Susan Powter (born 12 December 1957) is a motivational speaker, dietitian, personal trainer and author of Australian birth, who rose to fame in the 1990s with her catch phrase "Stop the Insanity!" She hosted her own talk show The Susan Powter Show in the 1990s.
Powter was born in Sydney, Australia in 1957. Twice married, she described herself to Curve magazine in 2004 as a "radical feminist lesbian woman".
In 1994, Powter starred in her own talk-...
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Susan Powter (born 12 December 1957) is a motivational speaker, dietitian, personal trainer and author of Australian birth, who rose to fame in the 1990s with her catch phrase "Stop the Insanity!" She hosted her own talk show The Susan Powter Show in the 1990s.
Powter was born in Sydney, Australia in 1957. Twice married, she described herself to Curve magazine in 2004 as a "radical feminist lesbian woman".
In 1994, Powter starred in her own talk-show style television program called The Susan Powter Show, which ran for one season. On the show she and guests discussed nutrition and fitness as well as other topics.
Advocate of a whole-foods, organic, low-fat diet, and regular cardiovascular and strength-training exercise, Powter set herself apart from other nutritionists by condemning the diet industry as a whole. Her platinum-white flat-top haircut and aggressive manner of speaking became an iconic element of her celebrity.
Powter is author of several books, three of which became New...
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