Dr. Josh Axe, DNM, DC, CNS, is a certified doctor of natural medicine, doctor of chiropractic and clinical nutritionist with a passion to help people eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle.

In 2008, he started a functional medicine center in Nashville, which grew to become one of the most renowned clinics in the world. Dr. Axe founded the natural health website DrAxe.com which at over 17 million monthly visitors is considered the No. 1 natural health website in the world today.

Dr. Josh Axe has authored several bestselling books including Eat Dirt, The Real Food Diet Cookbook and Essential Oils Ancient Medicine. Free.

Larry Bohlen is a former NASA engineer. He helped repair the Hubble Telescope and worked on the Cosmic Background Explorer. Larry left engineering to bring his scientific expertise to the non-profit sector including air quality, food and agriculture, chemical, and land use policy.

Larry co-founded the Health Research Institute, a non-profit, independent food testing laboratory dedicated to creating more transparency in food and agriculture. HRI Labs tests for a range of pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics as well as nutrients in food. HRI Lab’s current research priorities include studies on human and pet exposure to the herbicide glyphosate. The lab’s work has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and has been cited numerously in global media.

Nationally acclaimed innovator and expert in the fields of integrative medicine, psychiatry, and addiction recovery, Dr. Cass helps individuals withdraw from both psychiatric medication and substances of abuse with the aid of natural supplements, some of which are part of her own line of innovative nutritional supplements.

Dr. Cass appears often as a guest on national radio and television, including The Dr. Oz Show, E! Entertainment, and The View, and in national print media. She is the author of several best-selling books including Natural Highs, 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health, Supplement your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About Nutrition, and The Addicted Brain and How to Break Free.

William Lee Cowden, MD, MD(H), is Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board and Professor of the Academy of Comprehensive Integrative Medicine of Panama. He is a USA board-certified cardiologist & internist and a licensed
homeopathic medical doctor, who is internationally known for his knowledge & skill in practicing & teaching integrative medicine.

He has pioneered successful integrative treatments for cancer, Lyme disease, atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, autism, various other neurological conditions, chronic fatigue,fibromyalgia, silicone implant disease and many other illnesses. He has coauthored six books and has contributed to several other books and publications. Under Dr. Cowden’s direction, the Academy with which he works has hosted many international integrative medicine conferences since 2010.

Karen Diggs is a classically trained chef, certified nutritionist, culinary instructor, and author of Happy Foods: Over 100 Mood-Boosting Recipes. She studied at the California Culinary Academy (now Le Cordon Bleu San Francisco). She worked for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong and also helped to open restaurants there, then later attended Bauman College, where she received her certification in holistic nutrition.

Karen got hooked on fermenting and became fascinated with traditional fermentation crocks. It was her fascination with the simple but elegant crock design, combined with her work as a nutritionist encouraging her clients to ferment their own foods, that eventually led her to an innovative idea that has become the basis of Kraut Source.your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About Nutrition, and The Addicted Brain and How to Break Free.

Carey Gillam is the author of the recently released: Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science. She is a veteran journalist, researcher, and writer with more than twenty-five years of experience in the news industry covering corporate America. Since 1998, Gillam’s work has focused on digging into the big business of food and agriculture.

As a former senior correspondent for Reuters’ international news service, Gillam specializes in finding the story behind the spin—uncovering both the risks and rewards of the evolving new age of agriculture. Gillam’s areas of experience include biotech crop technology, agrichemicals and pesticide product development, and the environmental impacts of American food production.

Dr. Klinghardt has studied medicine and psychology in Germany, integrated Eastern concepts of disease etiology while working in India, and worked as an emergency room physician in the United States. He added training in Ericksonian hypnotherapy, neural therapy, mesotherapy injection techniques and applied psychoneurobiology.

