Dee (Torres) McCaffrey, CDC overcame a lifelong battle with obesity by eliminating processed foods from her diet. She has maintained a 100-pound weight loss for over 15 years and is now a Certified Diet Counselor helping others lose weight and eat healthy. Raised in a Mexican-American family by a single mother of three, Dee had to overcome many obstacles. She worked her way through school and became the first female among her sixty-three cousins to graduate from college.

Dee holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Chemistry from San Jose State University and practiced organic chemistry for more than 16 years. She is a Certified Diet Counselor trained at the Bauman College in Penngrove, CA and is a member of the American Association of Nutrition Professionals. She conducts lectures throughout the Western United States and teaches a nutrition program which includes how to shop, prepare and cook healthy and tasty meals while staying on a budget.

She wanted to counsel others on how to lose weight and eat healthy too.  Dee then founded The Center for Processed Free Living, which offers instruction in nutrition, cooking, and implementing lifestyle changes for weight loss and optimal health.  The Center’s clients have experienced improvements in their conditions of obesity, arthritis, diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension.  Dee holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Chemistry from San Jose State University, practiced organic chemistry for more than 16 years, is a Certified Diet Counselor trained at Bauman College in Penngrove, CA and is a member of the American Association of Nutrition Professionals.

Dee recently released her first book Dee's Mighty Cookbook: Tasty Cuisine for Flourless and Sugarless Living. The book is chock full of practical information on how to lose weight and improve health naturally with over 100 of Dee's private recipes.  As an added bonus, the book includes the homemade version of "Dee's Mighty Muffins", the popular flourless muffin sold throughout the Southwest in Wild Oats Markets and Sprouts Farmer’s Market stores. 

Dee has appeared on network and cable television, been featured several times in local print, and has been a guest on over 20 radio shows throughout the country.  For more information on Dee, visit www.processedfreeliving.com.