Cyd Notter

Author and Nutrition Educator, Founder of The "Plan A" Diet™

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      • How Are Soy Curls Made
      • What’s the big deal about fiber?
      • Artificial Sweeteners – What you should know
      • Which food has 8x more cholesterol than beef?
      • 3 Big Reasons to Include Berries in Your Diet
      • Success Tips for Changing Your Diet
      • Suffering from Carbophobia?
      • What about alcohol?
      • The Slippery Slope of “Eating in Moderation”
      • A Nutrition Pop Quiz
      • Protein and Calcium
      • Aren’t Starches Fattening
      • Oils
        • Coconut Oil – Yes or No
        • Oils – what you should know
      • Eating Enough Fruits and Veggies?
      • Do You Have a Holiday Game Plan?
      • Making Only One Change?
      • America’s Love Affair with Bacon
      • Is it Safe to Eat Soy?
      • Are gluten-free diets for everyone?
      • Planning to diet this January? Do this instead.
      • Fabulous Flax Seed Has it All
      • How Important is the Glycemic Index?
      • Eating Out at Restaurants or Parties
      • Healthier Halloween Options
    • Health Topics
      • Common Barriers to Change
      • Omega Fatty Acids
      • Inflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Foods (Printable List)
      • What is Vitamin B12 and how much should I take?
      • Why exercise?
      • 5 Reasons to Skip the Charcuterie Boards
      • MEN: Prostate Stats You Should Know
      • The Aluminum in Our Foods is Strongly Linked to Dementia
      • Diet and Gallbladder Disease
      • Infants are Being Fed Junk Food by Their First Birthday
      • 4 Things Necessary for a Successful, Healthy Diet
      • Habits – Good or Bad?
      • Is it too late to start eating healthy?
      • Making Small Changes but Expecting Big Results
      • Family and Social Pressure
      • Genes, Schmenes – It’s most likely the food
      • Is a plant-based diet safe for children?
      • Which Processed Meats Should We Avoid?
      • Gut Bacteria and Our Diets
      • Diet & Breast Cancer Prevention
      • Statins – Don’t Believe Everything you Read
      • Diabetes – “Manage” or Reverse?
      • The Health Benefits of (a little) Unprotected Sun
      • Making Changes Stick
      • Evaluating Research
      • Vitamin D and Sunshine
      • Featured in Health Science Magazine
    • Faith Related
      • Addressing Biblical Objections to a Plant-Based Diet
      • The mathematical odds that Jesus is who He said He is…
      • Poem: Lessons from a Bike Ride
  • Recipes
    • Southwest Burgers with Low-fat Green Chile Sauce
    • Easy, Fat-free Hummus
    • Chocolate Sweet Potato Frosting
    • Date-Sweetened Berry Jam
    • Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
    • Berry Rice Cake Bites – by Vicki Brett-Gach
    • Pasta Fagioli Stew
    • Iced Beverages
    • Frijoles Charros by Mark Cerkvenik
    • Black Bean Quinoa Salad with Tangy Date-Lime Dressing
    • Easy Braised Onions & Green Beans
    • Best Blueberry Pancakes
    • Vegan Sausage Patties
    • Zucchini Bean Burritos
    • Minestrone Soup (Easy!)
    • Rainbow Kale Slaw
    • Gingerbread Biscotti
    • Instant Pot Pineapple Chili
    • No-Flour Corn Muffins
    • BBQ Soy Curls
    • Carrot Cake with Glaze
    • Blueberry Oat Bran Muffins
    • Choco-Mint Nice Cream & Sauce
    • Homestyle Squash and Pinto Beans
    • Barley Burgers
    • Chocolate Orange Nice Cream (and Sauce)
    • Easy Instant Pot Risotto
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    • Recipe Links
    • Pumpkin Raisin Muffins
    • Roasted Veggie Pasta
    • Zucchini Muffins
    • Fat-free Green Chile Sauce
    • Tofu Lettuce Wraps
    • Creamy Chickpea Pot Pie Soup
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    • Amanda G. – Loses Digestive Issues and 115 lbs.
    • Tim P. – Off all 8 Meds!
    • Cindi R. – Reversed Blocked Carotid
    • Doug M. – Doc says “Cured!”
    • Denise V. – At Peace with Food and Body Image
    • Linda Z. – Autoimmune Skin Disorder now Dormant
    • Olga A. – Improved Cognitive Function
    • Kim C. – Relief from “Getting Older”
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Media Kit

Welcome and thank you for visiting!

I look forward to scheduling an interview, speaking to your group, offering a cooking demo, or collaborating at an event!

After scrolling through the information provided, please contact me at cydnotter@cydnotter.com with the details of your request. Thanks again.

