Meet The Good Food Fighter
YOUR FOOD AWARENESS COACH • RELENTLESS RESEARCHER • MAKER OF FUN THINGS FOR KIDS & FAMILIES
I am America’s food superhero. Have you heard of me?
My mission is for kids to grow up healthy and love nutritious food.
That’s a lofty goal. Luckily, my superpower is making nutrition more fun, less confusing, and a whole lot more doable for parents and kids. Navigating the food supply is like playing a video game—full of challenges that few are prepared to tackle. Labels make food seem nutritious when it is not. Ads and marketing copy use terms that are deceptive. Snacks that appear healthy often aren’t and sidestep regulations because of FDA loopholes. It’s hard to know if the food you’re eating is nourishing or depleting you. That’s why I’m here!!!!!
I’m a Food Awareness Coach. Yup—I coined that term after realizing that dieticians and nutritionists are not trained to assess the damage that modern processing wreaks on your food. How it’s grown and processed makes all the difference. How it’s transported matters. How grocers maintain “freshness” affects its integrity. I want parents to understand how to shop smart, what to look for, what to avoid, and how to keep their families safe and well nourished.
Specifically, I want to help your kids try veggies, discover superfoods, eat less sugar, and steer clear of the toxins in food, water, and the environment that can lead to chronic health issues. And I make it fun!!!
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My Superpowers
- Helping families get off the sugar roller coaster and fall in love with real food
- Making healthy food delicious, practical, and accessible
- Sharing life-changing tips to help protect your family from toxins
- Turning nutrition education into stories, games, recipes, comics, and fun
- Doing the research so you don’t have to
So where did this !Kapow!-chick come from?
Originally from Boston, I’m a graduate of Northwestern University in Chicago and ArtCenter College of Design in California. I launched my career designing “coffee table” books and innovative gift kits for Chronicle Books in San Francisco. Then I created product packaging and cookbooks for Williams Sonoma.
Later, I developed and produced a line of therapeutic chocolate-themed gifts, Boyfriend Replacement, for lovelorn women. Working with an angel investor in New York City and a national team of 80 sales reps, we sold it into 400 stores. After that, I ran my own art portrait photo studio in Austin for 10 years. Now I’m a certified health and wellness coach.
I’m determined to help children precent and reverse obesity and the many diseases that can grow out of a toxic diet and lifestyle.
Why I care so much
Research increasingly points to diet and lifestyle as major factors in childhood sickness and chronic disease—including Type 2 diabetes, many forms of cancer, and neurological conditions like ADHD and autism. That is not small stuff.
My work is motivated in part by data from the National Cancer Institute and the CDC, showing just how common metabolic disease and cancer have become in our culture. We can change this, one ingredient at a time. Food really is medicine—it has the power to improve health and reverse disease. Small steps are okay. Every good decision moves you in the right direction.
Why trust me?
My father was a nuclear physicist at MIT, so I’ve been steeped in science and research my whole life. My mother was reading Prevention Magazine back in the 70s, when pesticides and processed ingredients were creeping into the food supply. She taught me to read ingredient labels and to ignore everything else.
Today I’m a certified health and wellness coach who loves reading studies—on the National Institutes of Health website and in many other publications. I have a knack for taking complicated health information and breaking it down into something a normal human can understand.
I do the research so that you don’t have to!!
More than a website
Good Food Fighter is creating a community and a sea-change. Beyond publishing articles, recipes, and videos, I create novel tools that entice kids to try new foods and build healthier habits for life.
I’m currently growing this project through reader support, crowdfunding, and grant-seeking, with fiscal sponsorship through Austin Creative Alliance. That support helps me create educational tools like Smoothie Spree—my card game designed to onboard kids to a healthier diet.
If you’d like to support what I’m building, you can do that here:
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Here’s to healthy kids and happy families!
What People Are Saying
“The Good Food Fighter, Nina Miller, is my favorite 21st-century superhero.” I love how thoughtfully she helps parents decode confusing food additives, GMOs, and pesticides without making the topic feel dreary or overwhelming. Her recipes are practical, nourishing, and full of smart substitutions that make healthy eating feel more realistic for busy families. My kids also adore Smoothie Spree—they get caught up in the fun of the game while learning about superfoods almost by accident. As both a parent and a naturopathic doctor, I’m grateful to have the GFF in my corner.
— Amy Tyler, Naturopathic Doctor, Austin, TX
“Smoothie Spree became a family favorite almost immediately.” It’s easy enough for our youngest to understand, but still interesting enough that our teenager doesn’t check out. I also appreciate that it adds a layer of nutrition education without feeling preachy or school-ish. The game gives us something fun to do together while reinforcing healthy eating in a positive way, and that combination is harder to find than you’d think.
— Jane S., Montclair, NJ
“The Good Food Fighter blog is my all-time fave.” The health and nutrition news always teaches me something new, and always in fun, creative, and entertaining ways. It’s obvious how much research goes into every piece, which makes me trust what I’m reading. Even topics that might normally feel intimidating or dry come across with wit, humor, and genuinely useful takeaways.
— Jeneen Schloz, General Manager, Peoples Pharmacy, Austin, TX
“I wish I’d had these recipes and videos when my kids were younger.” I love that Good Food Fighter doesn’t just throw facts at people—it makes the message lively, encouraging, and memorable. We need more super-heroes like this in the world, because families need both the information and the inspiration.
— Barbara G., Boston, MA
“The gameplay hits a sweet spot between luck, strategy, and skill.” Our kids already love card games, so they were excited to test Smoothie Spree, and it delivered. The design is playful, the illustrations are fun, and the personified ingredients got a lot of laughs.
— Alen C., Austin, TX
“The game kept their attention.” And it sparked interest in healthy ingredients and smoothies they hadn’t thought about before.
— Belinda S., Boston, MA
“Having a resource like this is priceless.” I don’t have the time or energy to investigate the best foods, supplements, and habits to keep my family healthy, so I deeply appreciate the hard work Nina puts into researching trustworthy approaches to wellness.
— Alice G., NYC, NY
“She brings both intelligence and creativity to the table.” That makes Nina’s advice feel usable rather than abstract. The card game was a wonderful extension of that mission because I could actually see my family absorbing healthy food knowledge while having fun.
— Jodi K., Hillsborough, NJ
“This is making me hungry for a smoothie!” That was the reaction I kept hearing from the kids while we played. To me, that says everything. Smoothie Spree didn’t just entertain them—it got them curious and excited about trying healthy combinations in real life. That’s a huge win for any family game.
— Stephanie C., Austin, TX
“We ended up playing a second round before bed.” The game is both fun and educational, and it reminded us of healthy ingredients we hadn’t used in a while. It absolutely made us want to bring more smoothies back into the house. The design and drawings are delightful, and the ingredient characters add a lot of charm.
— Bryan H., Jersey City, NJ
“A unique, fun, and educational game for the whole family.” What stood out to me is that it supports more than nutrition knowledge. It also builds turn-taking, flexibility, simple math, and following directions, all inside a genuinely enjoyable card game. That makes it a strong pick not just for family game night, but also as a thoughtful gift.
— Meredith A., Austin, TX
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