Let’s agree right here & now that we’ll all JUST SAY NO to Optavia⁉️🤬‼️
I cover all the major red flags of this extremely restrictive weight-loss diet in the form of an MLM, but quick recap:
👎800-1000 cal / day = actual insanity (aka, starvation)
👎 Fuelings are NOT food. In fact, that’s not even a word…
👎 …but it IS a dietary supplement, meaning there’s minimal oversight and no evaluation of safety & efficacy by the FDA…so there’s that.
👎A weight-loss MLM?!? 😱🥴
🔥HARD. PASS.🔥
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Jackie is a Registered Dietitian (RD), New York State Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist (CDN), author, brand consultant and media spokesperson in relentless pursuit of making better health and wellbeing accessible to all.
As the former Head of Nutrition & Wellness for WW (formerly, Weight Watchers), she was responsible for championing nutrition science through communication across consumer-facing programs, content platforms, strategic partnerships, consumer products and experiences. She also served as the brand’s consumer health & wellness media spokesperson, bridging the gap between scientific research into real-life application.
Prior to joining WW, Jaclyn served as Good Housekeeping’s nutrition director, responsible for the creation, execution, and oversight of the brand’s nutrition-related content across media platforms, including meal prep and planning content; nutrition and health news; food and beverage product reviews, and Good Housekeeping Seal applications in the food space.
In 2016, she championed the launch and strategic development of the Good Housekeeping Food and Nutrition Brand Lab and Good Housekeeping Nutritionist Approved Emblem and incubator program. Jaclyn served as nutrition and wellness media spokesperson, appearing on national TV segments on TODAY, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Inside Edition, and CBSN.
Jaclyn received her Bachelor’s degree in European History and Dance from Northwestern University; earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University, and was an adjunct professor in nutritional biochemistry at Touro College (NYSCAS). She completed her dietetic residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital, and served as senior clinical dietitian, specializing in nutritional interventions for brain injury, stroke, neurological disorders, and rehabilitation. During her stint in the clinical setting, she was responsible for the development and implementation of the hospital’s employee weight loss program; diagnostic criteria for malnutrition, and collaborated with researchers on a developing clinical trial examining the effects of diet on the gut microbiome of Multiple Sclerosis patients. In the evenings, she counseled clients at the private practice Nutrition Energy, focusing on nutrition therapy for sports, weight-management, diabetes, heart disease, and metabolic/endocrine shifts (and diagnoses) through adulthood.
Since pivoting to a career in media in 2014, Jaclyn’s focused on translating clinical and epidemiological research findings into digestible information and realistic, tangible strategies for anyone and everyone looking to live healthier, discover food freedom, and feel more like themselves. Her book, Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked): 11 Science-Based Ways to Eat More, Stress Less, and Feel Great About Your Body, was released in January 2019.
