Emerging Healthcare Leadership & Resources

Here’s a short list of noteworthy healthcare providers & organizations leading the effort to promote a sensible approach to health and healing.

Dr. Joseph Mercola has made significant milestones in his mission to deliver practical solutions to health problems, hosting the #1 alternative healthcare website at: www.mercola.com. Dr. Mercola is author of The No-Grain Diet and Take Control of Your Health. One of his important contributions has been to refine the work of William Wolcott-Metabolic Typing, noting that each of us has different dietary needs.

Dietrich Klinghardt, MD PhD was one of the first practitioners in the US to include aggressive detoxification in his medical treatments. Today many studies point in the same direction: chemical and heavy metal toxicity is at the core of many medical issues (cancer, neurological illnesses, fatigue, MS and others). Dr. Klinghardt has pioneered specific diagnostic and detoxification strategies, and is considered one of the world’s leading authorities in this rapidly advancing field. His diagnostic/treatment model, Five Levels of Healing, is explained in this issue. www.klinghardt.org.

Bruce Lipton, PhD - Cell Biologist: Dr. Lipton produced breakthrough studies on the cell membrane, revealing that this outer layer of the cell was an organic homologue of a computer chip, the cell’s equivalent of a brain. His research revealed that the environment, operating though the cell membrane, controlled the behavior and physiology of the cell, turning genes on and off. His discoveries, which ran counter to the established scientific view that life is controlled by genes, presaged one of today’s most important fields of study, the science of epigenetics. www.brucelipton.com .

Dr. Neal Barnard, MD, President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine at: www.pcrm.org: PCRM has led the way for reforms of federal nutrition policies. Their clinical research programs are breaking new ground in diabetes, cancer, and other serious conditions. PCRM’s Cancer Project has provided vital information to tens of thousands of people. The New Four Food Groups is PCRM’s innovative proposal for a federal nutrition policy that puts a new priority on health. PCRM publishes an outstanding magazine called Good Medicine, which comes with PCRM’s $20 annual membership. Learn more at: www.pcrm.org/magazine..

Mark Hyman, MD: UltraWellness is a new approach pioneered by Mark Hyman, M.D. that shows how to work with fundamental underlying biological principles to create optimal health. This new approach is based on the leading edge science of Systems Biology and Functional Medicine. Put simply, UltraWellness works with your body as an integrated whole to achieve what conventional medicine cannot. www.ultrawellness.com

Dr. Weston A. Price. DMD: Dr. Price was a dentist in the 1930’s who asked himself a question and travelled the world to find answers. The question: "What is the cause of tooth decay and the malformation of the skull bones that causes crowding of the teeth?". The answer was unequivocal... Nutrition. You can spend hours on this website, developed by his followers, and learn so many things regarding your family’s health and well being. Dr. Tom Cowan, MD, Dr. Mary Enig, PhD, & Sally Fallon, are all experts in their own right, and contributors to the Weston A. Price Foundation. They have contributed extensively to scientific research regarding the truth behind cholesterol, soy myths and other damaging trends of the 20th century. www.westonaprice.org

Dr. Diane Schwarzbein, MD: Dr. Schwarzbein is an endocrinologist who turned mainstream medicine’s approach to diabetes on its head! She identified the concept of adrenal exhaustion, and pioneered the combined use of exercise, diet, hormones and supplements to "heal the metabolism". www.schwarzbeinprinciple.com

Michael Pollan is a best-selling author on the subject of food and farming practices. His best-sellers, The Omnivore’s Dilemma & In Defense of Food, have caused the media to bestow on him the unofficial title of "Farmer-In-Chief". Be sure to watch his recent video interview with Bill Moyers on PBS … on YouTube. [Search: Michael Pollan PBS]. This is a MUST WATCH 40 min. show!