Maggie Moon

Maggie Moon, MS, RD, is a Columbia University-educated dietitian with culinary school training whose north star is the practical application of sound science. She is the lead author of the “Medical Nutrition Therapy for Neurologic Disorders” chapter in the 15th edition of the renowned Krause’s Food and Nutrition Care Process (Elsevier, 2019) textbook, and the best-selling author of The MIND Diet (Ulysses Press, 2016). Her nutrition work has taken her across America and around the world: from NYC public schools to U.S. commodity boards, from sustainable seafood supermarket programs to global healthy food brands. Moon’s unique career has been profiled in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ book, Launching Your Dietetics Career (Eat Right Press, 2011, 2016). Her expertise has been featured in hundreds of articles in media outlets such as Health, CNN, Forbes, Shape, Prevention, HuffPost, U.S. News, Food Network, and more. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, thinking up ways to make healthy eating as delicious as possible.