ABOUT ANITA As a food coach, author, educator, and television and radio personality, Anita Kobuszewski, M.S., R.D. brings extensive experience and knowledge to the world of culinary arts, wellness and sports nutrition. A humorous and entertaining public speaker, Anita performed at the KCBS Health ETC, San Francisco, California which included the host of the nationally syndicated daily television series Dr. Phil McGraw of the Dr. Phil Show. This fall she débuts on national television in the premier of a show about nutrition and health on the Fine Living Network. She has successfully counseled amateur and elite athletes alike ranging from Pan-American Game athletes, swimmers, marathoners, bicyclists, track and field competitors to intramural athletes. An accomplished collegiate marathoner, Anita served nine years on active duty in the U.S. Navy which included working as a sports nutrition consultant for the United States Navy Seal Team Training School in Coronado, California. Anita has personally provided nutrition counseling to thousands of Sailors and Marines on general and therapeutic nutrition topics. Anita has appeared as the ‘food coach’ for ABC’s KNTV CH-10 weekday morning show, Sacramento&Company. She also appears on affiliate television stations including: ABC, CBS, UPN and NBC in California and Nevada as an expert on health, nutrition, food and fitness topics. Most recently she was recruited by the Discovery Channel Network to serve as an expert on food and nutrition for its TOTAL FAMILY HEALTH TOUR. Anita has served on the faculty of U.C. at Berkeley, Berkeley, California; San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California; and Merritt College of Oakland, California in the areas of management, computer science, food science, nutrition and culinary arts. Anita makes it her business to stay current on food and nutrition topics. The recipient of numerous awards during 20+ years of military service, Anita won the California Dietetic Association’s Bay Area District 2004 Registered Dietitian of the Year Award. Anita was instrumental in helping her employer earn and be awarded the prestigious Meritorious Service Award for Business and Industry awarded by the California Dietetic Association in 2004 for her role in the development of Albertsons, Inc. Dietitians Program which included a nationwide state-of-the-art nutrition wellness program for consumers. She is the owner of AnitaBeHealthy: A Food, Nutrition & Lifestyle Consulting Company in San Leandro, California (www.anitabehealthy.com).
Eating 5-9 servings of produce per day can help prevent obesity, boost immunity and make you feel good all over.	KMAX-UPN CH-31 Sacramento, CA
LOW FAT BANANA BREAD Serves 12 Counts as: One 5 A Day serving This recipe is fun to make and bake-off in miniture (4" x 2 1/4") bread baking pans. Great to send along for school lunch or as an afternoon snack. Ingredients: 2 eggs 2/3 cup white sugar 2 very ripe bananas, mashed ¼ cup applesauce 1/3 cup nonfat milk 1 Tbsp vegetable oil ¾Tbsp vanilla extract 1¾ cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional) Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a full size bread pan with non-stick cooking spray, and lightly dust with flour. In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in bananas, applesauce, milk, oil and vanilla. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture, mixing just until blended. Fold in walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan do not fill more than 1/2 full - if you are using smaller pans, be sure not to fill them more than 1/2 full or they will overflow while baking. Bake in preheated pan until golden and a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Turn bread out onto a wire rack and let cool. Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 182, Fat 4g, Calories from Fat 8%, Cholesterol 36mg, Fiber 1g, Sodium 207mg, Protein 4g. Reference: Accessed 8/17/05 at http://www.foodreference.com.