Your Lean, Energized, Confident Self
Professional Bio
Lara Leone, M.Sc. is a highly trained Nutritionist, Mindfulness Facilitator, and Pilates/Barre Teacher. She's led scores of individuals, groups and TV interviews in LA and NYC — helping high-performers and the everyman alike to "eat, think & move well."
EDUCATION
Lara holds a Columbia University M.Sc. in "Nutrition and Applied Physiology," Cornell University B.A. in "Biology and Society," and UCLA Semel Institute certification in "Mindfulness Facilitation," plus Pilates and Barre certifications. For professional speaking, she draws upon theater training, as Sag-Aftra.
“In the age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.” –Pico Iyer
TV & PRINT
As a TV spokesperson, Lara's represented name-brands, including: Del Monte pineapple for high vitamin C; Adidas apparel worn in the Olympics, for daily performance; Knudsen and more. As a TV guest expert, she's given advice on Oxygen, Fox, MTV and more. She was a nutrition and fitness expert on The CW morning show in NYC, including for sweeps, for three years.
Her advice has been penned in Mensa Bulletin, quoted in NY Daily News and Self Magazine. and featured in full-length in Weight Watcher’s Magazine and more. GQ Magazine stated early on, “I highly recommend raiding your piggy bank for at least one session with… Lara!” She's been pictured in Reebok Catalogue, Fitness Magazine and more. As a teen athlete, she was named in the LA Times.
SPEAKIING
Lara is an eMindful Teacher for stress reduction, having reached thousands. She's led nutrition seminar-series for diverse and inclusive sectors: dozens of luxury-fitness Equinox clubs, time-strapped executives on Wall Street, overloaded university staff and students, pressured runway models prepping for shows, underserved schools in Harlem and Compton, and more.
COACHING
For decades, Lara has led nutrition counseling (individual and/or group) for many walks of life — whether confused about diet hype or knowing what to do, but not doing it. Instead of a hard -to-follow plan, she meets people where they are, with comfortable upgrades -— for proven results, time and again.
Q & A
with Lara
How did you get into the field?
Well, I've had a front-row seat—from childhood on—to "industry insider insights" about what actually works, that I just don't see around social media, youtube or even ChatGPT...
Not one, but two industry pilots—that I watched BFF-mom in—reeled me in:
Jane Fonda’s first-of-its-kind strength video for women, and Richard Simmons first-of-its-kind meal plan.
My aunt M.D. was Public Health Commissioner of New Mexico (from NYC), with cutting edge health practices.
Passionate about nutrition and longevity, I went to grad school for it, then post-grad for mindfulness training.
I kept learning alongside "celebrity expert" colleagues, consulting high-performers to the everyman.
I bring "tried-and-true" yet always "up-to-the-minute" insight into what's working best for our bodies now!
What's your mission?
Well... clients as young as 23 have reported energy like a grandma. When was the first moment you felt older?
I started at 29, on a date with a "kindred spirit," also 29. He said, “We have matching lines around our left eye!" Oh the synchronicity!
If my skin was getting some wear and tear so young, what other organs were too?!
At 40, I got heart palpitations (despite healthy eating, sans saturated fat), which my mom had been hospitalized for in her 50s. Oh. heck. no! I also had less energy, shifting weight, and more.
Professionally, I found the metabolic root of it all, and nutritionally restored it all, almost reversing time.
Now I help others regain "time and energy," from their physique to bill of health—so that however much time is gone, their best life is still ahead.
It’s never too late, and it’s never too early, 70s to 20s, to tap in.
What's your approach?
Food-wise, my take is beyond more plants, or protein, or calories—though I do have a "plant-rich" slant.
Beyond that, it's about refueling our body's "systems" from wear-and-tear, and getting into the habit of it.
Whether you're confused about what to eat anymore, or you kinda know, but aren't doing it... I've got you.
