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Robert Abel, Jr.


Robert Abel, Jr., M.D., is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and an honor award recipient. Previously chairman of the department of ophthalmology at the Medical Center of Delaware, he is now a clinical professor of ophthalmology at...
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Paul Addis


Paul Addis, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, spent more than three decades teaching human nutrition at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis–St. Paul. He has been published in many scientific journals and has several patents as a result of his extensive research for...
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Stephen Adele


Stephen Adele has been helping individuals improve their physiques and performance over the last fifteen years and is the CEO of supplement manufacturer iSatori Technologies. He is coauthor of The 21-Day Ultimate Energy Plan and The Lean...
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Bob Alejo


Bob Alejo, C.S.C.S., Strength and Conditioning Director at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has nearly twenty-five years of experience training athletes. He was the conditioning coach for the Oakland Athletics baseball team from 1993 to 2001, and also trained...
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RoseMarie Gionta Alfieri


RoseMarie Gionta Alfieri, M.A., is a certified fitness professional and a New York–based freelance writer specializing in health and fitness. She is the author of several fitness books and a frequent contributor to Let’s Live...
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Ann Andrews


Ann Andrews has distilled her experience with Parkinson’s disease with the same intuition and energy that made her one of New Zealand’s most sought-after television documentary researchers. Also an accomplished teacher and film producer, Andrews reinforces her personal experiences with...
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Jose Antonio


Jose Antonio, Ph.D., C.S.C.S., F.A.C.S.M., earned his doctorate at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, where he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism....
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Michael Apple


Dr. Michael Apple earned his medical degree at Birmingham University and has been in general practice since 1980. He was chairman of the Medical Writers Group of the Society of Authors from 2005 to 2006 and has written several best-selling...
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Deborah Arneson


Deborah Arneson, B.S., M.S., is an accredited member of the International Association of Clinical Nutritionists, the American Preventive Medical Association, the National Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, and the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. In her more than two decades of...
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Wolfgang Auer


Dr. Auer’s medical studies took him to many universities in Austria, Germany, and North America. After completing his medical studies in 1988, he spent several years in clinics and hospitals in Austria. He started his own medical practice in Neumarkt...
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Ken Babel


Ken Babal, C.N., is a licensed, certified nutritionist through American Health Science University and a member of the National Association of Nutrition...
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Carol Isaacson Barash


Carol Isaacson Barash, Ph.D., is principal of Genetics, Ethics, and Policy Consulting, which she founded in 1994 to assist organizations in implementing new genetic knowledge and...
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Kathleen Barnes


Kathleen Barnes is a journalist and coauthor of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health. Ms. Barnes wrote a natural health column for Woman’s World magazine for more than six years, and she is also editor of The Yeast Connection and Women’s...
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Jon Barron


Jon Barron has been a pioneer in the study of nutrition, disease prevention, and antiaging for the last 40 years. He is editor and publisher of the Baseline of Health Newsletter and the Barron Report, which are both read by...
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Jonathan Berkowitz


Jonathan M. Berkowitz, M.D., is the author of Asthma: Relax—You’re Not Going to Die. A graduate of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he completed his residency at Mount Sinai and Montefiore Medical Centers in New York City. He is...
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Burt Berkson


Burt Berkson, M.D., is the director of the Integrative Medicine Center of New Mexico, located in Las Cruces, and is the author of The Alpha-Lipoic Acid...
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George D. Birkmayer


George D. Birkmayer, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor at the University of Graz, Austria, and head of its division of neurochemistry. He is also visiting professor at the University of Beijing and Canton, China, and director of the International Academy...
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Melissa Block


Melissa Block, M.Ed., received her training in exercise and physiology. She has been coauthor of numerous books, including the User’s Guide to...
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Kenneth Blum


Dr. Kenneth Blum is an internationally recognized authority in...
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Michael Bonner


Michael P. Bonner, D.D.S., is the health and wellness coordinator for a large group practice in San Antonio, Texas. He lectures to physicians and dentists in the United States and abroad and is the author of numerous health and wellness...
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Jeffrey Bost


Jeffrey Bost is a neurosurgical physician assistant and clinical instructor in the department of neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has coauthored many presentations, articles, and grants exploring the use of omega-3 fatty...
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James Braly


James Braly, M.D., author of the best-selling Dr. Braly�s Food Allergy & Nutrition Revolution and Dangerous Grains, is an internationally renowned expert on food allergy, gluten sensitivity, celiac disease, and clinical nutrition. He is currently medical editor of Let�s Live...
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Eric Braverman


Eric R. Braverman, M.D., (pictured with wife, Sasha) is the director of the Place for Achieving Total Health (PATH Medical), located in New York City. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from Brandeis University and his M.D. with honors...
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Ian E. Brighthope


