Elizabeth Somer is a registered dietitian and author of several books, including Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy, Food & Mood, and The Essential Guide to Vitamins and Minerals. She is co-author of The Nutrition Desk Reference. She is an advisory board member to Shape Magazine, contributing editor to Eating Well Magazine, and has written more than 200 articles in other magazines. She has appeared on The Today Show, The View, CBS This Morning, and other television shows, and frequently conducts local and national radio talk shows.