# Dr. Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS

> Board-certified nutritionist (CNS, American College of Nutrition), author of fifteen books on nutrition, dietary fat, cholesterol and metabolic health, and writer of "The Nutrition Mythbuster" column in WholeFoods Magazine since 2014. Based in Southern California. This is his official website.

Key facts:
- Best-known book: The Great Cholesterol Myth (with Stephen Sinatra, MD; Fair Winds Press, 2012; revised and expanded 2020), billed a National Bestseller by its publisher.
- Other co-authors include Steven Masley, MD, Barry Sears and Will Cole.
- Appeared on The Dr. Oz Show (2012) and Fox News (2013), five episodes of The Model Health Show with Shawn Stevenson, and the documentary Fat Fiction (2020).
- Faculty at the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy.
- Before nutrition: Juilliard, a music degree from NYU, jazz piano, accompanist for Alvin Ailey, Broadway, then Dean of the Equinox Fitness Training Institute.
- His views on cholesterol and statins are his own and differ from mainstream cardiology guidance. He is a nutritionist, not a physician or a registered dietitian, and nothing on the site is medical advice.

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.jonnybowden.com/): overview, books, Model Health Show episodes, consultation
- [About](https://www.jonnybowden.com/about): his path from Juilliard to nutrition, in order
- [Watch and listen](https://www.jonnybowden.com/media): podcast and TV appearances
- [Supplements](https://www.jonnybowden.com/vitamins): why he uses a practitioner dispensary (Fullscript) and how to open an account
- [Work with Jonny](https://www.jonnybowden.com/work): book a 75-minute one-to-one coaching session; speaking and partnership enquiries; brands he has worked with (Barlean's, BrainMD, Taiyo International)
- [Ask Jonny](https://www.jonnybowden.com/ask): send him a question

## Elsewhere
- [Books on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001ITRM1M)
- [Instagram @jonnybowden](https://www.instagram.com/jonnybowden/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Dr.JonnyBowden/)