Ian E. Brighthope, M.D., is a past president of The Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, and he was a founding director of the Orthomolecular Medical Association of Australia. He has published extensively on the use of nutrition in...
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Leigh Broadhurst


Leigh Broadhurst, Ph.D., is a geochemist and geobotanist at the U.S. government agricultural research facility in Maryland. Dr. Broadhurst’s research specialties include analytical biogeochemistry, trace element nutrition, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and medicinal...
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Joan Brookhyser Hogan


Joan Brookhyser Hogan, R.D., C.S.R., C.D., is a registered dietitian and board-certified renal nutrition specialist. She is a frequent speaker and writer on the subject of nutrition and treatment of kidney disease, with several articles published on this subject. As...
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Liz Brown


Liz Brown is a freelance health and nutrition writer based in Portland, Oregon. She earned a B.S. in Nutrition from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities and regularly contributes articles to various...
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Ruby M. Brown


Ruby M. Brown is a qualified food technology educator who has worked with students in all areas of home economics. She is a talented and dedicated teacher and author. Gluten-Free Cooking is one of her books on special diets, the...
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Frederick Buechel


Frederick F. Buechel, M.D., F.A.A.O.S., F.A.C.S. is a widely respected orthopedic surgeon, anti-aging physician, researcher, and developer in the field of total joint replacement since 1974. He is a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Medicine and...
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Ralph Campbell


Ralph Campbell, M.D., is a lifelong advocate of nutritional medicine. He maintained a large pediatric practice in Southern California for thirteen years before moving to Polson, Montana, in 1970. Dr. Campbell conducted well-child clinics for the Salish Kootenai Reservation, established...
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William Campbell


William Campbell, Ph.D., C.S.C.S., is an assistant professor at the University of South Florida, where his primary research focuses on sports nutrition and exercise...
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Brooks Carder


Brooks Carder, Ph.D., began his career as assistant professor of psychology at UCLA, followed by fifteen years as an executive of a drug rehabilitation organization, and ten years running a marketing communications company. He has published over forty papers in...
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Hyla Cass


Hyla Cass, M.D., is a noted speaker, consultant, and media expert in the areas of nutritional medicine and psychiatry, which she combines in her clinical practice. She is also assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine, and...
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Jack Challem


Jack Challem, a leading American health writer, is editor of The Nutrition Reporter newsletter (www.nutritionreporter.com), lead author of Syndrome X, and author of The Inflammation Syndrome and Feed Your Genes Right. His scientific articles have appeared in Medical Hypotheses, Free...
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Claude Chauchard


Dr. Claude Chauchard obtained his doctorate in endocrinology, biology,...
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Thomas Claire


Thomas Claire is a New York State licensed massage therapist, writer,...
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Dallas Clouatre


Dallas Clouatre, Ph.D., has spent many years in the extensive study of both Western and Asian healing traditions. He has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, and now consults for major nutritional firms in the United States, Europe,...
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Elliot S. Dacher


Elliott S. Dacher, M.D., received his medical degree in 1970 and practiced full-time internal medicine for twenty-one years. He is the author of Whole Healing (Dutton, 1996) and Intentional Healing (Marlowe, 1996). Currently, Dr. Dacher studies, practices, and teaches the...
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Gerard Dante


Gerard Dente has over fifteen years of experience in bodybuilding and nutrition. He is a former top-ranked national bodybuilder who has now dedicated his life to sports enhancement through nutrition and supplementation. He is the founder and president of one...
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Jordan K. Davis


Jordan K. Davis, M.D., a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, received his medical degree at the University of Alabama/Birmingham, and is a founder of the Brain and Memory Institute of America, the American Anti-Aging Foundation, the Spine...
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Joseph DiGirolamo


Joseph DiGirolamo, O.D., was born in southern California and his family later moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in biology from Villanova University. His graduate work at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry included rotations at the Eye...
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Scott Donkin


Scott W. Donkin, D.C., is senior advisor of the Carnegie Mellon Driver Training and Safety Institute, Inc. Dr. Donkin is considered an expert on the use of the physical environment to promote balance, physical performance, safety and longevity. Dr. Donkin...
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Damien Downing


Damien Downing, M.D., is president of the British Society for Ecological Medicine and editor of the Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. He has undertaken pioneering work in the treatment of allergies, the link between behavioral disorders and nutrition, and...
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Jennifer Dufton


Jennifer Dufton is a fully qualified Pilates teacher and runs a private practice in Norfolk, UK. She has taught in some of London’s most prestigious studios and has worked with a wide variety of clients, including actors, models, and members...
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Myra Michelle Eby