 

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Cyd Notter
Nutrition Educator/ Coach/ Author

Nutshell and Detailed Bio available here.

 

Speaker Topics

Interested in a presentation for your group, club, or podcast?
Whether it be online or in-person, I'd be happy to discuss a few options!

 

Experience with Speaking and Presentations

Summit Presenter: Expert Secrets to Blood Sugar Breakthroughs (host: Lucia Tiffany) - March 2025

Chef AJ Live: Label Reading Tips to Make Smart Choices - March 2025

Article Published in Health Science Magazine (NHA) - Winter 2025 Edition

Summit Presenter: Resilience in Rough Realities (host: Lucia Tiffany) - January 2025

Cooking Demo on CNS Kitchen (Center for Nutrition Studies) - Sept. 2024

Live on Be Green with Amy - Label Reading Tips - August 2024

Dr. Frank Sabatino - NHA Health Science Podcast - July 2024

Article Published in Health Science Magazine (NHA) - Spring 2024 Edition

Summit Presenter: Heart Health Masterclass (host: Lucia Tiffany) - February 2024

Rip Esselstyn LIVE-  4 Tips to Stay Motivated with PlantStrong Eating - November 2023

Summit Presenter: Diabetes Reversal: Whole Foods for Whole People (host: Lucia Tiffany) - October 2023

Rip Esselstyn Podcast - Common Barriers to Making Change - July 2023

Be Green with Amy LIVE - The 6 Big Disconnects Between Diet and Health - July 2023

Featured as the Spotlight Member in the 2023 Spring Edition of Health Science Magazine.

Live on Be Green With Amy: 4 Tips to Stay Motivated with Healthy Eating - April 2023

Live on Chef AJ: Plant-Based Eating with a Faith-Based Perspective - February 2023

Live on Be Green With Amy: Inflammation & Your Diet, January 18, 2023

Interview on Tim Kaufman's Fat Man Rants Membership Platform. - November 2022

Interview on Plant Your Seed, Fred Ferris' podcast:  Plant-based eating and biblical principles - November 2022

Live on Chef AJ: The Biggest Barriers to Change, and Instant Pot Pineapple Chili  - September 2022

Interview on Maya Acosta's podcast, Healthy Lifestyle Solutions, May 2022

Live on Chef AJ: Inflammatory Foods -3o minute presentation, February 2022

Live on Chef AJ: Inflammatory Foods Slide Presentation & Cooking Demo! April 20, 2021

Presentation: The 12 Barriers to Change, on Ask Dr. Sal, Medical Director of CHIP/Lifstyle Medicine Institute - (Scroll to the episode on January 20, 2021)

Myself, Kathy Davis, and Chuck Carroll - a 3-person panel discussion/Interview on The Modern Nerd Podcast with Theresa "Sam" Houghton - released Nov. 4, 2020

Live Cooking Demo on Chef AJ's YouTube Channel - recording released August 19, 2020

Speaker or cooking demonstrator at the following Florida-based Veg Fests in the spring of 2020: Fort Myers, Naples, SWFL Veg Fest, and Charlotte County Veg Fest. Also a speaker at nine Veg Fests during the 2021-2022 season.

Interview with Rekishia McMillin, Rock Your World Naturally - released Oct. 28, 2019

Interview on The Corinne Nijjer Podcast - released Oct. 1, 2019

BlogTalkRadio Interview with Christian Authors on Tour, released September 6, 2019

Podcast Interview by Dr. John Westerdahl, released August 23, 2019.

Podcast Interview with N.D. Cole (the ND500 podcast), released 8/11/2019 (Note: Tempo of recording condensed)

Podcast Interview with Heather Randall (A Musing Podcast), released 7/19/19

Book Presentation & Cooking Demo for teachers and staff at Carl Sandberg H.S., Orland Park, IL

Book Presentation for the Joliet Rotary, Joliet, IL

CHIP Group (Complete Health Improvement Program) in Fort Myers, FL (The "Plan A" Diet presentation)

Three Rivers Church, Plainfield, IL (a series of health and cooking classes)

The Children's Garden in Elwood (cooking demos)

Coal City H.S., Coal City, IL (a series of health and cooking classes)

Riverside Health Fitness Center, Bourbonnais, IL (a series of health and cooking classes)

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Groups in Naperville and Shorewood, IL (weight loss presentations)

Retired Teachers Local 604, Joliet, IL (a series of health classes with food sampling)

Women of the Moose, Wilmington, IL (health/nutrition presentation)

Innerpeace Natural Healthcare, Joliet, IL (health/nutrition presentations with food sampling)

Leeza's Care Connection, Joliet, IL (health/nutrition presentation)

On-site classes, Wilmington, IL (several years of in-home health/nutrition and cooking classes)

 

Book Information

No food restriction, calorie counting, or willpower required.

