SILVER SPRING, MD – America’s favorite nutritionist offers a total weight-loss solution with Joy Bauer’s Slimdown Workout, debuting on DVD from Acacia on December 28, 2010. Joy Bauer is the popular diet and nutrition expert for NBC’s TODAY show, America’s #1 morning show, and has written several New York Times bestselling books, including Joy Bauer’s Food Cures and Your Inner Skinny, as well as a cookbook, Slim & Scrumptious. Her Slimdown Workout features two 20-minute workouts led by Joy and certified instructor Lisa Wheeler, and several bonus features, including Joy’s ten tips for losing weight, healthy snack advice, diet-friendly meals, and more ($16.99; www.AcaciaLifestyle.com).

As a registered dietitian, Joy Bauer knows a balanced diet and regular exercise are essential to good health. As a busy professional, wife, and mother, she also knows how hard it can be to find time to eat right and work out. With her trademark practicality and enthusiasm, Joy offers you an efficient, effective total-body workout, plus bonus segments with her top diet tips and easy, delicious recipes for meals and snacks. Whether your goal is to lose weight or increase your energy and stamina, this is the total solution you’ve been looking for.

World-renowned trainer Lisa Wheeler joins Joy in the two 20-minute cardio and strength-training segments. Do one when you’re short on time, or both together for even faster results. The simple moves target the entire body as they burn fat and calories. Join in, and you’ll tone and tighten your abs and glutes, increase strength and definition, and feel great from head to toe!

Joy Bauer is a nutrition and health expert for NBC’s TODAY show, New York Times bestselling author, and featured columnist for national health magazines. Joy also heads one of the country’s largest nutrition centers and is the exclusive nutritionist for the New York City Ballet. Joy’s high-profile clientele includes actors, models, and Olympic athletes.

Workout Options: Warm-Up (5 min.), Cardio Strength 1 (20 min.), Cardio Strength 2 (20 min.), and Cool Down (5 min.)

Bonus Features:

• Top 10 Weight-Loss Tips (6 min.)
• Snack Smarter! (4 min.)
• Diet-Friendly Meals in a Flash (6 recipes)
• Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery
• Segments from Exhale: Core Fusion Lean & Toned (10 min.) and Yoga to the Rescue for Neck & Shoulders (6 min.)

In just four years, Acacia has become a leading distributor of original and award-winning yoga, fitness, and wellness DVD programming. Acacia’s workouts include exhale’s critically-acclaimed Core Fusion series, innovative yoga practices from Shiva Rea, Body by Bethenny, as well as Keeping Fit, Bollywood Dance, and Dance and Be Fit lines. Acacia DVDs are available from select retailers, catalog companies, Amazon.com/acacia, and direct from Acacia at (800) 944-0474 or AcaciaLifestyle.com