Myra Michelle Eby is the founder and president of MyChelle Dermaceuticals, an all-natural, eco-friendly, cruelty-free skin care company. Before starting her company, she worked as an educator and salesperson in the holistic health field for thirteen years. She has a...
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Jan Endacott


Jan Endacott trained for twelve years at the acclaimed Bush Davies Ballet School and subsequently traveled the world enjoying a successful career as a professional dancer and dance teacher. She then qualified as a personal fitness trainer and sports psychologist,...
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Jim English


Jim English is an established health writer who specializes in vitamins and...
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Russell Farris


Russell Farris is a retired artificial-intelligence researcher who spent most of his life solving problems for the U.S. Navy. After suffering a heart attack in 1998, he began to apply his problem-solving skills to the study of heart disease and...
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Salvatore Fichera


Salvatore Fichera, M.S., has been studying, practicing, and teaching the benefits of proper exercise and nutrition since 1987. He is the founder of Forza Fitness, a company that blends holistic philosophy with cutting-edge scientific research. His writings have appeared in...
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Jeremy Fields


Jeremy Z. Fields, Ph.D., is a biomedical researcher and science...
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Harold D. Foster


Harold D. Foster, Ph.D., worked as a geomorphologist, professor of medical geography, and consultant to the U.N. in disaster planning. He authored or edited over 300 publications, which focused on reducing disaster losses or identifying the causes of chronic degenerative...
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Kenneth Frank


Kenneth Frank, M.D., a graduate of New York University School of Medicine, is a member of numerous prestigious organizations, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College for the Advancement of Medicine, and the American Society of Bariatric...
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David Freud


David Freud is a medical researcher who possesses vast knowledge about detoxification protocols for a range of environmental toxins, as well as many supportive natural healing remedies. He created three databases with physical, emotional, and metaphysical information from which his...
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Linda Freud


Linda Freud is regarded by many physicians as being the leading medical intuitive in America and throughout the world. Her international reputation stems from her extraordinary ability to cure or dramatically improve very difficult medical conditions that have eluded conventional...
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Nan Kathryn Fuchs


Nan Kathryn Fuchs, Ph.D., is a nutritionist in private practice in Sebastopol, California, as well as a health educator. She is author...
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Stephen Fulder


Stephen Fulder, Ph.D., is both a research scientist and a successful author. He received his master’s degree in biochemistry from Oxford University, and his Ph.D. from the National Institute for Medical Research in London. Dr. Fulder has been involved in...
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Sophie Gabriel


Sophie Gabriel has been sharing her expertise in breathing with people around the world for more than 20 years. In that time, she has helped scores of dancers and elite athletes attain optimum performance levels. Health care professionals have sought...
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Fran Gare


Fran Gare is a clinical nutritionist and naturopathic physician who has coauthored six best-selling books including Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution, Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Cookbook, and The Mandells’ It’s Not Your Fault You’re Fat. Dr. Gare was the Director of...
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Karolyn A. Gazella


Karolyn A. Gazella, a writer and holistic marketing specialist, was treated for ovarian cancer at the age of thirty-three. Determined to stay healthy after her cancer treatment, she embraced all-natural, nontoxic products and other healthy approaches to...
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Vincent Giampapa


Vincent C. Giampapa, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a plastic surgeon in the field of anti-aging medicine, as well as an original contributor to the field of cosmetic surgery. He is one of the founding members of the American Academy of Anti-Aging...
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Robert Goldman


Dr. Robert Goldman is�along with being a scientist, surgeon, inventor, researcher, entrepreneur, and author�a former world-champion strength athlete, holding more than twenty world records. He is recognized as a world expert on drug testing and anabolic steroids, and has helped...
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Michael J. González


Michael J. González, D.Sc., Ph.D., is a professor at the School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico. He has authored over 100 scientific publications and earned several research awards for his work on nutrition and...
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James Gormley


James Gormley is a well-known health and nutrition writer whose articles...
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Jason Greenspan


Jason S. Greenspan earned a B.S. in exercise science and is a certified personal trainer. With more than fifteen years experience, he also holds specialty certificates in older adult, post-rehab, and pre- and postnatal...
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Georges Halpem


Georges M. Halpern, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Nutrition, University of California, Davis, and is the author of twelve books on natural substances and solutions. He has lectured in seventy-four countries, acted as consultant to many...
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Tim Hennessey


Tim Hennessy, M.D., is a board-certified internist in a Wilmington, Delaware, group practice of primary care physicians. He publishes an online bimonthly health newsletter, H-mail: Medical Education Made Easy, and teaches internal medicine at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia,...
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Steve Hickey


Steve Hickey has a B.A. from the Open University, membership in the Institute of Biology by examination in pharmacology, and he is a chartered biologist and a former member of the British Computer Society. He has more than 100 scientific...
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Abram Hoffer


Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.(C), is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the medical use of vitamin therapy. His early work led to the use of vitamin B3 for schizophrenia and as an anticholesterol treatment. His research and clinical experience...
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Ronald L. Hoffman


Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D., is recognized as one of America’s foremost complementary medicine practitioners. He is founder and medical director of the Hoffman Center in New York City, author of numerous books and articles for the public and health professionals,...
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Patrick Holford


Patrick Holford is founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. He is director of the Food for Brain Foundation, whose Brain Bio Clinic offers cutting-edge treatment for mental health disorders using an optimum nutrition approach. He is Britain’s...
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Kevin Hopkins


Kevin J. Hopkins attended Rutgers University College of Pharmacy. After working for one of the nation’s largest compounding pharmacies, he started a business that intergrated the use of nutritional supplements...
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Christine Horner


Christine Horner, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a nationally known surgeon, residing in Taos, New Mexico. She holds two board certifications: the National Board of Surgery and the National Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Horner was recognized as a leader in her...
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Larry M. Howard


Larry M. Howard holds degrees in teacher education and physical education. After working as a teacher and therapist, he became a seminar speaker, marketing consultant, vice president, and ultimately president of companies that specialize in nutritional and fortified food products....
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Ronald Hunninghake


Ronald Hunninghake, M.D., received his medical degree from the University of...
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Beatrice Trum Hunter


Beatrice Trum Hunter has written numerous books and articles on food and environmental issues. She has brought to public attention many subjects before general awareness with The Natural Foods Cookbook, Gardening Without Poisons, and Food Additives & Your Health. As...
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Lisa Iannucci


Lisa Iannucci has been a health writer for two decades, contributing to such magazines as Weight Watchers, American Health, Frequent Flyer, Parenting, and Skyguide Go, as well as to USA Weekend and the LA Times MagazineTravel Section. She is also...
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John Ivy


John Ivy, Ph.D., is a professor and head of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas. He is a world-renowned expert on the role of nutrition in exercise performance. He has published over 150 research...
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Rehan Jalali


Rehan Jalali has been studying the science, efficacy, and safety of sports supplements for more than a decade. He is a nationally recognized sports nutritionist who has developed over 100 cutting-edge products for the dietary supplement industry. Jalali has worked...
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Michael Janson


Michael Janson, M.D., is past president of the American College for the Advancement in Medicine and the American Preventive Medicine Association. He is a member of the American College of Nutrition and the American Association for the Advancement of Science....
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Bill Kameges


Bill Karneges is a health educator and nutritional consultant based in San Francisco. He is the author of The Memory...
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Emily Kane


Emily A. Kane, N.D., L.Ac., the daughter of American diplomats, spent her early years in the Middle East, and graduated from The Madeira School near Washington, D.C., and Harvard University. She gave up her first, decade-long career in the performing...
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Ohan Karatoprak


Ohan Karatoprak, M.D., is a specialist in family practice/geriatrics and a clinical assistant professor at...
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Knute Keeling


Knute Keeling is a fitness specialist at the Laguna Health Club in Laguna Beach, California, where he provides one-on-one fitness training. His clients range in age from twelve to seventy-five and include athletes, weekend warriors, and people who are trying...
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Ronald Klatz


Dr. Ronald Klatz is one of the world’s foremost authorities on...
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Linda Knittel


Linda Knittel, M.A., is a nutritional anthropologist and freelance health writer living in Portland, Oregon. She is the coauthor of The Soy Sensation and has published articles in Gourmet, Natural Health, Yoga Journal, Let’s Live, and Delicious...
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Mikhail Krupnik


Mikhail Krupnik, M.S., NSCA-CPT, owns and operates a martial arts and personal training studio in Port Washington, New York. He has supervised exercise prescription classes at New York University and taught fitness and weight training courses at Hofstra University as...
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Vimla Lalvani


Vimla Lalvani is an acclaimed yoga expert and teacher. She has made many television appearances and produced a number of best-selling videos. Her previous books include Yogacise, Classic Yoga, Yoga for Stress, and the Complete Book of...
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Ephraim Lansky


Ephraim P. Lansky, M.D., completed his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. For the past twenty-three years, Dr. Lansky has practiced general complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and has certification in acupuncture, classical homeopathy, hypnosis, medical...
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Marcus Laux


Dr. Marcus Laux is a licensed naturopathic physician, clinical professor, and author who draws on his extensive clinical experience as a family practice...
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James LaValle


Dr. James B. LaValle, R.Ph., C.C.N., N.D., has been involved with natural medicine for the past fifteen years. Known as America’s Pharmacist, he is a nationally recognized figure in the field of natural therapeutics. Dr. LaValle’s experience ranges from extensive...
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Kim Hendrickson Lefler


