Dr. Lucia Aronica has a PhD in epigenetics. Epigenetics literally means on top of your genes (or DNA). Epigenetic markers are a set of molecular tags put on top of your DNA to either turn genes on or turn genes off. Dr. Aronica was born in Naples, Italy. She received her PhD from the University of Vienna, Austria and conducted postdoctoral research work at the University of Oxford, UK. As an epigenetic scientist, she researches the connections between diet, epigenetic cha

Darya Rose, a popular writer and world renowned expert in health and weight loss spoke at our December SOUL Food Salon event. She is the author of the 2013 book Foodist: Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting, and creator of the award-winning blog, Summer Tomato, which TIME Magazine named one of the 50 Best Websites. Darya’s unique, brain-based approach to food, health and weight loss helped teach us not just what healthy eating looks like, but how to