Manuel Villacorta, M.S., R.D., C.S.S.D., is the founder of Eating Free. One of the leading weight loss and nutrition experts in the country, he is a national media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Manuel's San Francisco-based practice, MV Nutrition (where he developed Eating Free), has served thousands of people and received two consecutive "Best Bay Area Dietitian" awards (2009 and 2010) from the San Francisco Chronicle and Citysearch. He has been a spokesperson for statewide health campaigns such as the "California Latino 5-A-Day Program" and "Got Milk. Villacorta's easy-to-understand teachings, alongside his strong bilingual fluency in English and Spanish, have made him an in-demand health and nutrition expert on both local and national television and radio, and in articles in print publications and online.