About Michelle Dudash, RD
Michelle Dudash is an award-winning registered dietitian, consulting chef, writer, television personality and recipe developer, and is nationally recognized as an expert in teaching people how health and food can happily co-exist. And Michelle knows good food. In her 18 years of food business experience, she earned her certificate as a Cordon Bleu chef, cooked at a Mobil Five Star restaurant, and was a private chef serving guests including English royalty. As a busy working mom with a family, Michelle understands what millions of moms face every night as they struggle to put a healthy dinner on the table in minutes.
Michelle has made hundreds of television appearances on shows such as Better and FOX and Friends and frequents major Phoenix programs as a guest including Sonoran Living, Good Morning Arizona Weekend, and Arizona Midday. She has also been heard on Radio Disney. Writers frequently quote her in publications such as Prevention, Redbook, Family Circle, SELF and Woman’s Day. Michelle contributes regularly to ABC15.com, has written articles for SELF.com, Kashi.com, PistachioHealth.com, ADA Times and Raising Arizona Kids, and has written recipes for Better Homes and Gardens, Sargento, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, Today’s Diet & Nutrition and Betty Crocker. She has worked extensively with radio media tours as a nutrition spokesperson.
Michelle is working on her first cookbook, New Modern Moms. She is also available for media nutritionist opportunities in nutrition spokesperson work, television hosting, guest appearances, quotes for print and online, recipe development, and recipe writing.
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Twitter followers: 1,650
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What members of the media say about Michelle:
“Working with Michelle is an editor’s dream. She is easy to work with, pitches hot topics, and breaks down the nutritional science into stories that resonate with our readers.” –Alison Bills, managing editor for SheKnows.com
“Michelle is a television producer’s dream interview. She makes my job easier by bringing me innovative, teasable stories. Michelle breaks down the technical jargon and talks to me in sound bites! She is the best registered dietitian I have ever worked with.” –Kim Kapilovic, television producer
“Michelle is adept at transforming nutritious ingredients into delicious meals that happen to be super-healthy—she is the perfect resource for any food story.” –Rachel Meltzer Warren, MS, RD, freelance writer for Women’s Health, Nutritionista Communication + Consulting
“Michelle does a great job of distilling the science into something that is coherent and very accessible to consumers and food professionals who are not also nutrition professionals.” –Robin Kline, MS, RD, CCP, Savvy Food Communications
“It’s always great working with you. You’re an awesome talent! XO.” – Jan D’Atri, Emmy award winning TV & radio personality, co-author of Mama & Me & You
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Watch Michelle’s most recent television clips.
- Chef Makes Green Beans with Cheddar and Crispy Shallots Lower in Sodium, Better
- Healthy & Inexpensive Foods to Make in Your Food Processor, Smart Family
- Gourmet Holiday Gift Baskets, Sonoran Living ABC15
- Many Americans Could Soon Be Eligible for Weight Loss Surgery, 3TV News @ 9
- Detox Diets & The Master Cleanse, 3TV News @ 9
- Acrylamide in Foods, 3TV News @ 9
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Articles written by Michelle
- View PDF versions of Michelle’s most recent print clips.
- Visit Michelle’s most recent television clips.
- Visit her Health Expert page at SheKnows.com
- Don’t Pass the Salt!, Raising Arizona Kids, September 2010
Articles featuring Michelle
- Your Food Processor’s Hidden Talents, Women’s Health, March 2011
- Finding New Ways to Use Dairy, Food Technology Magazine, February 2011, Volume 65, No. 2
- Eat Well For Less: 7 Days of Dinners, Woman’s Day, April 2009
- Healthy Veggies, Prevention Magazine, June 2008
- Corner the Market, SELF Magazine, June 2009
- Best and Worst Take Out Choices, Prevention Magazine, June 2008
- Make It Count” New Year’s Resolution for the Whole Family, Arizona Parenting, January, 2010
- Kids learning to cook in class to combat obesity, Arizona Republic, July 30, 2008
- Healthy havens: Entrepreneurs create healthy niches with restaurant, counseling, organic services, Phoenix Business Journal
Top web sites featuring Michelle
- The 3 Veggies with the Least Nutritional Value, SELF.com and Shine from Yahoo, July 13, 2011
- The In-Season Green You Should Be Eating, SELF.com, July 6, 2011
- Michelle’s Nutrition Career Recognized by Alma Mater, College of Agricultural Life Sciences Blog, University of Wisconsin – Madison, July 25, 2011
- Holiday Party Survival Guide, Bright Smile Beautiful You
- 10 Foods that Make You Sleepy and 10 that Keep You Up, RealBeauty
- How to Fight Food Cravings, bettyconfidential.com
- Crack the Menu Code, eatbetteramerica.com
