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WHO'S WHO IN HEALTHY EATING

Family Physician Dr. Elizabeth George spearheaded the development of Healthy Eating Adventures in 2010 as part of MACWell. She leads program planning and creates the research based kick-off presentation. She reviews participant blood test results in order to monitor the benefits of the healthy eating program and adds to our outcomes… continue reading »

Meet Our HEA Coaches

Liz Denlea, Dr. Liz, Jean Ellis, Larry Hayes, Karin Lee, Jeremy Hott, Threslyn Ward,

Chef Nick Iula, Theo Light, Tammy Nitterhouse, Patti Nitterhouse

Your HEA Team

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

Patti Nitterhouse

Penn National developer and healthy-eating advocate and Event Host, Patti Nitterhouse is enthusiastic about how the Healthy Eating Adventure is one of the ways residents are making life-enhancing changes to live the healthy, active lifestyles of their dreams—starting with what’s on their plates. A master gardener, Patti loves to give tours of her vegetable garden. "I am an HEA coach because empowering people to take responsibility for their health, and watching the physical and emotional changes participants experience , brings me joy."

Jeremy Hott and Karin Lee

Jeremy Hott and Karin Lee – Make a fabulous team coaching and cooking together! They love shopping at “Foot of the Mountain Farm” for fabulous local grown foods and “inventing” delicious meals. Karin loves sharing with participants about being adventurous with flavoring with spices, and “exploring the versatility of tofu”, and enjoying being creative. Jeremy encourages being adventurous shopping at local farm stands. They are both physical therapists with Wellspan. They have been instrumental in promoting whole food plant based eating with educational material for patients and supporting WFPB food on their menus.

Tanya Nitterhouse Liz Denlea

Tanya - Coach and Shopping Tour Guide -notes, "I love eating WFPB because I feel clean! My kitchen is clean. I feel better and more energetic when I stick strictly to it. I coach because I want to help other people finding their way to better living. It's also less expensive and fun. And it's one more good excuse for a get together- chopping with friends to make a dish like Lasagna!

Liz - Coach and "detail manager" - learned that she really LOVES lentils - who knew? - Thanks to the Healthy Eating Adventure of 2023, Liz has been able to make some beneficial lifestyle changes that include getting off medications and shedding some significant weight. And along with those changes came a renewed enjoyment of exercise, especially long hikes and vacations that include lots of activity! It's wonderful having this community of like-minded people who eat to LIVE!

Chef Nick Iula – Coach and “Demo Chef”. At our adventure kick off, you’ll hear Chef Nick’s testimony, “Healthy Eating Adventure” saved my life. Chef learned to cook at age 10 from his Italian mom. He has used his talents to change all his favorite meals into WFPB, and explaining how easily that can be done. He loves cooking with kids and making it educational when he includes international cooking, and enjoys showing that you can even make WFPB meals for special events, such as 4th of July, and family celebrations. His recipes and cooking techniques are described in his book co-authored with Dr. Liz Healthy Eating Adventure: The Science, Success Stories and Recipes for a Plant-Based Lifestyle.

Threslyn Ward - Coach -first participated in a Healthy Eating adventure in 2015; she attended with her 3 children. The kids loved joining in making Nori rolls and other “hands on demonstrations. At their graduation her 10-year-old was so engaged she encouraged her mom to become a coach..”I’d like to volunteer my mom”. Threslyn has been a fabulous coach with special insights about cooking with kids, and enjoying family shopping and meals.

Theo Light

Theo - Coach - is a professor at Shippensburg University. Her Ph.D. in Ecology, and background in Conservation and Resource Studies, fit in well with coaching Healthy Eating Adventure - whole food plant based eating is key to a healthy environment .

Larry Hayes

Coach and Shopping Tour Guide – Larry shares whole foods plant based eating with others to “share the health”. He continues his bicycling adventures (such as in the Andes) since becoming “Plant Powered” in 2010; Larry discovered Caldwell Esselstyn MD’s research and our Healthy Eating Adventure program when he was recovering from a cardiac arrest and stenting in 2009. "I’m a coach with HEA because thats how I give back to the community that has provided me with so much healthy guidance in my life for well over a decade now!" Larry loves coaching and hearing that participants report “I have so much more energy”, “I ran my first 5 miler!”, “I climbed the Himalaya’s with as much energy as hikers 30 years younger than myself.