Moe Carlson

Moe Carlson is a former bodybuilder who loves to ride his motorcycle everyday. He is a popular personal trainer at a Palm Desert Gold’s Gym… AND he is 90 years old!!!

Moe is a living legend and a true inspiration to his family, friends and clients. He started his career years ago as an acrobatic performer, even appearing on the Ed Sullivan show. He credits his longevity and energy to eating well and staying active.  Specifically, he knows that eggs are an excellent food and often incorporates them into his meals – like his wife’s amazing frittata dinner!  He has a spitfire personality, plenty of words of wisdom and “doesn’t feel like I’m 90… feel about 50…”!

Nicole Hemphill

Kindergarten student, Nicole Hemphill, wanted to know what made the fluffiest eggs. She is a big fan of cooking eggs for breakfast with her mom, and so intrigued by egg breakfast preparation that she decided to turn this question into her science fair experiment. Nicole chose five different ingredients to test: half and half, eggs, butter, milk and whipping cream. While she created five different omelets, her mom videotaped her for the science fair submission. When the omelets were finished , Nicole took her trusty ruler and measured the depth of each omelet. Turns out whipping cream makes the fluffiest omelets. Nicole’s creativity, passion for eggs and cooking, and originality got her the first place trophy at her school Science Fair. Nicole presents her ‘scientific research’ on the show, and will reveals her favorite healthy egg recipes that she and her family make at home.

Melissa Green

When Melissa Green learned that many of her fourth grade students were eating mostly sugary foods for breakfast or skipping the meal altogether, she decided to help them evaluate the foods they were eating so they could make better choices -- and get a "healthy start" on their day!

Winter Vinecki

Nine year-old Winter Vinecki has accomplished something that can only be described as "incredible." This past September she was the youngest competitor at the Athletes for A Cure Triathlon. Out of 1,000 competitors, she finished the 1.5k swim/40k bike/ 10k run in 03:59:04 hours. Winter was racing for a cure in honor of her father, Michael who was diagnosed last April at age 40 with sarcomatoid carcinoma an especially aggressive form of cancer that attacked his prostate. Rather than sitting at home, feeling down, she decided she had to do something, anything, to raise awareness about her dad's plight and the plight of so many others affected by prostate cancer. Her mom, who is a triathlete, helped train Winter, and put her on a healthy regimen of food (including eggs) and exercise. For the first time ever, the entire field of competitors at the Athletes for a Cure Triathlon in Orlando competed as a single team: Team Winter. Because of her tenacity, Winter raised $31,000 for prostate cancer research. And when she completed the triathlon, among the screaming fans was her dad, Michael who was beyond proud and grateful for what she did. While Michael is currently undergoing experimental treatment since his cancer has spread, Winter refuses to give up the fight. She is a tireless fundraiser, guest speaker and looks forward to her next race.

Deja Nell

Eleven-year-old Deja Nell of Triangle, Virginia experienced the once in a lifetime opportunity of witnessing history firsthand when she attended the Presidential Inauguration. She found out last spring that she was selected to attend the Junior Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference and Inauguration. However, she did not have $2,100 to go to Washington. Since she loves to cook, she decided to assemble her favorite recipes (which include eggs) from family, friends, etc. and compiled 150 of them into a cookbook. She wanted these recipes to be kid friendly and require minimal adult supervision so kids felt empowered in the kitchen. With the help of her mom, Cindy, Deja set out after school and weekends and went door to door selling cookbooks, as well as in church, strip malls, drug stores, and anywhere she could to raise money. Deja sold over 200 books and reached her goal.

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Ben Miller

A year ago, Ben Miller was 460 lbs and felt like he was dying. Ben says it should have been one of the happiest times in his life since he became a newlywed and stepfather of 2. But the more he talked to his new wife about their dreams of starting a family together the more he realized that he was in dire need changing his life to save his life. So he vowed to lose weight and came up with the idea for “Donate My Weight.” The premise is that for every pound he loses, he donates one pound of food to his local food bank (Second Harvest of the Lehigh Valley). Since he received attention from local media, other people became inspired by his story and sponsored him so with each pound lost, they too, would donate to their local food banks. Since he started this initiative, he’s lost 82 pounds, has donated over 53,000 pounds of food and won’t stop until he loses 230 pounds. Ben also works out daily and is excited about living longer, especially now that his wife is expecting their first child together in March.

