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HEGOInAnOspeiLOSritnTeDgpH
AT ATIME
H By Michelle Fouchi Esneault
ealthy living and eating is a hot topic keep healthy, green and fit while away from home.
these days. Leading the charge is “I knew how to manipulate restaurant menus and
Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, better known how to pack certain things so I could cook in my
as the Healthy Voyager, who has spent over a decade hotel room to accommodate my vegan diet and
inspiring people to live well, one veggie at a time. I knew there was no travel show out there that
As a respected expert in the fields of travel, health, showed diners with special diets how to eat when
green living and nutrition, Scott-Hamilton wears they travel.That’s where the idea started. I figured
many hats: She is a vegan chef, a cookbook author, I wasn’t the only one who struggled, as there were
a media spokesperson, a holistic nutritionist, and a so many other diets that people followed such as
television and radio personality as well as a world gluten free, diabetic or kosher, for example. So I
traveler who has her own website, web series and decided to start the blog and web series in 2006,
blog, all dedicated to healthy and green living. and the rest is history.”
“In 1998 I went vegan for my health,” Scott- The Healthy Voyager web site is the “go-to”
Hamilton said.“I had moved to Los Angeles and was source for all things healthy and green living.“It really
looking for a way to get in shape. I read the book Fit started out as something that I felt was lacking in the
For Life and it resonated with me, so one day I just marketplace.Travel is still very much the flagship”
went vegan cold turkey, or, as I like to say, cold tofu.” Scott-Hamilton states,“but now I have a cooking
At that time, it wasn’t easy to have a special diet. show and I have added in some recipes, health news
“Because I was doing it for my health, I knew I couldn’t and lifestyle stuff with tips and tricks on how to live a
survive on guacamole and cucumber sandwiches” happier, healthier and greener life.”
she said, laughing.“There was no Whole Foods in There has been an explosion of resources and
Los Angeles yet and vegan food was pretty much availability since she first began her travel show and
nonexistent, so I had to learn everything on my own. blog.When she first began, there very few resources
I went to culinary school and got my masters in to help people navigate the needs of a special
culinary nutrition because I wanted to do it right.” diet, especially when traveling. These days, Scott-
Even more difficult than finding ways to eat Hamilton explained, restaurants are much more
vegan at home, was finding restaurants that served savvy of special diets and there are even restaurants
the food she needed when she traveled. She began that cater specifically to them.“I like to say that my
keeping a journal of places she went, and in 2005 show takes me from Kansas City to Kenya and I
The Healthy Voyager travel show was born in can find restaurants to meet my needs anywhere.
order to be an entertaining resource for people Also there are more natural food stores out there
like her, who found traveling difficult due to dietary and if you don’t live near one, there are a lot of
restrictions, as well as for those who wanted to resources on-line that will deliver right to your home.
24 INSPIRE HEALTH March § April 2015
HEGOInAnOspeiLOSritnTeDgpH
AT ATIME
H By Michelle Fouchi Esneault
ealthy living and eating is a hot topic keep healthy, green and fit while away from home.
these days. Leading the charge is “I knew how to manipulate restaurant menus and
Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, better known how to pack certain things so I could cook in my
as the Healthy Voyager, who has spent over a decade hotel room to accommodate my vegan diet and
inspiring people to live well, one veggie at a time. I knew there was no travel show out there that
As a respected expert in the fields of travel, health, showed diners with special diets how to eat when
green living and nutrition, Scott-Hamilton wears they travel.That’s where the idea started. I figured
many hats: She is a vegan chef, a cookbook author, I wasn’t the only one who struggled, as there were
a media spokesperson, a holistic nutritionist, and a so many other diets that people followed such as
television and radio personality as well as a world gluten free, diabetic or kosher, for example. So I
traveler who has her own website, web series and decided to start the blog and web series in 2006,
blog, all dedicated to healthy and green living. and the rest is history.”
“In 1998 I went vegan for my health,” Scott- The Healthy Voyager web site is the “go-to”
Hamilton said.“I had moved to Los Angeles and was source for all things healthy and green living.“It really
looking for a way to get in shape. I read the book Fit started out as something that I felt was lacking in the
For Life and it resonated with me, so one day I just marketplace.Travel is still very much the flagship”
went vegan cold turkey, or, as I like to say, cold tofu.” Scott-Hamilton states,“but now I have a cooking
At that time, it wasn’t easy to have a special diet. show and I have added in some recipes, health news
“Because I was doing it for my health, I knew I couldn’t and lifestyle stuff with tips and tricks on how to live a
survive on guacamole and cucumber sandwiches” happier, healthier and greener life.”
she said, laughing.“There was no Whole Foods in There has been an explosion of resources and
Los Angeles yet and vegan food was pretty much availability since she first began her travel show and
nonexistent, so I had to learn everything on my own. blog.When she first began, there very few resources
I went to culinary school and got my masters in to help people navigate the needs of a special
culinary nutrition because I wanted to do it right.” diet, especially when traveling. These days, Scott-
Even more difficult than finding ways to eat Hamilton explained, restaurants are much more
vegan at home, was finding restaurants that served savvy of special diets and there are even restaurants
the food she needed when she traveled. She began that cater specifically to them.“I like to say that my
keeping a journal of places she went, and in 2005 show takes me from Kansas City to Kenya and I
The Healthy Voyager travel show was born in can find restaurants to meet my needs anywhere.
order to be an entertaining resource for people Also there are more natural food stores out there
like her, who found traveling difficult due to dietary and if you don’t live near one, there are a lot of
restrictions, as well as for those who wanted to resources on-line that will deliver right to your home.
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