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David Brownstein, MD, is a Board-Certified family physician who utilizes the best of conventional and alternative therapies. He is the Medical Director for the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Brownstein is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College for the Advancement in Medicine. He is the father of two beautiful girls, Hailey and Jessica, and is a retired soccer coach. Dr. Brownstein has lectured internationally about his success using natural remedies. Dr. Brownstein has authored eight books: Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It, 3rd Edition; Drugs That Don’t Work and Natural Therapies That Do; The Miracle of Natural Hormones 3rd Edition; Overcoming Thyroid Disorders 2nd Edition; Overcoming Arthritis; Salt Your Way to Health; The Guide To Healthy Eating; and The Guide to a Gluten-Free Diet. Visit his website at www.centerforholisticmedicine.com

Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, MMedSci (neurology), MMedSci (nutrition), graduated with honors as a medical doctor in 1984 from Bashkir Medical University in Russia. In the following years she gained a postgraduate degree in neurology.After practicing for five years as a neurologist and three years as a neurosurgeon, she started a family and moved to the UK. Fairly shortly after that her son was diagnosed autistic, which prompted an intensive study into causes and treatments of autism. It was during this time that Dr. Campbell-McBride developed her theories on the relationship between neurological disorders and nutrition. She then completed a second postgraduate degree in human nutrition at Sheffield University, UK.

Having successfully treated her son, Dr. Campbell-McBride has returned to practice in 2000 and runs the Cambridge Nutrition Clinic. She has specialized in using nutritional approach as a treatment, and has become recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in treating children and adults with learning disabilities and other mental disorders, as well as children and adults with digestive and immune disorders.

In 2004 she has published Gut And Psychology Syndrome. Natural Treatment Of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Depression And Schizophrenia, in which she explores the connection between the patient's physical state and brain function. The book gives full details of the GAPS Nutritional Protocol, highly successful in treating patients with learning disabilities and other mental problems.

In her clinic, Dr Campbell-McBride works with many patients suffering from heart disease, high blood pressure, arrhythmia, stroke and other complications of atherosclerosis. She has become acutely aware of the existing confusion about nutrition and these conditions, which spurred an intensive study into this subject. The result of this study is her new book Put You Heart In Your Mouth! What Really Is Heart Disease And What We Can Do To Prevent And Even Reverse It.

Dr Campbell-McBride is a keynote speaker at many professional conferences and seminars around the world. She frequently gives talks to health practitioners, patient groups and associations. She is a member of the Society of Authors and a regular contributing health editor to a number of magazines and newsletters.

Mary Cordaro, Home Environmental Specialist, CEO H3Environmental is a Certified Bau-Bioloigist. She has also created a line of organic, hypo-allergic mattresses and bedding under her own name, called “The Mary Cordaro Collection Naturally Healthy, Organic Beds and Bedding.”  Since 1989, Mary has helped clients who are sensitive to conventional building and interior materials by providing resources for diagnosing and solving environmental home problems.  Her integrated approach is unique, synthesizing the fields of “Bau-Biologie,”* Building Science, and green building with an overlay of the low consumption, ecological lifestyle.  Cordaro directs a team of specialists who work together to test for and solve contaminant problems in homes. She also consults with homeowners, architects, interior designers and contractors on healthy (and not just green) new construction and remodels.   She lectures and teaches around the country. Visit her website at www.h3environmental.com.
*Bau-Biologie, which means “building with life,” is a field that originated in Germany. It is the study of how living and working environments affect both human and planetary health.

Lynne Farrow, MA, is a former college professor, journalist and editor. She currently serves as Director of the nonprofit research and advocacy organization, Breast Cancer Choices. She has moderated the Amazon Breast Cancer Internet Group for many years and investigated research for integrative therapies. In 2005, Breast Cancer Choices launched a patient-driven research initiative, The Iodine Investigation Project. This database study follows women using iodine as a part of their therapy strategy for breast disease, with an emphasis on breast cancer. The organization is the first cancer advocacy group to conduct a database study by patients for patients. Lynne also moderates Breast Cancer Think Tank, an information-oriented Internet discussion group exploring articles, studies, therapies, ideas and medical conference speeches. Visit her website at www.breastcancerchoices.org.

Mark Kastel is co-founder of The Cornucopia Institute, a progressive farm policy research group based in Wisconsin and director of its Organic Integrity Project.

For almost 20 years prior to its launch he was president of M. A. Kastel and Associates, Inc. His professional practice included political consulting, lobbying work on behalf of family farm groups and business development work benefiting family-scale farmers. Mr. Kastel has played a key role in a number of cooperative ventures designed to empower farmers in the marketplace. His development work has focused on creating sustainable farmer-owned businesses with an emphasis on dairy production and marketing.

