Rebecca Johnson is a school and community wellness advocate and nutrition coach, working to improve the health of children and their families. In 2000, Rebecca reversed a borderline cancer diagnosis, by the grace of God, through a plant-based diet and lifestyle change. Now, she consults with non-profit organizations and schools to improve food and environments through educational programs, cooking classes and community events. In 2011 and 2012, respectively, Rebecca received certificates in Health Ministry from Hallelujah Acres in Shelby, North Carolina and in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University. She has shared her message of inspired nutrition-based prevention for more than a decade at Procter & Gamble, WebMD, QuantiaMD, the Harlem Children's Zone, Global Leadership Academy Charter School and in dozens of schools in New York City and Philadelphia, PA. Rebecca earned the 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award from the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food, where she now serves on the board.
“Health is normal. The human body is a self-repairing, self-defending, self-healing marvel. Disease is relatively difficult to induce, considering the body's powerful immune system. However, this complicated and delicate machinery can be damaged if fed the wrong fuel during the formative years. ... Healthy living with nutritional excellence throughout life can slow the decline of aging. It can prevent the years and years of suffering in ill health that is so common today as people get older and become dependent on medical treatments, drugs, and surgery. Nutritional excellence is the only real fountain of youth.”
― Joel Fuhrman, Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right
