Paulette Eisen is the author of A Diet For All Reasons, available from your health food store or through alive books (1-800-663-6597).
Lois Meyers has studied health and fitness for years. She lives in Edmonton, AB.
Valerie Kemp is a teacher and healer with a full-time practice in bodywork, offering LDT in Vancouver, BC.
Dale Gordon has 30 years experience in all aspects of the natural health business and is presently the education, research and media director for Natural Factors Nutritional Products Ltd.
Rob Krausz is a civil engineer, teacher, and writer focussing on sustainable living and healthy communities. He and his family live in Nelson, BC. Visit his website at ursaconsulting.com.
Laurie Mawlam is a financial advisor and Son-Rise Mom. She is a mentor parent for parents interested in learning about holistic intervention as it relates to autism and the Son-Rise Program.
David Gerry directs the FASD Community Circle in Victoria and is a member of regional, provincial, and national FASD consultation and advisory groups.
Jane Thornthwaite is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in private practice and an advocate for food ethics in the marketplace.
Joseph Mercola, DO, is the coauthor of the best seller The No-Grain Diet, (E. P. Dutton, 2003). This article is based on the free Mercola.com Newsletter on Dr. Mercolaâ??s Web site, mercola.com.
Dr Rees is the founder of the International College of Phytotherapy (Herbal Medicine) in South Africa and Canada.
Alanna Matthew is a former dancer with the Ballet Russe, a writer and a keen ballroom dancer who recently married her dance partner.
Ruth Anne Baron is a naturopathic doctor practising in Toronto and president of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Doctors.
Carla Miller is a health writer and researcher. She and her two-year-old nursling are active members of La Leche League Canada.
Freya Smith is a mother and independent health researcher living in Hythe, Alberta.
Rosemary Tayler is the founder of the Ottawa School of Homeopathy.
Deborah C. Sawyer is a health care consultant in Toronto, ON.
Mona Reaume is a Vancouver writer and poet, who jogs, does yoga, eats organic asparagus, and even cries.
Dr Vivian N. Lunny is an aromatherapy educator and writer in Vancouver, BC.
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