Kastel played a key role in the farm community’s response to the introduction of rBGH. His watershed research, published while doing policy work for the Farmers Union, brought great media scrutiny on this issue when he revealed the fact that cows were dying and whole herds were suffering from serious illnesses soon after they were injected. He has been intimately involved at numerous stages during development of the bill to regulate organic farming in Congress and the subsequent rulemaking process at the USDA.

Kastel, who worked for agribusiness giants International Harvester and J.I. Case before making the paradigm shift to sustainable farming, lives on a 160-acre organic farm in the rugged hills of southwestern Wisconsin, near the tiny burg of Rockton. Visit his website at www.cornucopia.org.

Galen Knight, PhD

Galen co-founded VitaleTherapeutics, Inc., in February of 1995 with Dr. Ron Watson, who just happens to have co-authored a CRC Handbook on Nutrition and AIDS with Dr. Mary Enig, vice president of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Galen is the principal author of most of this organization's web site, www.VitaleTherapeutics.org, devoted to the study and dissemination of truthful information about these and other inexpensive, non-toxic, nutritional, environmental, and immunotherapeutic approaches to the treatment and elimination of disease. In more than 30 years of health research, Knight has also elucidated new ways in which cholesterol biosynthesis is naturally regulated, along with many toxins that cause cancer and the mechanisms through which this all occurs. These insights have led to several non-toxic and nutritional ways of preventing and treating disease. For example, thyroid imbalances, resulting from underlying causes similar to heart disease and cancer, can result in a variety of health problems, including poor assimilation and utilization of food, poor thermal regulation, imbalances in enzymes and protein, and even neurological and "emotional" problems such as delirium, schizophrenia, hallucinations, mania, seizures, and anxiety.  Another publication co-authored by Galen describes the identification of a toxic 24,25-epoxide of cholesterol in foodstuffs that forms spontaneously in air, ultimately resulting in 25-hydroxycholesterol (Journal of Lipid Research, 1994), which indicates that the cooking and packaging of foods with cholesterol content are critical to safety. Galen also used 3-dimensional kriging algorithms to determine that early intervention, when edema is just starting, is the key to successful lymphedema treatment in breast cancer patients (American Journal of Surgeons, 1999). Most recently, Galen contributed to the Weston A. Price Foundation's efforts to petition for removal of heart health claims for soy.

Dr. Janet R. Lang, BA, DC,

Dr. Lang developed a large practice in the Catskill region of New York before being invited to join the multi-professional Healing Arts Clinic in Loveland, Colorado. There she developed another substantial practice which included two chiropractic associates. The other health professionals at Healing Arts included a dentist, medical doctors, psychologists, and massage therapists.

In practice for 28 years, Dr. Lang now resides and works in St. Louis, Missouri. Her time is devoted to her consulting practice, ongoing clinical research, and teaching professional Functional Endocrinology seminars across the country. Visit her website at drjlang.com.

Renaissance man Richard Morris has been a medical illustrator, college-level instructor, aerospace software designer and biodynamic farm hand. Once weighing over 400 pounds, Richard lost over 150 pounds eating real food. He is the author of A Life Unburdened: Getting Over Weight and Getting on with My Life. The book is a hard-hitting memoir and survival guide that details his recovery from morbid obesity. Richard is a sought-after speaker and the creator of breadandmoney.com, a web site that extols the virtues of traditional foods and independent thinking. An ardent supporter of personal empowerment for public health and fair trade for the family farm, Richard delivers his inspiring message of real food for real living to eager audiences around the country.

Julia Ross, MA, MFT

Ross lectures and teaches internationally and conducts her own professional training seminars throughout the U.S. She is a frequent guest on radio and TV, and her alternative methods for treating depression have twice been featured on NBC news programs aired nationwide.

Professor Beverly Rubik, Phd., earned her PhD in biophysics in 1979 at the University of California at Berkeley. As a frontier scientist, she is internationally renowned for exploring biofield science and energy medicine. Her main area of focus is research on the subtle energetics of living systems, including spiritual healing. She has published over 60 papers and two books. Dr. Rubik serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, and Integrative Medicine Insights. She has served on the advisory boards of various groups, including the Program in Integrative Medicine under Dr. Andrew Weil.

