutritional counseling. She has counseled in both traditional and integrative settings and consulted to some of the top US eating disorder programs and alcohol and drug rehabs in the United States, using such diverse tools as medicine wheels, guided imagery, and ritual.

As a writer, Jill is featured in several textbooks; she wrote an entire chapter on CAM for Nutritional Issues in Cancer Care and an article on mushrooms and immunity for Nutrition and Integrative Therapy. Jill also served on the Editorial Panel for the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutritionists' (ASPEN) Oncology Diet and Nutrition Manual and published a peer-reviewed journal article on nutritional supplements and cancer for the American Dietietic Association's ON-Line publication as well as many others. Her professional opinion is highlighted in many magazines, including Delicious Living, Weight Watcher's, South Beach Diet Living, Natural Health, Alte ative Medicine and Whole Life Times.

In the past year, she has written two complete educational programs for Diabetes management and Heart Health for Arlen Nutraceuticals, an up-and-coming supplement company whose vision it is to provide therapeutically viable supplements in user-friendly beverage form. Of the many exciting projects she currently has in the works, Jill is especially excited about her Get Lighter! The WHY of Weight Loss interactive E-book system that she is readying for the internet. Jill is also the author of Supplement Savvy, the first user-friendly Supplement Education System.

As a speaker, Jill has been invited to talk worldwide at many venues, including the American Dietetic Association and the Dietitians of Canada, on nutritional supplements and cancer. She has also keynoted and cajoled many types of audiences from television to corporate America.

Now an “oldie” herself, Jill wants to rename “The Sunset Years” “The Fulfillment Years”. YAH!