Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. Chief Blog Organizer
Barbara is a registered dietitian with a masters in Clinical Nutrition. She also worked as a Program Reviewer for Child Nutrition Programs for the Alaska Department of Education in INDIAN & ESKIMO VILLAGES on the North Slope of Alaska.
As a research nutritionist with the military’s tri-service medical school, Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences, at the Human Performance Laboratory, she tracked trace mineral, vitamin and macronutrient research with active military members to include with the Navy SEALS’ BUD/S Training Program and active Navy SEAL Teams in Coronado Island, California.
Barbara is the former nutrition performance consultant to the University of Louisville Athletic Department (10 years) and the United States Navy SEALs (8 years). She is the author of Fast Facts on Fast Food For Fast People and High Energy Eating Sports Nutrition Workbook for Active People. Her books and materials have been used by the University of Louisville, University of Tennessee Lady Vols and the Tennessee football program, the LSU basketball program, the Buffalo Bills, the Cleveland Browns and by the United States SEALs.
Weekly health & fitness radio show, Health News You Can Use, on WKJK 1080 AM, iHeart Media, featuring Barbara ran for 14 years. In addition, Barbara had a regular TV segment on WHAS’s Louisville Tonight Live for 5 years and WAVE Sunrise for 4 years.
She has designed and presented employee wellness programs to small and large businesses like UPS, Anthem, Humana, LG&E, Fort Knox, PNC Bank, Jewish Hospital, Louisville Water Company, Ford, Brown Foreman, and many more. Barbara also wrote a weekly nutrition column for her Christian Church’s Southeast Outlook for 10 yrs.
Currently, Barbara is working with Veterans Lodge (www.VeteransLodge.org) on the Fundraising Committee and handles their social media. Barbara is also writing a cookbook for performance nutrition tentatively entitled, Veterans Lodge Performance Nutrition and Recipe Guidebook. This book will be sold as a fundraiser for Veterans Lodge and will be used by Veterans Lodge for Veterans seeking health care & job retraining.
To contact Barbara, go to our Contact page or email healthydaybydayliving@gmail.com
Fresh Blueberries Does the Body Good!
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