LIVING LIFE IN FULL COLOUR

Showing Up I am a Toronto-based nutritionist, author, founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition and The Clubhouse Community Hub.

I began in the field of nutrition in 2008 and over the years have grown a one-of-a-kind online community.

With a humour and energy-driven approach to living an awesome, healthy life I’ve been blessed with a global community that sticks around and celebrates all that I create and each other.

The Academy of Culinary Nutrition as graduated more than 3,000 students, celebrates more than 500 independent instructors and in 2023 we launched our new membership hub The Clubhouse.

I have written two bestselling health/cookbooks, UnDiet: Eat Your Way to Vibrant Health (2013) and The UnDiet Cookbook (2015), which won Gold at the Taste Canada Awards.

I’ve been featured in Forbes, and ranked as one of the top 100 female entrepreneurs in Canada. I live in Toronto with my husband Josh Gitalis, a functional medicine practitioner, and our son.

Bio For Media Use

Meghan Telpner is a Toronto-based nutritionist, bestselling author, and founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition. She’s written two bestselling, award winning books: UnDiet: Eat Your Way to Vibrant Health (2013) and The UnDiet Cookbook (2015). Meghan’s success in cultivating a global community of Culinary Nutrition Experts and her unique approach to business has garnered her multiple features in Forbes, and ranked her as one of the top 100 female entrepreneurs in Canada. As a multi-passionate person Meghan also offers courses and writings on coherence, financial freedom and quality of life metrics to help empower others to define and create the life of their dreams. When not in front of a screen pushing buttons, Meghan can be found doing macrame, sewing her own clothes, growing food in her backyard and sitting on her front porch drinking an elixir in practice mode for full retirement.

The Timeline

2006: I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, an autoimmune, inflammatory bowel disease. Without a solution available through conventional medicine, I took on an integrative approach to healing that included yoga, meditation, acupuncture, herbal remedies and a transition to a real food diet. You can read the full healing story here.

2007: My experience healing inspired me to return to school and study holistic nutrition.

2008: I began my business as a nutritionist doing consulting, teaching intimate cooking classes in my loft in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, and began writing my blog, then called “Making Love In The Kitchen”.

2011: We ran the first in-person round of the Culinary Nutrition Expert Program and began to experiment with online courses.

2013: UnDiet : Eat Your Way To Vibrant Heath was released and became a #1 bestseller! UnDiet: Eat Your Way To Vibrant Health UnDiet hit #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list, #2 in Globe and Mail and was named 2013 Best Health and Nutrition Book by Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

2014: I launched the Academy of Culinary Nutrition .

2015: The UnDiet Cookbook (Appetite by Random House, 2015) was released and became a #1 bestseller and won gold at the Taste Canada Awards! It was also a #1 bestseller on Amazon and in the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star.

2016: Profiled in Forbes for the incredible business that I have built with a health-loving community at its core, and was named one of the Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs in Canada by PROFIT.

2017: I became a mom!

2018: I launched a new opportunity graduates of my school to become Academy of CulinaryNutrition Certified Instructors.

2021: I began a journey to spread the word about an amazing tool we can all use to achieve inner harmony in just 30 seconds.

2023: I launched a new community hub, The Clubhouse, as a space for both Culinary Nutrition Experts and the super humans from our wider community to join together to learn, share and inspire each other with kindness and joy.

My Favourite Posts From My Blog

If there's one girl who knows how to set goals and stick to them, it's Meghan.
—Alicia Silverstone, THE KIND DIET

Kris Carr, BESTSELLING AUTHOR CRAZY SEXY DIET

Meghan Telpner speaks the truth, you can eat your way to vibrant health. She is truly a “life”-saver, a spirited nutritionista after my own heart.
—Kris Carr, BESTSELLING AUTHOR CRAZY SEXY DIET

With grace, enthusiasm and fun Meghan guides us to think outside the cereal box and into a way of living that is calorie-carefree and full of glee. She shines bright with her holistic-insight. UnDiet is a game-changer, a lifestyle-lifter and will leave your kitchen in a love-filled colourful riot.
—Nadine Artemis, LIVING LIBATIONS

Janice Chan, Regional Marketing Director, WHOLE FOODS

Meghan’s passion for people, food, and nutrition comes through in everything she does. Her knowledge is astounding, but it is her ability to connect and inspire everyone that is her true gift. In a matter of minutes, Meghan’s engaging teaching style and unique recipes created a wonderful buzz at our local chef series demonstrations. Not only was the end result a hit, but the process of working together was more than enjoyable! Fearless and fun, I have no doubt Meghan will continue creating new ways to inspire those around her to live healthy and delicious lives.
—Janice Chan, Regional Marketing Director, WHOLE FOODS

Meghan is such an engaging and funny speaker and is clearly passionate about clean eating! The ideas she presented were nothing out there or fantastical, nor did they have you drinking any sort of crazy potion, they just made good sense. The students are STILL talking about her visit and the Undiet diet weeks later! She is such an inspiration to healthy living. Thank you Meghan!
—Amy Symington, Nutrition Professor and Chef, GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE

Amy Symington, Nutrition Professor and Chef, GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE

Angela Liddon, Author of NYT Bestseller The Oh She Glows Cookbook and founder of OhSheGlows.com

Meghan’s contagious energy for healthy living jumps off every page of this feel-good cookbook. The recipes are easy to create at home and her witty sense of humour makes learning about nutrition exciting! Whether you are new to the lifestyle or a long-time green juice-chuggin’ veteran, you’ll turn to The UnDiet Cookbook again and again.
—Angela Liddon, Author of NYT Bestseller The Oh She Glows Cookbook and founder of OhSheGlows.com

Partnering with Meghan has been one of the best moves my business has made. She has a strong influence in the healthy living community so our product resonates with her clientele in a way that they become customers, some even wholesale and distributors of our product!
—Daedra Surowiec, Owner, STRAWESOME

Leigh Mitchell, President, WOMEN IN BIZ NETWORK

Meghan Telpner is one of the most engaging, colourful and honest speakers we have worked with. Her story and mission resonates through meaningful humour and raw emotion. Inspiration and practical business development ideas can be found in her journey
—Leigh Mitchell, President, WOMEN IN BIZ NETWORK

Working with Meghan and her team is highly inspirational! They are seamless and professional with a twist of fun. It is always a pleasure collaborating on successful campaigns including live events, recipe development, media, custom video production, and online webinars.
—Letelle Spezowka, GENUINE HEALTH

Working with Meghan is always something I look forward to! Meghan has the unique ability to inspire others, whether they are experts or just starting out in the field of health and wellness. Meghan’s stage presence and role as an influencer is unparalleled. She never ceases to come up with innovative and interesting ways to engage with her audience and it is beyond a shadow of a doubt that she has been and will continue to be a trend-setter and a leader in her domain.
—Lindsey Simpson, PRANA