JYL STEINBACK
THE “WORLD’S HEALTHIEST MOM” DEBUTS NEW COOKBOOK BY MADI PAGE
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uthor Jyl Steinback is best known among her peers as the “World’s Healthiest Mom.” Not only is Steinback the well-known author of several cookbooks, but she also works as the executive director of Shape Up US, Inc.—an organization dedicated to preventing obesity, empowering children and families to lead happier, healthier lives—and is a homeopathic practitioner. Steinback began her career as many do, wanting to make a change in the world that could positively help others. Hers began on a personal note. One day, back when she was a student at Arizona State University, she was walking to class when she noticed a group of male students with number cards “rating” the women who walked by. At the time, Steinback was overweight. At first, she felt devastated. But later, Steinbeck would come to attribute that moment as one of her blessings in disguise, as
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it gave her a push in the direction of living a healthier lifestyle. “I didn’t want a diet, I wanted a new lifestyle,” she explains. “A way of life that made me feel good inside and out.” From there on out, Steinback had a completely new outlook on her health, and in 1993, it inspired her to write her first cookbook. Called Fat Free Living Cookbook, it contains 275 fatfree recipes designed to be simple and convenient for anyone. Since then, Steinback has authored 12 cookbooks, which have sold over two million copies. She created each of them with the hope that her readers would be inspired to learn more about health, and even possibly make changes to their lifestyle, nutrition and overall health. In 2011, Steinback was awarded a Community Leadership Award from the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition for exemplary service and dedication to improving greenlivingaz.com