Kim Hendrickson Lefler has spent more than thirty years in advertising, marketing, product management, and public relations at J. Walter Thompson, BBDO, 3M Company, Data General Croporation, and others. She resides with her family in Beaverdam,...
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Shari Lieberman


Shari Lieberman, Ph.D., C.N.C., F.A.C.N., is a clinical nutritionist based in New...
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Elizabeth Lipski


Elizabeth Lipski holds a doctorate in clinical nutrition and is a board certified clinical nutritionist. Dr. Lipski has worked in the field of holistic and complementary medicine for over twenty-five years and is the author of Digestive Wellness and Leaky...
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Michelle Lovitt


Michelle Lovitt is a graduate of California State University, Fresno, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in sports nutrition and a master’s degree in exercise physiology. She has worked as a strength-and-conditioning coach with Olympic athletes, including four gold medal...
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Henry Lu


Henry Lu, Ph.D., has practiced traditional Chinese medicine for thirty years....
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Christine Lydon


Christine Lydon, M.D., is an independent consultant for several of the world’s largest sports nutrition companies. She designed the diet protocol used at an award-winning Los Angeles health club chain and has been a personal fitness consultant to numerous Hollywood...
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Douglas MacKay


Douglas MacKay, N.D., is a graduate of the National College of Naturopathic...
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Douglas Margel


Douglas L. Margel, D.C., has been in private practice in Colorado since 1990, specializing in soft tissues and clinical nutrition. He graduated with honors from Western States Chiropractic College and has taught extensively, including at the University of Colorado and...
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Per Marin


Per Mårin, M.D., Ph.D., is a distinguished scientist, physician, and clinical teacher from Sweden. He has been writing about obesity since 1985, and many of his eighty-two publications deal with the effects of cortisol on weight and...
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Joseph C. Maroon


Joseph C. Maroon, M.D., is a professor and vice chairman of the department of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also a Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience as well as the team neurosurgeon to the...
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Brigitte Mars


Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., is an herbalist and nutritional consultant from Boulder, Colorado, who has been working with natural medicine for more than thirty years. She teaches herbal medicine through Esalen, the Boulder College of Massage Therapy, and the Naropa Institute....
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Keri Marshall


Keri Marshall, N.D., is a graduate of the National College of Naturopathic...
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Vinton McCabe


Vinton McCabe is both an author and an educator. In his more than fifteen years as president of the Connecticut Homeopathic Association, he taught the philosophy and practice of homeopathic medicine to thousands of laypersons and medical professionals alike. He...
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Gillian McKeith


Dr. Gillian McKeith is director of the McKeith Clinic in London. A highly respected clinical nutritionist, she consults with patients, conducts key clinical research, and regularly publishes her findings. Her patients include celebrities, royalty, and world-class athletes. She is the...
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Malcolm Noell McLeod


Malcolm Noell McLeod, M.D., has practiced psychiatry and psychoanalysis for more than thirty years. In addition, he is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. His research on chromium and atypical depression has...
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Chris Meletis


Chris Meletis, N.D., is a naturopathic doctor, currently in practice at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, where he serves as dean of naturopathic medicine and chief medical officer. He lectures widely and is the author of...
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James Meschino


James Meschino D.C., M.A., is a charismatic lecturer, author, and chiropractor who has educated the general public and consumers for the last twenty years on how optimal health benefits natural beauty. Dr. Meschino holds a master’s degree in science with...
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Gerard Meyer


Gerard Meyer, Ph.D., is president and CEO of Carnegie Mellon Driver Training and Safety Institute....
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Steve Michalik


Steve Michalik, a triple-crown bodybuilding champion, whose twenty-five titles include Mr. USA, Mr. America, and Mr. Universe, began his unique system of Atomic Fitness Training as a young man. Steve has been written up in The New York Times, Sports...
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David Miller


David K. Miller has worked in the addiction field for twenty-five years and is a certified substance abuse counselor(C.S.A.C. II). His interest in the connection between biochemistry and food addiction led him to Dr. Kenneth Blum with whom he wrote...
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Robert Milne


Robert D. Milne, M.D., graduated from the University of Southern California and the University of Missouri–Columbia School of Medicine....
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Mark Mincolla, Ph.D.


