MEET THE WARRIORS BEHIND THE SCENES
Co-Creators/Warriors - Ben Eilers & Kelly Darling
My husband (Warrior Ben) and I are the Head Coaches on the Warrior Up To Win Team. As a competitive figure skater and coach for twenty years, I have always had an interest in health and fitness. However, I never expected us to tap into our desire to give back by creating this wonderful project to advance children’s health.
The whole idea began with a simple request by the coach of a girls hockey team in Calgary, Alberta (who happens to be my brother, Greg). Frustrated with his players coming to games with fast food, candy snacks and sugary drinks, he was searching for information that would influence the unhealthy habits he saw the kids forming.
Ben and I are neither nutritionists nor health practitioners. We are business owners. Yet, nutrition and high-quality food choices are a significant part of our lives.
Like so many, we have dealt with choosing the “right” foods in the face of the numerous “food philosophies” and health approaches. At the same time, we deal with our food cravings from habits formed as children.
In the past few years, food choices became even more important as I had to “Warrior UP” to win against Lyme disease, followed by Cancer. This took my interest in health and wellness to a whole new level – embracing food as medicine. Little did I know then, this journey was going to fuel a new mission that Coach Greg’s phone call kicked into action!
So, I agreed to put together some nutrition basics. We learned a lot through our research as we interviewed health professionals, parents, coaches, and kids. We also discovered there is little nutritional education in most sports programs until elite levels.
In the end, a simple task of creating a list of nutrition tips grew into an entertaining game and a complete Program with two-Levels, twelve-video Lessons and a strange narrator, “Warrior Ben”. If you haven’t watched any videos, he’s the 53 year-old kid going on ten!
The program was fueled by our passionate Team of amazing Warrior Up Advisers, who were generous with their time and resources. Warrior Susan, the nutritionist featured in the lesson videos, really put her best GREEN foot forward to energize the education!
Because of our many caring and creative contributors, the idea grew from a small seed into a global project!
We hope you enjoy the program as much as we have enjoyed creating it!
May it leave a lasting impression on your Warrior and your whole family!
To your Health!
Naturopath Medical Doctor - Dr. Robert Ellsworth, N.M.D., F.A.A
“I love this “Warrior UP To Win” Program because it’s teaching kids how to eat right and the kids that pay attention to this program are really going to see a difference on the playing field. I also love that you are teaching them how to read labels and to look not only for the sugar and salt but the food coloring.
These are all contributors to the extreme ADD and ADHD problems children face today. We believe a large contributor to these diseases are the foods kids eat. If they follow the Warrior UP To Win Program, it will help tremendously in many areas. I am really happy to support this program. You are doing a great thing.”
Dr. Ellsworth received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and completed his studies as a Naturopathic Physician at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona.
Dr Ellsworth has a comprehensive 3 step method for helping ADD/ADHD children and adults. His son, Austin, had struggled with ADHD as a child and Dr. Ellsworth and his wife were not in agreement to use the common medications prescribed.
Through the journey they discovered alternative methods to stabilize the condition and Austin began to thrive as a child and went on to an extraordinary career in film production.
Austin also worked with his father, to create a program for ADHD patients. It is there mission to educate children and adults that there are options for treating ADD and ADHD symptoms. Learn more about the program on their website.
In Dr. Ellsworth’s free time, he and his wife Sue enjoy hiking and camping with their chocolate lab Molly and visiting Colorado to visit their 3 sons, daughter-in-laws and 4 grandchildren.
ADHD Natural Supplement Program
www.adhdnaturally.org/
Five Seasons Health
8560 E Shea Blvd Suite 130
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
www.fiveseasonshealth.com
Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist - Susan Valandra - "Warrior Susan
Naturopathic Doctor - Dr. Tricia Breckon, ND
Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant - Jenna Rose Trudeau
Production Teammates
Special Thanks to our Global Tech Team who helped bring the program to life!
Video Production – Ben Pemberton – Germany
Website Development / Editor: Richard T. Voller- Spain
Logo – Graphic Design – Disheart – India
Print Design – Neelam – Sri Lanka