YumUniverse™

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About YumUniverse
About Heather Crosby
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In an effort to make your plant-based journey as helpful and inspiring as it can be, we have pulled together a talented, passionate team to help YU. Whether you are looking for nutritional advice, creative ideas for storing foods, new recipes to amp up your workouts, or how to transition and maintain momentum, we have you covered.

 

Meet the Team:

Dr. Jenna Taylor is not only a physician who passionately advocates a plant-based diet, but she has conducted the tests to prove that a plant-based diet heals and transforms the body. We have a lot of helpful projects planned for you all so stay tuned.

Read the YU interview with Dr. Taylor here.

Check out: Dr. Taylor’s article about the Addiction to Cheese…

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Rea Frey Holguin is an ISSA certified personal trainer (with the guns and abs to prove it), author, relationship expert and nutrition specialist ready to share her tips for a truly balanced life of nutrition, exercise and love.

Read the YU interview and be sure to visit Rea at Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, ReaFrey.com, chicagonow.com/cleanconvenientcuisine, cheekychicago.com/reafrey, chicago.racked.com and check out her new book The Cheat Sheet: A Clue-by-Clue Guide to Finding Out If He’s Unfaithful.

Check out: Rea’s Quinoa, Cranberry and Walnut Muffins…

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Maya Henderson: Vital Juice Chicago Editor and wellness blogger, Maya Henderson, brings her incredible energy and experience with raw and plant-based foods to the YumUniverse. Maya is one of those people with oodles of passion for everything she gets involved in. She is also a yoga and fitness junkie and if there is a unique workout out there (or a deal for that workout) Maya will find it.

Check out: Maya’s Chocolate Covered Cherry SuperFood Smoothie…

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Mark Beier: This fitness expert, wellness trainer, chef, founder of Chicago Fit Club and founder of MARK BAR, not only brings YU tips for targeted and comprehensive workouts, and recommendations for plant-based foods that speed recovery, increase energy and endurance, he has developed the perfect pre-workout snack bar made with a handful of clean ingredients.

Check out: Mark’s Fitness Fridays Video Series for those at-home workouts at tips.

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Kathy Beymer: Our resident mom and craftstar blogger from the much-loved Merriment Design is here to help us develop innovative recipes and tips of all kinds, particularly in the realm of family and munchkins. Kathy is a super-talent that has been featured on The Knot and The Knot TV, WeTV, Chicagoist, Re-Nest, DesignSponge and TimeOut Chicago to name a few.And really, that’s only a few.

Check out: Kathy’s Homemade Apricot Baby Food with Smart Storage Jars…

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Valerie Bolon: Personal chef Valerie Bolon (MK, Spring, Hot Chocolate), former contestant of Bravo’s Top Chef and Head Chef for Chicago’s hottest new dining experience, Culinary Speakeasy is here to “open her mind”. See, Val is a big meat-eater and pretty serious raw/vegan skeptic, but she is an adventurous chef willing to branch out and explore the world of raw, plant-based foods and so far she is enjoying herself.

Check out: Val’s Thai Coconut Curry Soup with Sweet Potato Ravioli…