Ellen Karpay-Brody is president of Ellen Karpay Health, a fitness and nutrition consulting company.  Ellen guides others in achieving their energy, health, well being, and human performance goals.  She helps people confront and progress beyond their fitness and nutrition challenges such as:  stress/emotional eating, sticking with an exercise program, under-training, over-training, meal preparation, making time for oneself, changing body composition, exercising with physical limitations, chronic stress, and more. 

In addition to her private practice Ellen is a consultant to the American Stroke Association, a division of American Heart Association, UC Davis Sports Medicine Medical Group, the Leukemia/Lymphoma‘s Team in Training, and the County of Sacramento.

Ellen is author of The Everything Total Fitness Book, a regular contributor to the Sacramento Bee newspaper, and a regular guest host at SacBee.com Live Chat.  Ellen is certified by American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as a Health Fitness Instructor.  She holds a B. S. degree in physical education from the University of Florida.  Ellen is an 8-time Ironman triathlon finisher (swim 2.4 mi, bike 112 mi, run 26.2 mi), 3-time Boston Marathon finisher, and is passionate about helping others optimize their energy and health.