Mark Mincolla, Ph.D., is a nutritional therapist, energy healer, and medical intuitive who has studied Eastern medicine and healing arts with Chinese masters. Integrating ancient Chinese techniques with cutting-edge nutritional science, Mincolla centers his work on the bio-individuality of each...
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Earl Mindell


Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert on...
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Jorge R. Miranda-Massari


Jorge R. Miranda-Massari, Pharm.D., is the author of numerous scientific publications and the creator of the first course in integrative medicine at the University of Puerto Rico’s School of...
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Deborah Mitchell


Deborah Mitchell is a medical writer and journalist whose articles have appeared in professional journals as well as national consumer magazines. She has authored or coauthored more than two dozen books about various health topics, including The Home Health Adviser,...
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Karyn Mitchell


Karyn Mitchell, N.D., Ph.D., is a naturopathic psychologist from St. Charles, Illinois. For thirty-eight years she has worked with herbs, organic foods, and nutrition. She teaches at Midwest Naturopathic College and lectures throughout the world, aspiring to educate people about...
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Marie Moneysmith


Marie Moneysmith, a health writer, is a columnist for Let’s Live magazine and the articles editor for GreatLife magazine. She is also author of the Basic Health Publications User’s Guide to Good Fats and Bad...
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Frank Murray


Frank Murray is Senior Editorial Advisor for Let’s Live, GreatLife, Physical, and Get Active! magazines in Los Angeles. He is the author or coauthor of forty-seven books on health and nutrition, including Ampalaya: Nature’s Remedy for Type 1 and Type...
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Robert Newman


Robert A. Newman, Ph.D., received postgraduate training in pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Georgia Medical School, the University of Vermont School of Medicine, and Stanford University. He is a faculty member at the University of Texas M. D....
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Mary T. Newport


Mary T. Newport, M.D., has provided care to newborns in Florida since 1983 and is currently the founding director of the newborn intensive care unit at Spring Hill Regional Hospital. In July 2008 Dr. Newport wrote an article, “What If...
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Diane Nitski-George


Diane Nitski-George, R.Ph., MBA, BCNSP, has been a licensed...
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Ayn Nix


Ayn Nix is a writer and editor with more than a decade of experience at Let’s Live and American Fitness magazines. She is also a regular contributor to Better Nutrition...
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Lee Noonan


Lee Noonan has had a dual career as a writer and licensed massage therapist in New York City since 1975. She is particularly knowledgeable in the fields of nutrition, health, and stress...
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Kathleen O'Bannon


Kathleen O’Bannon, C.N.C., author of six books on nutrition and natural foods cooking, is an international speaker, lecturer, and seminar leader. Her articles and recipes have been published widely, and she has appeared on more than 5,000 radio and TV...
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Tony O'Donnell


Tony O’Donnell, N.D., is a naturopathic physician and is president of Emerald Greens, a natural products...
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Clinton Ober


Clinton Ober started as a cable TV salesman in Billings, Montana, and rose to become a leader in the industry. Following a near fatal disease in 1993, he embarked on a personal journey looking for a higher purpose in life....
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Clinton Ober


Clinton Ober started as a cable TV salesman in Billings, Montana, and rose to become a leader in the industry. Following a near fatal disease in 1993, he embarked on a personal journey looking for a higher purpose in life....
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Kim Ortloff


Kim Ortloff has a degree in exercise physiology from Florida State University and is a licensed massage therapist. She has worked as a team therapist at both the collegiate and Olympic...
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Richard A. Passwater


Richard A. Passwater, Ph.D., a research biochemist, has written numerous books and magazine articles on the subject of nutrition, including the best-selling Supernutrition: Megavitamin Revolution. Dr. Passwater writes a monthly column for Whole Foods magazine....
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Anthony G. Payne


Anthony G. Payne, Ph.D., is a biological theoretician and senior science writer on staff at the Steenblock Research...
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Jason Payne-James


Dr. Jason Payne-James qualified in 1980 at the London Hospital Medical College. He trained in surgery and gastroenterology. He is a forensic medical examiner for the Metropolitan Police Service and the City of London Police and regularly acts as an...
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Fred Pescatore, MD


Fred Pescatore, M.D., a traditionally trained physician who practices integrative medicine, is medical director of the AHCC Research Association, headquartered in Rye, New York. His private practice, the Centers for Integrative and Complementary Medicine, maintains offices in New York City...
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Alvin Pettle


Alvin Pettle, M.D., is a pioneering Canadian gynecologist who specializes in complementary medicine for...
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Andi Phillips


Andi Phillips is a culinary arts instructor and recipe developer for numerous clients including Café Suras in Los Angeles. She is also a regular contributor to Better Nutrition magazine....
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Robert Portman


Robert Portman, Ph.D., is managing partner at Signal Nutrition, LLC, a nutrition technology research and development company, and founder of PacificHealth Laboratories. He is the co-author of Nutrient Timing and The Performance Zone. He has been a pioneer in developing...
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Gregory Pouls


