Zonya Foco

The way you eat, drink, sleep and exercise fuels a fine racing machine…or NOT. Join Zonya as she shares solutions that re-wire your brain so it craves the best-for-you fuel, making health and energy easy and automatic. It’s time to throttle up stamina, productivity, and resistance to disease, with simple yet sound “shop guides” that work for you and your whole team!

Addictive foods, bucket-sized portions, physical movement limited to keystrokes and remotes. It’s hard to stay healthy in a culture that’s anything but! Citing research, health trends and advertising power, Zonya explains how our culture is very much our enemy. Are we doomed or can we fight back? Conviction is key. From eating to exercise, Zonya delivers a compelling plan for embracing a healthy lifestyle “paradigm shift” with conviction over convenience.

How you eat directly affects your energy, stamina, productivity and resistance to disease. And a demanding career and hectic family life can crowd out the opportunity to exercise regularly and eat right on the run. So it’s Zonya to the rescue with simple things you can do to sneak in exercise and consume foods that work like high-octane fuel to increase your energy and thinking ability.

You’ll get the competitive edge with Zonya’s nine-point eating plan for optimal energy and health while you climb the career ladder. Discover desk-drawer delights and briefcase bites that will help trim your waistline while dropping your risk for the big killers like heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. You can be your best possible self at work and at home. Right now is a great time to start!

Your heart-it beats for you constantly, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, year by year. Is what you’re eating the best it can be for your heart and cardiovascular system? There’s so much more to heart health than just low-fat and low-cholesterol food. Get the inside scoop on fish, flax, fiber, garlic, and of course, exercise. Sound intimidating? It doesn’t have to be. Learn how to integrate these heart-healthy habits into a lifestyle the whole family will enjoy. Be good to your sweet heart-after
all, it’s good to you!

Don’t let the effects of excess stress hormones age you anymore! If you’re too busy, too tired and too stressed, it’s time you learned how to become your own ‘cortisol blocker.’

It all begins by taking a deep breath as you embrace Zonya’s three-point plan for de-stressing and rebalancing your life! From learning the restorative power of saying the word ‘no’ to life-sapping drudgery, to declaring ‘yes!’ to energy-promoting exercise, you’ll learn how to dial down your stress hormones. (Yes, you really can sneak exercise into your daily routine, including stress-relieving stretches you can do at your desk.)

Zonya will also present nutrition know-how for the too busy, by providing a clean-eating, energy-promoting menu that anyone can shop for and prepare.

Additionally, you’ll learn surefire solutions for getting the restorative sleep you need, plus how to use music, laughter, positive thoughts and clear communications to truly de-stress and balance your life!

Join Zonya as she blasts through the “no time to eat right” roadblock. From the fast food window, to desk drawer delights and even healthy brief case bites, you’ll learn about the best speed-feed to keep you energized and focused. Zonya also shares her unique strategy for keeping your kitchen stocked with her top 15 must-haves and her virtually work-free solution for weekly menu planning. Discover “one minute mini-meals” and family dinners you can have on the table just 15 minutes from the time you walk in the door

Did you know that the brain is the most metabolically active organ of the body? And its nutritional needs are ten times higher than any other organ? It therefore stands to reason that the brain is the first to falter when nutrients are undersupplied. The good news is that science shows we can improve sluggish thinking and slash our odds of developing depression, anxiety, and Alzheimer’s by simply saying “So long!” to some of the everyday foods that are unknowingly robbing our brain’s health and “Hello!” to simple and delicious replacements. In this session you will discover the essential nutrients (from both food and supplements) plus the amount and type of exercise science says you need to improve your brain’s executive function, including memory, mental flexibility and self-control. Come ready to be shocked and pleasantly surprised, because there is MUCH you can do to maximize your brain health!

Ready to ditch the all or nothing mentality and eat delicious foods that whittle your waistline while dodging the top three killers.. heart disease, diabetes and cancer? Let America’s Nutrition Leader show you how the tiniest, painless habits, when done daily, can add up to a huge change in the way you look and feel. Without dieting or deprivation, you can rev up your metabolism, drop your blood pressure, lose 50 pounds or take 50 points off your cholesterol in just one year! The math is really quite simple. It’s you and the complete adoption of one good habit after another that adds up to success, a lower number on the scale and a much healthier you!

There’s a reason television cooking shows are so popular. Now you can bring the same inspiration and zeal to your platform with a cooking presentation from Zonya, the host of public television’s Zonya’s Health Bites. Whether she demonstrates recipes from her best-selling Lickety-Split Meals cookbook, or from the wildly successful EatRealAmerica.comsite, pique your audience members’ palates toward healthy choices by providing easy instruction and delicious flavors that embolden their creativity.

Let Zonya provide cooking demonstrations:

• From your conference stage, for large or small audiences, with or without the use of a mobile videographer
• In your expo booth, drawing attendees to your exhibit
• At your worksite wellness event, coupled with nutrition education that is fun for the whole office
• To “Train the Trainer,” with the secrets to star-quality cooking demos
• By creating customized cooking videos that provide outreach to your worksite, community, or clients

How to Turn Around the Quarantine 15 What course did your quarantine take… hunky, chunky or drunky? More on the hunky side would be nice, meaning trim and strong from extra workouts and healthful cooking while at home. In reality, the lack of getting up, out and about, compounded by steady access to the fridge and snack pantry, means many are acquainted with the dreaded Quarantine 15! If that’s you, and you’re ready to turn this train around, then join America’s Nutrition Leader Zonya Foco, RDN, as she shares her top three personal weight loss tips. (Without which, she swears she would most certainly have emerged from Q “chunky.”) Each tip is something you can EASILY begin immediately (Q or not), and you WILL see a difference on the scale in 72 hours. There. She said it. Confidently. It’s not too late to make this a slimming summer! Don’t miss this essential one-hour virtual experience from Zonya’s home kitchen. Don’t miss it!

A REAL Food Meal to Remember: Virtual “Cook-Along”
From Zonya Foco, host of PBS’s Zonya’s Health Bites and author of Lickety-Split and Eat REAL cookbooks, it’s time to cook along with this virtual experience that will bolster your kitchen confidence and ability to impress while using nothing but REAL and healthy ingredients. You will be given the menu and shopping list 2 weeks in advance. Order online and have it delivered if you prefer. Gather up the listed equipment needed. Put your laptop or tablet on a box in the kitchen, and be ready to laugh, learn and be inspired to change the way you cook, for the better! A complete dinner, including cocktails, appetizers, entrée, side and dessert, is your reward. Get ready to say “This tastes fantastic!” as we all sit down together to enjoy this meal over lively discussion as a group!