Marissa Cloutier, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian with a master of science degree in human nutrition and metabolism from Boston University. She is a food/nutrition instructor at Briarwood College, as well as a biology and anatomy/physiology instructor at Hillyer College. She was recently admitted into the Ph.D. program at the University of Connecticut in the field of nutrition. She is an expert co-author, with Eve Adamson and Deborah S. Romaine, of Beef Busters: Less Beef, Better Health! Eve Adamson is a six-time New York Times bestselling author and multiple-award-winning freelance writer who has written or cowritten more than sixty books, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling book The Fast Metabolism Diet with celebrity nutritionist Haylie Pomroy, the New York Times science bestseller Jennifer's Way with actress Jennifer Esposito, and all four of TV star Bethenny Frankel's bestselling books.