Dr. Rubik was one of 18 congressionally appointed members of the Program Advisory Board to the Office of Alternative Medicine at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1992-1997, and she chaired the NIH panels on electromagnetic medicine and manual healing. This was the precursory organization to National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Dr. Rubik founded the Institute for Frontier Science (IFS) in 1996. Laurance S. Rockefeller, Sr., helped support the founding of the IFS. In 2002, IFS was awarded an NIH center grant for frontier medicine research on biofield science in consortium with researchers at the University of Arizona. Dr. Rubik was a project director in this consortium and supervised studies on Reiki, a form of Japanese spiritual healing, and on qigong therapy, a healing practice that originated in China.

Beverly Rubik has appeared on numerous television programs throughout the US and worldwide, including a live appearance on the most popular morning television program in the US, “Good Morning America” (ABC-TV), where she presented her research on the human energy field in December 2000. She serves as a consultant in the health care industry on maverick health and wellness products and as a holistic health consultant to individual clients.

Dr. Rubik is most recently the author of Life at the Edge of Science, published by the Institute for Frontier Sciences.

Jack L. Samuels is a graduate of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, where he received both a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in biology and a Master of Science in Hospital Administration degree.
 
Mr. Samuels is co-founder and president of the Truth-in-Labeling Campaign (TLC), a former vice president of Nutrition for Optimal Health Association (NOHA), a former member of the advisory board of the former National Organization Mobilized to Stop Glutamates (NOMSG), and a member of the honorary board of The Weston A. Price Foundation.
 
Following about 15 years as a hospital administrator, Mr. Samuels became an investment banker, providing investment banking services to the health care industry.  He has been retired since 1995 because he found it impossible to avoid becoming ill from MSG when traveling to serve his clients. Mr. Samuels has lost consciousness over 30 times from MSG.
 
Since 1989, Mr. Samuels has worked with his wife, Adrienne Samuels, Ph.D., to advise consumers, physicians, researchers, and government officials about the dangers of MSG, and to counsel MSG-sensitive people.  They have testified at meetings held by, and/or funded by, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relating to MSG, and have had articles and letters published in health magazines and scientific journals.  They have also appeared on radio and television regarding the MSG issue.
 
In 1994, the Samuels participated as plaintiffs in a federal suit against the FDA regarding the full disclosure of MSG in processed foods.  At that time, the Samuels decided to start a nonprofit corporation, TLC, to serve the needs of MSG-sensitive people, and to represent their interests in the court effort.  TLC was incorporated in Illinois as a not-for-profit corporation in 1994, and is recognized as a nonprofit agency by the Internal Revenue Service.  

Jeffrey Smith is the executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology. His globally respected research captured public attention in 2003 with his first book Seeds of Deception—the world’s bestselling book on genetically modified (GM) foods, published in 10 languages. Mr. Smith’s recent book, Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Modified Foods, presents 65 health dangers of GM foods and demonstrates that current safety assessments are not competent to protect the public from harm.

Former UK environment minister Michael Meacher says the revelations in Genetic Roulette may “change the global course of events this century.” GM Watch wrote, “Smith has to be the best science communicator alive today, and this book stands as the final word on GM health risks.” Author Candace Pert, formerly a scientist with the US National Institutes of Health, describes Smith as “the leading world expert in the understanding and communication of the health issues surrounding genetically modified foods.”

A popular keynote speaker, Mr. Smith has lectured in more than 25 countries and has counseled world leaders from every continent. He has been quoted by hundreds of media outlets across the globe including, The New York Times, Washington Post, BBC World Service, Nature, New Scientist, and Time Magazine.

Mr. Smith is the founder of the GM-Free School Campaign, as well as The Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, a revolutionary industry and consumer movement designed to remove GM ingredients from the US food supply.

He lives with his wife in Iowa, surrounded by genetically modified soybeans and corn. Visit his website at www.seedsofdeception.com.

Dr. Beverly B. Teter, PhD., received her B.S degree in chemistry from George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. and her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. She has studied the chemistry, biochemistry and metabolic effects of trans fatty acids for nearly thirty years. She was the first researcher to report the effects of these isomeric fatty acids on milk fat in mice, cows, and women. Most of the data on trans fatty acids that are presented in the USDA food composition tables came from the research laboratories at the University of Maryland under contract with the USDA. She has published numerous research papers and authored several book chapters and white papers dealing with fatty acid composition and metabolism. Dr. Teter holds two patents with three others pending. She and her husband are the joyous parents of four sons and five grandchildren.

Theresa Vernon, LAc, has worked with chronic and difficult health conditions since 1986 using comprehensive healing programs including Chinese Medicine, diet, and supplement therapy utilizing Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis.  Metal imbalances and toxicities are important factors in difficult to treat patients. She practices in Ojai, California.