About - Powerful Lifestyles

Tanya Paluso, founder of Powerful Lifestyles, received her health counseling certification in May 2007 at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. For the past year and a half as a health counselor, she has worked with dozens of individuals and groups, educating people on healthy food and lifestyle choices and causing them to develop long-term healthy habits. Tanya has given lectures at corporations such as White & Case LLC, ConEd, Rabobank and ING Financial.

Tanya also founded the non-profit Play 4 Life, Inc. to educate children on the importance of nutrition and exercise by developing nutrition, cooking and yoga programs at seven locations in New York City.

The reason Tanya is so passionate about her work goes back to a pivotal moment during school. Her best friend came over to help clean out her kitchen cabinets, dumping item after item into the trash, repeating "sugar, sugar, sugar" over and over again. Growing up with a dentist as a dad, Tanya rebelled against him by eating Lemonheads and Redhots but never admitting she had a sugar addiction. As they threw out chocolate peanut butter, it hit Tanya that she wasn't practicing what she was teaching. As soon as she replaced the candy and ice cream with healthy alternatives, Tanya's energy increased, she lost weight, her teeth became healthier and she stopped having certain annual infections.

Tanya wants to share some of the powerful secrets that she has learned about food, water and lifestyle to empower as many people as possible to look good, feel energetic, and love life.

What we eat and drink affects our bodies, our moods, our emotions, and our environment. Together, when we lead powerful, healthy lifestyles, we can make a difference on the planet.