Finally, a gimmick-free plan for those who are nutritionally confused, suffer with declining health, or continually flit from one failed diet plan to another.

Combining her decades-long study of both nutrition and scripture, Cyd Notter founded The “Plan A” Diet to illustrate the correlations between biblical principles and healthy eating, and to encourage Christians to take an active role in their health. She demonstrates that a whole food, plant-based diet can not only heal our most chronic ailments, it’s the only diet proven to reverse our number one killer: heart disease. Readers are provided with effective strategies to regain their health and permanently lose weight, as well as:

• Useful insights for dealing with resistance to change
• Delicious remakes of comfort foods, such as pasta, burgers, and brownies
• A 7-day meal plan, plus an optional 5-week Transition Plan
• Tips for evaluating the conflicting information you hear or read
• Prayer, scripture, and biblical encouragement
• Discussion questions for personal reflection or group study

Today’s unbiased research continues to confirm that God’s first prescribed diet for mankind—His “Plan A” Diet—remains the ideal food to this day. By choosing the right foods for health reasons, you’ll reap the incredible benefits that come from living in harmony with your design – permanent weight loss, improved mobility, and clearer thinking, just to name a few.

Signed copies are available on my website. Books and eBooks are also available online and in retail stores wherever books are sold, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble.)  (Publisher: Morgan James Publishing, New York, NY; ISBN-13: 978-1642793703)

 

Book Endorsements/Testimonials

Foreword by Dr. Hans Diehl, Founder of the CHIP Program and Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine at Loma Linda University.

Endorsements:

“I am a devout Christian and a staunch advocate of a whole-food, plant-based diet. I have read many great books on faith and Christianity. I have also read many great books on how and why to eat a whole-food, plant-based diet. The “Plan A” Diet” is one of the rare books that combines both subjects, and does so seamlessly and beautifully. Regardless of your religious background, you will learn a lot from reading this book, but especially for the millions of Christians out there who see their faith and their diet as two completely separate spheres, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK! I am certain that doing so will transform you for the better.”
~Anthony Lim, MD, JD
Medical Director, The McDougall Program

“The “Plan A” Diet by Cyd Notter is a valuable resource for those wanting to learn more about nutrition. As a cardiologist specializing in disease reversal, I plan on having my patients use this as a tool to improve health through better nutrition.”
~James L. Marcum, MD, FACC, ACLM, Chattanooga Heart Institute. Speaker/Director of Heartwise Ministries, Author of The Ultimate Prescription, Medicines that Kill, and Biblical Prescriptions for Life

“Cyd Notter combines sound nutritional principles with a faith-based approach to healthy living and the result is a great blueprint for changing your life, and helping others to change theirs. This book provides food for the body and for the soul.”
~Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D. Founder and President of Wellness Forum Health. Author of Food Over Medicine and Solving America’s Healthcare Crisis

“The “Plan A” Diet is your ticket to a disease-free life! Cyd Notter gets right to the heart of the obesity and chronic disease epidemic currently sweeping our planet. This book will show you how to adopt a diet and lifestyle plan that actually works. Trade in your monthly trips to the pharmacy for a daily dose of delicious, mouthwatering food aimed to rid your body of debilitating, chronic disease(s) and those unwanted pounds. Read The “Plan A” Diet to find out how!”
~Dustin Rudolph, PharmD, BCPS, Author of The Empty Medicine Cabinet

“What a wonderful way to bring our faith and the healing power of food together! God is interested in all parts of our lives. When we are sick and unhealthy, it hinders our ability to participate with God in the work He has for us. I am excited that The “Plan A” Diet is a book that focuses on a Christian audience and can help guide the people of faith to regain their health and purpose.”
~Terri Edwards, EatPlant-Based.com. Licensed Food for Life Instructor, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

“Let Cyd open your eyes with this compelling manuscript expounding on the deeper importance of why seeking the best health possible has present day as well as eternal consequences. She has covered many ideas not yet explored in most Whole Food Plant-Based exposés. In 3 John 1 we are told: ‘I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospers.’”
~Kathy Reynaert-Randall, CHIP Facilitator, Trainer & Area Developer.

“As someone who has experienced firsthand the pitfalls of the standard American diet AND trendier high-protein diets, I can tell you they don’t lead down a path of wholistic health. There IS a better way… God’s way… the way He planned for us from the very beginning. This book perfectly communicates Cyd’s wealth of knowledge and experience and boils down complex science and Scripture into easy-to-understand action steps. This book is incredibly thorough, yet completely practical. Read this book and change your life!”
~Amber Lauren, Fix Your Eyes on Him Biblical Health & Wholeness, Author of The Biblical Self-Care Workbook

 

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