Ashley Koff Approved

 As a registered dietitian, I am committed to helping consumers, healthcare practitioners, and the media easily identify products that can contribute to a healthy lifestyle – what I refer to as being a QUALITARIAN (making the best quality choice available at any given time).  I started AKA as a tool to aid in the selection of groceries, beauty products, dietary supplements, prepared food options, restaurants and lifestyle accessories. The AKA stamp means “Yes, you can” and “Yes, you should.”

Whether it’s a product, menu, recipe, or gadget, the AKA stamp confirms that it has been evaluated and approved by me, as a better quality and healthier choice. More specifically, it means that the product does not contain any nutrition “no, no’s,” (artificial stuff, too much of something, not enough of another), its’ marketing message is truthful and it fits into a nutrition plan for optimal health. What it does not mean is that anyone paid me to evaluate or influence my decision, and it also does not mean that a product stays either approved or not approved forever – I am always re-evaluating products to follow updated marketing messages, ingredients, learning about sourcing methods, and focusing on truths in nutrition, not trends and fads.



About Ashley Koff

Ashley Koff is an internationally-renowned registered dietician (R.D.) with the proven ability to demystify the science of nutrition and communicate the importance of a healthy lifestyle to clients in a way that instills loyalty and trust.

Named among the Top 10 Registered Dieticians in the US by Today’s Dietician Magazine and Best of LA’s “Nutritionist/Dieticians” by CitySearch three years running, Koff appears regularly on national media outlets, including Dr. Oz, Good Morning America Health, The Doctors, CNN, AOL and E!, and is the lead expert for theHuffington Post Living’s ‘Total Energy Makeover’ with Ashley Koff RD.  Koff is frequently featured in national publications such as The New York Times, InStyle, Reader’s Digest, O! The Oprah Magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Redbook, Women’s Health, Shape, is a contributing editor for Natural Health Magazine, the dietician for espnW and presently sits on the advisory board of Fitness Magazine.

Recently, Koff was the featured dietician on the CW’s couples health transformation show, “Shedding for the Wedding” and Lifetime’s “Love Handles.” In fall 2010, Koff was featured as a regular nutrition expert on “Custom Fit,” ABC News Reporter Lori Corbin’s new health and wellness program on the LiveWell Network.  With one successful book on digestive wellness already under her belt, Koff’s latest book, Mom Energy: A Simple Plan To Live Fully Charged, written in collaboration with celebrity trainer Kathy Kaehler, will be available in September 2011.

As part of her “Qualitarian” mission, Koff is committed to helping consumers, healthcare practitioners and the media easily identify products that contribute to a healthy lifestyle and created The Ashley Koff Approved (AKA) Lists, a tool to help people identify products that meet a high standard of nutrition, and marketing integrity. Curiosity and a desire to get the whole story on food ingredients we consume, Koff routinely “goes to the source” around the world and throughout the US to explore food production and cultural influences in our food system. Koff maintains a private practice, regularly lectures, is a spokesperson for several national brands, and works to improve the quality of food choices in numerous outlets including on the sets of popular shows like: ABC’s Private Practice, CBS CSI: New York, HBO’s Big Love, FX’s It’s always Sunny In Philadelphia and FOX’s Bones.

Koff was educated at both Duke and New York Universities and trained at LA+USC and Columbus Children’s hospitals. Koff completed coursework for certified clinical nutritionist (CCN) and continues her education with online integrative medicine modules and conferences. Koff was a dietician at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center, where she continues to serve as a frequent guest lecturer.  She also lectures at prestigious universities across the country, including NYU, University of Arizona, and USC, among others.  www.AshleyKoffRD.com