Caroline Mayes, creator of Mental Kitchen^®, is a nutrition consultant in private practice in New York City. She devotes a large part of her practice to weight loss, wellness, and disease prevention, but also offers nutrition counseling for conditions such as diabetes and digestive disorders.

Caroline has nearly ten years of experience working in the field of nutrition as both a registered dietitian and a certified diabetes educator. She completed her undergraduate studies in psychology at the University of Virginia and nutrition at James Madison University; later, she obtained her graduate degree in nutrition and public health at Columbia University. She has since worked in a variety of clinical and community settings around the city, counseling hundreds of individuals, and now blogs about health, nutrition, and fitness in addition to working privately with clients.