Gregory Pouls, D.C., F.I.C.N., is a doctor of chiropractic, author, nutritional-product formulator, and cofounder and director of the Health Enhancement Center. For more than fifteen years, Dr. Pouls has been researching the health effects of exposure to heavy metals and...
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Maile Pouls


Maile Pouls, Ph.D., is a clinical nutritionist, enzyme therapist, health educator, author, and cofounder of the Health Enhancement Center. For the past sixteen years, she has been working to identify and resolve her patients’ nutritional and biochemical...
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Jonathan E. Prousky


Jonathan E. Prousky, M.Sc., N.D., graduated from Bastyr University (Kenmore, WA) with a Doctorate in naturopathic medicine and completed a Family Practice Residency sponsored by the National College of Naturopathic Medicine. As the Chief Naturopathic Medical Officer at the Canadian...
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Elizabeth Renaghan


Elizabeth Renaghan is editor of the newsletter The Dog Love...
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Robert Rister


Robert S. Rister is a fourth-generation herbalist with twenty years of...
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Robert Portman, Ph.D., is managing partner at Signal Nutrition, LLC, a nutrition technology research and development company, and founder of PacificHealth Laboratories. He is the co-author of Nutrient Timing and The Performance Zone. He has been a pioneer in developing...
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Hillary Roberts


Hilary Roberts, Ph.D., completed her doctoral research on early life under-nutrition in the Department of Child Health at the University of Manchester, England. She is the co-author, with Steve Hickey, of Ascorbate: The Science of Vitamin C, Cancer: Nutrition and...
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James K. Rone


James K. Rone, M.D., is a board-certified endocrinologist in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He pursued medical studies at the University of South Carolina, his residency at Keesler U.S. Air Force Medical Center, in Biloxi, Mississippi, and his fellowship in endocrinology at Wilford...
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Ken Roseboro


Ken Roseboro is editor and publisher of The Non-GMO Source, a monthly newsletter that helps food producers respond to the challenges of genetically engineered foods. Roseboro has written extensively about the genetic engineering of foods for many agricultural and food...
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David Russell


David Russell, Ph.D., has practiced and taught classical medical disciplines and spiritual psychology in Europe, the United States, and Nepal for thirty years. He is a founding member of the Danish Society for Integrated Medicine. Currently, he maintains a practice...
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Yochanan Rywerant


Yochanan Rywerant began his studies with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904–1985) in 1952 and has practiced Functional Integration for more than twenty years. Today he leads seminars and training sessions in the United States and throughout the world. His book was...
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Michael A. Samuel


Michael A. Samuel, M.D., a renowned retina specialist and ophthalmologist, works with patients at both ends of the life span--infants born with retinopathy of prematurity, and elders who suffer from age-related macular...
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Carla Sanchez


Carla Sanchez, C.S.C.S., has extensive experience in the fitness industry as a professional fitness competitor, writer, speaker, model, and coach. She is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and is the owner of the Performance Ready Fitness & Figure...
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Bill Sardi


Bill Sardi is a consumer advocate and health journalist who lectures on various topics in health and nutrition and is frequently heard on radio programs across the United States. He has worked as a consultant to the eye-care industry for...
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Andrew W. Saul


Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D., has taught clinical nutrition at the New York Chiropractic College and health science and biology at the State University of New York. He has been in practice as a natural therapeutics consultant for nearly thirty years....
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Alexander Schauss


Alexander G. Schauss, Ph.D., is the director of natural and medicinal products...
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Carol & David Schiller


Carol Schiller and David Schiller are the authors of five internationally published books on the use of essential oils, and cofounders of the International Aromatherapy and Herb Association (IAHA). Carol and David have spent over twenty years studying and researching...
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Robert Schneider


Robert H. Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., is director of the Institute for Natural Medicineand Prevention at Maharishi University of Management. He has received numerous grants from the NIH to further his pioneering research on natural approaches to heart disease. His findings...
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Angela Sehgal


Angela Sehgal is on the faculty of the Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences at Florida State University. She has been a certified and licensed athletic trainer since 1988....
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Frank Shallenberger


Frank Shallenberger, M.D., is the founder of the Nevada Center of Alternative and Anti-Aging Medicine, president of the Nevada Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Association, and a founding member of the Medical Advisory Board of the International Bio-Oxidative Medical...
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Moshe Shifrine


Moshe Shifrine, Ph.D., received his degree from the University of California at Davis. He has worked at the USDA in Kenya, the Haskins Laboratory in New York, and has served as Full Professor of Immunology and Microbiology at the University...
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Mackie Shilstone


Mackie Shilstone is one of the nation’s leading fitness, performance, and lifestyle consultants. He currently directs “The Fitness Principle with Mackie Shilstone” at East Jefferson General Hospital in Louisiana. He has appeared on Good Morning America and 20/20, and been...
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Carol Simontacchi