Molly Reed

Chicken Coop teacher: Molly Reed understands just how impressionable kids are and because of that she's using her teaching job as a vehicle to inspire kids to lead healthier lives. Molly, who teaches 1st and 2nd grade at Borton Primary Magnate School in Tucson, Arizona created an edible garden at her school as well as a Chicken Coop and Farmer's Market that provides fresh food to the entire community. This all came about as a result of Molly observing kids in kindergarten doubling in size and telling her things like, "vegetables are grown in the grocery store." So she wanted to teach her students where healthy food comes from and how to grow their own. After receiving a grant, Molly, her students and volunteers built a schoolyard garden where they grow everything from khale, to broccoli and garlic. Molly says the chicken coop teaches the kids responsibility about taking care of animals and enables them to sell the eggs at their Farmer's Market. Since this initiative began, she noticed the kids bringing in healthier foods from home and it has had a chain reaction on entire families.

Terena Brown

A group of Broward county school bus drivers had a huge wake up call with their health last year. After the school board ran health examinations, it was found that the bus drivers were at high risk for diabetes and heart attacks which also put the students’ safety at risk. The bus drivers got together to help support and save each other. For the last year, the drivers have gotten permission to take a school bus and together frequent a local gym during their lunch break. The bus drivers take hip hop and belly dancing lessons along with cardio training. They even pitch in and bring healthy lunches (including eggs and salad) to work. We will spotlight one such bus driver and mom, Terena Brown, who has lost over 20lbs and has already inspired her students to get healthy.

Melisa Varitimos

Melisa Varitimos has become a TV sensation in her hometown of Norwood, Mass. For the last three years, Melisa has been hosting her own cooking show, “Oven Luv’n with Chef Melissa,” on NPA-TV, which is the public access cable station in her hometown. So far, she’s shot 45 episodes. The show has become so popular that it is now carried in five other towns. What makes her show so cool is that her entire family gets involved! Melisa's parents shoot the show and her 11-year-old brother is Melissa’s sidekick and sous chef. Melisa taught herself to cook and credits Rachael as her cooking mentor. She often quotes her on her show too, and like Rachael, her recipes are for people of all ages and are easy to make. She loves to cook with eggs and come up with her own creations.

David Fishman

David Fishman is your average 12-year-old with the exception of one thing - his knowledge and palate for fine and healthy foods far exceeds most adults. David grew up eating a variety of foods prepared by his mom, who is a fantastic cook. David's curiosity of food started when he was three years old and by the time he was 11, his mom suggested he write down some of his inquiries and thoughts. His journaling soon led to his interest in critiquing dishes both at home and at restaurants. A chance encounter during one of David's restaurant visits led to his discovery by The New York Times and his career as a food critic. David shows us his process of reviewing dishes at various restaurants and gives advice on how to find a healthy meal at any restaurant, whether it’s a greasy spoon or a steakhouse. His big message is that you don’t have to compromise flavor or taste when it comes to choosing healthy foods.

Aaron Ware

While grieving over the loss of his brother Eric, Aaron Ware was given some unconventional advice from his pediatrician. Noticing the smile on Aaron's face when he told her about his love of baking, she prescribed Aaron to start a bakery, come up with a name and write a business plan. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out a $20 bill and told him she would be his first investor. From there, Aaron's bakery "Doughjangles" was born.

Aaron now bakes and delivers cookies with his parents, oftentimes fulfilling more than a dozen orders a week and donates a portion of the proceeds to the Casey Cares Foundation, a charity that helped his family throughout the course of his brother's illness.

For his business, Aaron uses dozens of eggs each week to make his favorite kinds of cookies, which include chocolate chip and Butterscotch Dream. To celebrate Aaron's incredible spirit, America's egg farmers donated a year supply of eggs to Aaron's business, Doughjangles and matched the donation to a food bank in Maryland, where the twins are from.