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$" 3 4 )(" %+" -)+0 )# $)4, $) ... /1)("!%+" -)+0 2 )(("&& "!% )'* (0 '%&-)( (- +%) ( ! ... +"& ' + )' WFLA, WUSA, CNN and ARTE in Europe. She is an expert health consultant for Consumer Eyes: http://www.asianhealthsecrets.com/letha-hadady-in-nyc-chinatown/ Letha appeared on the cover of Delicious! magazine. Her work and writing have been featured in a wide variety of print media including Allure, Marie Claire, Self, Fitness, Let’s Live, and Jane. Also NY Post and Observer, and L.A. Times and Indian health magazines. Her Ayurvedic health columns have appeared in Heal India and Healthy You! (India, Middle East, and Singapore.) Currently Letha writes a series “Cooking with Tea” for India Tea portal on the Net. Letha’s website www.asianhealthsecrets.com has a large following with as many readers in China as the West. She has a lively presence on the Net including facebook, twitter and her articles written for lifestyle websites such as retirenet.com, Lifescript.com, and mommywood.com. Monday mornings she shares a popular live radio program of natural health news and advice with Marie Griffiths on 105.1mikefm.ca a commercial station in Montreal with over 350 thousand listeners as well as live stream on the Net and ITunes. “Hadady is an ambassador between curious Americans, trying to overcome their ignorance of alternative medicine, and Chinese herbalists, who are uneasy about opening their customs to the scrutiny of outsiders.” – Newsday, L.A. Times syndicate “The tall, slender herbalist found her calling after a life-threatening illness. . . Her encyclopedic knowledge of health and beauty is evident.”–Daily News “Letha unearths the wisdom of the ancients.” –New York Post Authored : Asian Health Secrets: The Complete Guide to Asian Herbal Medicine (1996: Random/Three Rivers). This finely illustrated best-seller has a foreword by H H. the 14th Dalai Lama. Called a “treasure” and “a modern classic in alternative medicine” it has become a Bible in its field for medical professionals and individual readers. Personal Renewal (1998: Crown/iUniverse.com) has a foreword by Dr. Bernard Jensen, doyen of the natural health movement and guides readers to find their Original Self in order to survive major life challenges. Healthy Beauty (2003: Wiley/iUniverse.com) has “sound and easy-to-apply advice for men and women alike…highly recommended reading for anyone seeking to enhance and sustain their energy, vitality, sexual allure, and peace of mind.” Midwest Book Review Feed Your Tiger (2006: Rodale/iUniverse.com) features four energy/emotional types: Dragons, Bears, Tigers, and Cranes with associated dietary and social habits. The book has targeted slimming recipes, Asian superfoods, and easy ways to lose excess weight and curb addictions. A romantic novel with a background of the Central American civil wars of the 1980s has been recently completed. A second novel is in progress. Naturally Pain Free (2012: SourceBooks/Kindle) features pleasurable and highly effective natural pain treatments to enhance health and well-being. A unique heart health book is in progress, to be completed late summer 2014. Co-Author of: Asia in New York City: A Cultural Travel Guide (2000, The Asia Society, Avalon Travel Publishing) Menage a Trois from Ancient to Modern Times (1997, HarperCollins) a sequel is in progress. Bio : A Baby Boomer born near Chicago into a noble Hungarian family, Letha’s parents were distant cousins. Before the age of one she developed pneumonia with a high fever and went into a coma. Her mother, also named Letha, sat by her daughter’s side, giving her strength and love and eventually noticed