Cassandra Forsythe-Pribanic is a recent PhD graduate from the #1 Kinesiology doctoral program in the US at the University of Connecticut. Originating from Northern British Columbia, she received her MS in Human Nutrition and Metabolism in 2004, and her BS in Nutrition and Food Science with distinction, in 2002 from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. She will also become certified as a Registered Dietitian (RD) in the summer of 2009. Her main research interests are low-carbohydrate nutrition, dietary fatty acids, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, weight-loss, female-specific nutrition and training, and the female athlete triad. Her PhD dissertation project explored the ideal fatty acid composition of a weight-maintaining low-carbohydrate diet though a highly-controlled feeding intervention.

Her main research interests are low-carbohydrate nutrition, dietary fatty acids, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, weight-loss, female-specific nutrition and training, and the female athlete triad. Her PhD dissertation project is exploring the ideal fatty acid composition of a weight-maintaining low-carbohydrate diet though a highly-controlled feeding intervention.

Aside from her educational endeavors, Cassandra is the student representative for the International Society of Sports Nutrition, where she is helping to refine the Certified Sports Nutrition Certification, (CISSN) and co-coordinating the regional and annual meetings.

Cassandra has written for and been featured in some of the top publications in the industry, including Testosterone Nation and Men's Health Magazine. She is also the author of Women's Health's first-ever diet and fitness plan book, The Perfect Body Diet, as well as co-authoring the best-selling book The New Rules of Lifting for Women.