CURRICULUM VITAE
2010 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; The Health Shoppe, NJ
2005 - 2012 Lic Dietician/Nutritionist;
Ultimate Health Resource
2005 - 2012 Dir. Of Nutrition; Skin Deep
Medical Spa
2005 - 2012 Dir. of Nutrition; Walsh's
Homeopathics
2004 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; LowCarb Destination
2004 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; Stashs, Diets To Your Door
2003 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; Dr. Douglas Finlayson
2003 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; Dependable Home Health
2002 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; Deerfield Multiplex Health & Fitness Club
2001 - 2002 Director
of Nutrition; Dr. Louis Myers
2001 - 2002 Director
of Nutrition; Dr. Pauline Harding
2001 - 2003 Director
of Nutrition; Organica, Health Food Store
2000 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; both Integrative Care
Illinois, Medical Clinics
2000 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; Nature’s Cornucopia, Health Store
2000 - 2012 Editor
of The NutritionNews ©, internationally distributed, peer reviewed,
journal abstract, nutrition newsletter
1996 - 2001 Appointed
by two Illinois Governors to the state Dietetic and Nutrition Services
Practice Board
1996 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; Vision Quest Health and Holistic Center
1986 - 2012 Board
Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist in
private practice and to doctors and health food industry
1976 - 2012 Hundreds
of public appearances
on radio, TV, at seminars, conventions,
corporations, medical
groups and organizations
1995 - 2012 Director
of Nutrition; the Claremont Rehab and Living Center, Buffalo Grove,
Illinois
1994 Developed
Healthier Versions ™ and
Litehearted ™ recipes for Lindo Mexico
restaurant chain
1993 Developed
Meal Plan for North Shore - Chicago Rehabilitation Institute brain injury
patients
1991 - 2012 Co-Drafter of Illinois Public
Law 87-784, Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act
2002 - 2012 Co-Drafter of Illinois Public
Law 92-064, Dietetic and Nutrition Services Practice Act
1986 - 2001 Director
Of Nutrition; Fruitful Yield and Here’s Health health food stores
1985 - 1986 Director
of Nutrition Outreach Services and Director of Nutrition Reference
Service; American International Hospital, Zion, Illinois
1979 - 1984 Director
of Nutrition; NutriDyn Products,
Inc., Niles, Illinois
1978 - 1979 Project
Manager, Dorenfest and Associates, Northbrook, Illinois
ORGANIZATIONS:
1994 - 2012 Licensed Dietitian
Nutritionist; Women of Change, Menopause Support Group
1991 - 2012 Complementary
Health Therapies Committee, Chicago Department of Public Health,
Chicago, Illinois
1991 - 2012 Clinical
Nutrition Certification Board, Scientific Council
Examination Team
1990 - 2012 International
and American Associations of
Clinical Nutritionists, Clinical Nutrition
Certification Board, Scientific council
1986 - 1987 British
Society for Nutritional Medicine
1985 - 1986 Professional
Advisory Board, American
International Hospital
1984 - 2012 Department
of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Colloquium, Northwestern
University Medical School
1982 - 1985 National
Nutritional Foods Association, Academic Establishment Committee
1981 - 1982 University
of Illinois Medical School, Nutrition Group
1980 - 1981 American
Diabetes Association Committee on Education
1971 - 2012 Nutrition
for Optimal Health Association
HONORS
Northwestern University, 1957 Summa
Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Rhodes
Scholarship Candidate, (unable to accept due to pending marriage)
The American Biographical
Institute, Woman of the Year 1992
The American Biographical
Institute,
2000 Notable American Women, 1993
Who's Who of American Women,
1993/1994
International Who's Who of
Professional and Business Women, 1995-1996
Who's Who in Medicine and
Health Care, 1997/1998
Who's Who in America, 1998
Who's Who in Medicine and Health
Care, 1999/2000
PUBLICATIONS:
"How Safe Is Your Shower?
Chlorine and its by products in public water, with focus on showers."
"The Risks of Ephedra Have
Been Exaggerated," Opposing Viewpoints ® Health, Greenhaven Press, Gale
Thompson, San Diego, 2004, pp. 94-98
“Why Eat Your Heart Out,” 1974
“A Fourth Horse for Doctor
Elliott Joslin,” 1974
Nutrition Reference Manual,
published by American International Hospital
Science Editor for Whole Foods
& Conscious Choice magazines, with hundreds of published articles
PEER REVIEWED LITERATURE
Meltzer G, Kravets, B.; Diet,
nutrition, and: diseases of the eye. J Appl Nutr, 1998; 50(1&2): 17-47
Kravets, B.; A view from the
trenches; Diab Metab Rev 1998; 14:259-260
INTERNET PUBLICATIONS
Editor of The NutritionNews ©,
internationally distributed, peer reviewed, journal abstract, email nutrition
newsletter.
Those wishing to help celebrate Barbara Kravets’ life are encouraged to share spirited remembrances and photos on this website; see the links at the bottom of the Obituary page.