Carol Simontacchi is a certified clinical nutritionist and the author of a number of books on nutrition, including Your Fat Is Not Your Fault, The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children, and...
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Graham Simpson


Graham Simpson, M.D., graduated from the University of Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa. After practicing in South Africa and England, he moved to the United States where he is board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine. Dr. Simpson,...
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Stephen Sinatra


Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C, is a board-certified cardiologist, a certified bioenergetic psychotherapist, and a certified nutrition and antiaging specialist. At his practice in Manchester, Connecticut, Dr. Sinatra integrates conventional medicine with complementary nutritional and psychological therapies to help heal...
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Melissa Diane Smith


Melissa Diane Smith is a Tucson, Arizona-based nutritionist, health educator, and author. Her other books include Going Against the Grain, Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance, User’s Guide to Chromium, and User’s Guide to...
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John Speraw


John Speraw is the head men’s volleyball coach at the University of California, Davis. He did undergraduate work at UCLA in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and was on two NCAA champion men’s volleyball teams. As a coach at UCLA, he...
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Gene Spiller


Dr. Gene Spiller has an M.S. and a Ph.D. in nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a certified nutrition specialist (C.N.S.) and a fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He is director of the Sphera Foundation...
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Monica Spiller taught high school chemistry in England before coming to the San Francisco Bay area as an analytical chemist in pharmaceuticals. She founded the nonprofit organization Whole Grain Connection to promote the production of wholegrain bread....
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David Steenblock


David Steenblock, M.S., D.O., is pioneering research-oriented physician and director of Steenblock Research Institute. Dr. Steenblock’s Therapeutics Medical Clinic in Mission Viejo, California, offers a comprehensive neuro-rehab...
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Mark Stengler


Mark Stengler, N.D., known as the Natural Physician, is the author of Your Vital Child, The Natural Physicians’ Healing Therapies, and Maitake Gold 404. Dr. Stengler is a graduate of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and...
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Sidney Stevens is a veteran health writer and...
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Andrew Tutino


Andrew Tutino, D.C., graduated from the Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles. He has been in practice for fifteen years at the Delta Chiropractic Clinic and at the Optimum Health Institute, both in San Diego, California. He lectures frequently on...
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Dave Tuttle, a bodybuilder who has competed professionally, received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and his master’s degree from Harvard University. He writes regularly for Let’s Live, Physical, and other...
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Vera Tweed is a veteran journalist who has written about all aspects of healthy living. She is a regular contributor to Let’s Live, GreatLife, and Get Active magazines....
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Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe


Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe, M.S., is the author of eight books and hundreds of articles, and publisher of an award-winning monthly health e-letter. Vanderhaeghe also hosts the popular Internet talk show “Ask...
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Laurel Vukovic, M.S.W., has served as apsychotherapist, herbalist, teacher, and writer for more than two decades. Since 1992, she has been a columnist and contributing editor for Natural Health magazine. She is also the author of several books, including Herbal...
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Kevin Weiland, M.D., F.A.C.P., is an internal medicine physician with a practice in Rapid City, South...
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Linda Freud is regarded by many physicians as being the leading medical intuitive in America and throughout the world. Her international reputation stems from her extraordinary ability to cure or dramatically improve very difficult medical conditions that have eluded conventional...
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David Y. Wong, M.D., is board certified in family practice medicine and cofounder and director of the Health Integration Center in Torrance and Santa Monica, California--an innovative educational and holistic health center founded in 1978 that utilizes a variety of...
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Donald Yance, Jr., C.N., M.H., A.H.G., is a practicing clinical master herbalist and certified nutritionist specializing in the use of nutritional and herbal approaches to cancer, AIDS, heart disease and other chronic health conditions, as complementary and/or primary therapies and...
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Paul Yanick, Jr., Ph.D., N.D., C.N.C., is a scientist, researcher, author, and lecturer widely considered one of the foremost authorities on Quantum Medicine, Anti-Aging Medicine, and Quantum Nutrition. He is an established medical author who has published over 160 professional...
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Pavel I. Yutsis, M.D., is the director of the Cam Institute for Integrative Therapies and The Yutsis Center for Integrative Medicine, both in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Yutsis is also the host of From Allergies to Aging, a long-running radio...
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Michael P. Zimring, M.D., is a board-certified internist in private practice...
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Martin Zucker


Martin Zucker has written extensively on natural healing, fitness, and alternative medicine for thirty...
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Marty Zucker has been writing about alternative medicine, nutrition, and natural healing for more than twenty years. His work includes a dozen books, including Preventing Arthritis. He is a former Associated Press...
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