How to Alkalize Your Life: Creating the 7+ Lifestyle
Julia Furlipa, MS '19
Presented on: Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT
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How do you go from simply surviving to operating at your absolute highest potential? It starts by stepping onto the holistic spectrum. In this presentation, celebrity nutritionist and author Julia Furlipa breaks down the exact lifestyle architecture required to look leaner, feel fitter, and thrive from the inside out.
Using the seven pivotal pillars from her book, The 7+ Lifestyle: A Recipe Book for Life, Furlipa guides you through a total lifestyle reboot: grounding yourself in your core motivation, cleaning up your physical environment, and dialing in your sleep, hydration, and movement. She will also unpack the game-changing science of alkalizing your body through whole-food, plant-based nutrition. You’ll learn how standard nutrition protocols miss the mark on chronic inflammation and how introducing high-vibrational, plant-based elements into your day-to-day can radically accelerate your recovery and vitality. Packed with science, practical habits, and Furlipa’s signature humor, this presentation is your invitation to build a resilient mind and an unstoppable body.
Furlipa is a powerhouse nutritionist, personal trainer, and sports nutrition coach dedicated to helping individuals disrupt the standard, shatter their limitations, and thrive inside and out. Known affectionately in her community as the “Plant-Powered Pull-Up Princess,” Furlipa’s precise, high-performance methodologies are trusted at the absolute pinnacle of professional sports—serving as the private nutritionist to 2026 NBA Champions on the New York Knicks, including All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson. Furlipa’s mission is deeply rooted in personal purpose. When she was just 15, her mother’s diagnosis of colon cancer sparked an urgent, lifelong quest to understand disease prevention and true, holistic recovery. Later, during her time at Binghamton, Furlipa faced her own near-fatal health crises, which were further compounded in 2024 by an intense battle with hidden environmental mold toxicity. It was during these trials that holistic doctors confirmed her 100% plant-based lifestyle literally saved her life. These experiences solidified her core philosophy: food is medicine, and true health requires a total, holistic spectrum.
Having coached more than 300 clients through complete physical, mental, and spiritual transformations, Furlipa bridges the gap between hard cellular science and daily habit architecture. She is the author of The 7+ Lifestyle: A Recipe Book for Life, in which she teaches readers how to move away from an "acidic," inflammatory existence and step into an energized, alkaline state of alignment across their diet, mindset, and environment. She scales this life-changing coaching through her private “Best Life By You” all-in-one mobile app, where she centralizes performance metrics and guides clients through her rigorous 4-Month Blueprint. She also hosts the “Best Life By You” podcast, sharing elite health, fitness, and mindset strategies with listeners globally.
Furlipa holds a Master of Science degree from Binghamton University and a Bachelor of Arts from Manhattanville College, alongside a relentless seven-year streak of postgraduate certifications in sports nutrition, behavior change, and advanced plant-based lifestyle medicine. A dedicated plant-based athlete since January 2020, Furlipa balances her high-octane coaching world with a healthy dose of fun. You can usually find her starting her day with a cold brew topped with soy milk, writing in a traditional composition notebook, or dancing and singing along to millennial favorites, especially anything by Justin Bieber. Whether she is prepping an elite athlete for a championship run or coaching you to unlock your highest potential, Furlipa always begins with one essential question: What is your why?
Stay Connected with Furlipa:
Book “The 7+ Lifestyle: A Recipe Book for Life!”: https://amzn.to/4rM6HpY
Podcast “Best Life By You”: https://www.youtube.com/@bestlifebyyoupodcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julia_bestlifebyyou/
All-in-One Best Life By You App: https://bestlifebyyoutracker.replit.app/
Work with her: https://www.bestlifebyyou.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@juliafurlipa
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