Nerissa Oden

Nerissa Oden is a former professional film and video editor turned food sensitivity testing advocate. In 2007 she experienced a paradigm shift toward positive health after adjusting her diet to her food sensitivity test results.

Nerissa has interviewed medical professionals, health experts, and individuals about their food sensitivity journey, and posts the audio on her website, www.FoodPowers.com. Nerissa’s purpose is to inform and encourage others to identify their individual food sensitivities, and advise/encourage them on how to eat around their hidden food allergies (food sensitivities.)

Nerissa's persistent food sensitivities include sesame, baker’s yeast, brewers yeasts, and black pepper. Her often repeating sensitivities include: salmon, dairy (casein), oats, mushrooms, tree nuts and peanuts. Using her creativity she developed a way to make healthy breads, mostly from nontraditional ingredients (vegetables and seeds), that look, act and feel like traditional breads-- but taste even better.

In 2009, she began writing monthly articles for Austin All Natural magazine, a free publication circulating in and around Austin Texas (www.AustinAllNatural.com). She began writing another monthly article in 2011 for Wimberley Valley News & Views (www.wvnewsviews.com). In 2014 she started a third monthly article for a new magazine, Austin in the Loop, circulating in the South Austin area. Her husband is bestselling author and "Secret" movie star, Dr. Joe Vitale. (www.MrFire.com )