Continental Beverage & Nutrition Announces Appointment of Dr. Odilza Vital, Former Associate of Dr. Robert Atkins, to Company's Board of Advisors


GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Continental Beverage & Nutrition, Inc. (OTCBB:COBN) today announced that it has engaged Dr. Odilza Vital to become a member of its Board of Advisors. Dr. Vital is an internationally renowned endocrinologist who worked extensively with Dr. Robert Atkins on the science associated with low carbohydrate lifestyles. Dr. Atkins wrote the forward of her book, "Lose Weight Forever."

Dr. Vital, with her extensive expertise in endocrinology, metabolism, geriatrics, nutrition, and womens' health issues, speaks on these subjects throughout the world, treats patients from offices in her native Brazil (Rio De Janeiro and Niteroi), the United States (Woodmere, New York), and Portugal. Dr. Vital is widely published, including several books on her various subjects of expertise, her most recent being "Lose Weight Forever," which employs her modified low carbohydrate diet and nutrition platform focusing on a diet replacing refined carbohydrates with low-glycemic carbohydrates.

"We are pleased to have a unique medical practitioner such as Dr. Vital join our Board of Advisors," said CB&N President and CEO, David Sackler. "I have had the pleasure of knowing Dr. Vital for five years, and I admire her abilities to use her personal experiences as a driving force to enhance peoples' lives through her medical practice. It is precisely those experiences that led to Dr. Vital's joining our Advisory Board, as she can empathize with the plight of our youth in overcoming weight issues and how those issues can impact a child's life. Subsequently, our focus on low-calorie, quality, nutritionally enhanced products for children, and other demographic-specific products, piqued her interest in helping us do the best job possible."

About Continental Beverage & Nutrition, Inc.:

Continental Beverage & Nutrition, Inc. develops, produces, and markets bottled water and nutritionally enhanced beverage products for distribution and sale throughout North America, and nutritional beverage products in conjunction with significant brands including TrimSpa, Pinnacle, and others.

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