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The Virgin Diet? What JJ Virgin Wants You to Know

Heard of The Virgin Diet?  Well, you are about to.  JJ Virgin is one of the nation’s foremost nutrition and fitness experts, distilling nutritional science into bite sized chunks.  She’s been featured on countless TV shows, worked with some of the biggest names in the business and had her own show built out around freaky eating and how to take control of it.  She is a force for good in our messy food world, especially when it comes to food sensitivities.  And we sat down with her recently for this Q&A.

Your Name: JJ Virgin

Your Occupation: Nutrition & Fitness Expert

Your Blog/Website:   www.jjvirgin.com

Your Twitter Profile: www.twitter.com/jjvirgin

Your Go-to food that you can’t live without:   My daily smoothie:  The Virgin Diet protein blend, So Delicious Coconut Milk or Almond Protein Plus Milk, frozen organic blueberries, Chia Seeds and Frozen spinach or Fresh Kale

What characteristic do you most admire in a person? Tenacity & Anonymous Kindness/Generosity

What do you most deplore? Dishonesty & Cruelty

What is your best trait? Bold Enthusiasm

Which person living or dead would you most like to have a meal with? Adele Davis

What would you serve? Arugula salad with avocado, red onions, toasted walnuts, cucumber and lemon oregano vinegarette, Wild Salmon, Roasted Brussels Sprouts, quinoa pilaf with onions & artichokes

What trait do you most deplore in our food? Just one!  Besides the rampant misinformation – it would have to be GMO and mislabeling

If you could deliver five words to Congress, what would they be? TELL THE TRUTH, conversely they should have to “Show me the money” behind everything going on

If the USDA asked you to replace the word “Organic,” what word would you use? Real, unadulterated, unmodified, as nature intended it

If you were a piece of food, what would you be? Hmmm – a green chili – smooth with a bit of a kick when you aren’t expecting it

What is your current state of mind? Rebellious and dedicated to increasing awareness and empowering people to transform their health starting through their forks and their feet.

What is your motto? Your body is not a bank account, it is a chemistry