Tammy Lakatos Shames and Elysse (“Lyssie”) Lakatos share more than identical features; they share identical success in the competitive field of nutrition and wellness. In 1997, Lyssie and Tammy (known as The Nutrition Twins®) co-founded Healthy Happenings Corporation, whose mission is to better the health of its clients through improved nutrition and lifestyle/behavior modification. Since relocating from Atlanta, Georgia, The Twins have had stellar achievements in New York City, where they built a successful private practice servicing both individual and corporate clients such as AOL-Time Warner, NBC Universal and Colgate Palmolive. They are recognized media personalities, speakers, authors and spokespeople.
The Lakatos’ approachable, common sense style has also earned them editorial success. The Twins co-authored a revolutionary nutrition book, Fire Up Your Metabolism: 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever, which was released in February 2004. They currently are working on their next book, a diet book due out in the Spring of 2009. The Twins are the “Sideline Reporters” for The Weekend Workout, a syndicated radio show and podcast providing “The Nutrition Twins® Diet Tip of the Day.” They have been featured regularly as the nutrition experts on The Discovery Health Channel, WABC-TV, WPIX-TV, CBS, The Learning Channel, FitTV, Oxygen Network, Bravo, Life and Style, Court TV, The Daily Health Feed and Fox 5’s Good Day New York. Tammy and Lyssie were also featured in a special “makeover” show of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Sought-after contributors by many print and online publications, The Nutrition Twins® have appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Self, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, InStyle, Woman’s Day, Woman’s World, Parents, First for Women, Oxygen, Muscle Media, OK!, Star Magazine, Fitness, Glamour, People, Health, O Magazine, Lifetime, Reader’s Digest, The New York Daily News, Women’s Health and Fitness, Remedy and Family Circle magazines. In addition, they have contributed to on-line resources including “WebMD.com,” “MSN.com,” “WeightWatchers.com,” “DiscoveryHealth” (discovery.com), “e-diets.com,” “TheLearningChannel” (TLC.com), “Fit to Be Tied,” and “AOL Diet and Fitness.” In addition to reigning as the nutritionists for FitTV on-line, the Twins have been the featured experts on numerous radio stations across the United States and around the world. They both reside in New York City.