He has contributed significantly to the understanding of metal toxicity and its connection with chronic infections, illness and pain. He has been instrumental in advancing various fields within biological medicine – non-invasive pain management, injection techniques for pain and orthopedic dysfunction, anti-aging medicine, toxicology, pediatrics (neuro-developmental disorders), energy psychology, biological dentistry, & others. He founded Sophia Health Institute in 2012, and is actively involved in patient care at his clinic.

Kiran Krishnan is a research microbiologist who focuses on the human microbiome and wellness. With his particular expertise in the newest frontier in microbiology, gut commensal spore bacteria, Kiran is a frequent lecturer, largely to medical audiences, both national and international, but also as a gut microbiome expert at nutrition conferences, live radio and satellite podcasts. Involved in the dietary supplement and nutrition market since 2001, Kiran has conducted dozens of human clinical trials in human nutrition.

In addition to his recently published, ground-breaking Leaky Gut study showing reversal of gut enteropathy within thirty days, Kiran is currently involved in nine other ongoing human clinical trials testing the effect of gut commensal spore probiotics on such conditions as Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff.), Hashimoto’s/Thyroiditis, Autism, Weight Loss and Ghrelin levels, etc.

Dr. Joseph Mercola is a passionate advocate of natural medicine. He is a wellness champion and a visionary, who has succeeded in implementing much needed changes to our current healthcare system.

He is also a New York Timesbestselling author. After 25 years as a physician to thousands of patients, Dr Mercola merged his passion for health with his interest in technology and created www.mercola.com.

Today it is the #1 natural health website, educating and empowering millions of subscribers to take control of their health.

Michelle Perro, MD, is a veteran pediatrician with nearly forty years of experience in acute and integrative medicine. More than fifteen years ago, Dr. Perro transformed her clinical practice to include pesticide and health advocacy. She has both directed and worked as attending physician from New York’s Metropolitan Hospital to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Dr. Perro has managed her own integrative medical practice, Down to Earth Pediatrics.

She is currently lecturing and consulting as well as working with Gordon Medical Associates, an integrative health center in Northern California. She has co-authored her recent book, What’s Making our Children Sick and is currently working on a follow-up treatment book.

Barbara Royal, founder and owner of The Royal Treatment Veterinary Center and Royal Animal Health University, is an internationally renowned pioneer in complementary medicine and physical rehabilitation. A passionate advocate of commonsense and cutting-edge approaches to optimal animal health, Dr. Royal has extensive experience in veterinary care, including zoo, marine, and wildlife animals, emergency medicine, pathology, conventional practices, nutrition, herbal remedies, physical rehabilitation techniques, acupuncture and alternative treatments.

She is the go-to veterinarian for Oprah Winfrey. She’s published several books including The Royal Treatment: A Natural Approach to Wildly Healthy Pets.

 

David Sandoval: In the early years of the whole foods movement, David Sandoval researched and studied alongside the most recognized industry leaders from around the world. This knowledge inspired Purium in the US and Platinum Health Europe, as well as his book The Green Foods Bible. After more than twenty years, David remains committed to the latest research and whole food advancements. He takes great pride in living a life that authentically reflects his love for the earth and its people.
Endre Nagy: Endre Nagy was introduced to David Sandoval by Richard Merriam the founder of GCI Nutrients in March of this year at the Anaheim Natural Food Expo. Endre introduced a microbiome solution, the two main ingredients in Biome Medic; PrebioSure – a proprietary digestive wheat germ extract made using Organic Non-GMO food grade wheat germ, and HumicSure – an organic humic-fulvic acid from a rear Leonardite deposit in Central-Europe.

After years of extensive clinical animal studies conducted by a group of veterinary researchers at the Veterinary Medical School in Budapest, on the effects of digestive wheat germ extract on the intestinal morhpology of farm animals Endre coordinated the first US human pilot study on 20 patients with compromised gastrointestinal diseases Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis. The randomized pilot study was lead by Dr. Eric Serrano in his private Family Practice Clinic in Columbus Ohio. Endre represents the manufacturers of both ingredients and coordinates the supplies with GCI Nutrients US distributor.