Barry Fox, PhD, serves as Chair of ANA Consumer Advisory Council. In this role he gathers together disparate and difficult information about the link between nutraceuticals and health, and makes it intelligible to consumers. He is the best-selling author or co-author of numerous books on the topic of healthcare, including The Arthritis Cure and Arthritis For Dummies. His work has been featured in “Newsweek,” “Time,” “U.S. News and World Report,” “USA Today,” “The New York Times,” “The Los Angeles Times,” and other major newspapers and magazines. His books have been praised by such notables as TV host Larry King and health expert and author, Earl Mindell, PhD. His latest book, THE SIDE EFFECTS BIBLE, is the first book to present an all-natural way to fight the nutrient depletion - and the resulting side effects - caused by more than 300 popular drugs. THE SIDE EFFECTS BIBLE will be published in May, 2005.

Nadine Taylor, MS, RD is a Registered Dietitian, noted author, popular speaker, and Chair of the Women’s Health Council of the American Nutraceutical Association. She combines a solid background in “traditional nutrition” with the latest information on foods, nutraceuticals and alternative health approaches. She presents a unique blend of cutting-edge yet scientifically valid information in her books and speeches. Her newest book, entitled, Runaway Eating: What To Do When Food Gets the Upper Hand in the Mid-life Years, is available from Rodale Press.

Mark C. Houston, MD,  MSc, FACP, FAHA serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association (JANA). Dr. Houston is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, ASH Specialist in Clinical Hypertension, Director, Hypertension Institute and Vascular Biology, Saint Thomas Medical Group, Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee. He is author of the Hypertension Handbook for Clinicians and Students, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hypertension,and other books on the topic of hypertension and vascular biology. He has published over 130 articles in various peer-reviewed journals.

Bernd Wollschlaeger, MD,FAAFP is a board-certified family physician in private practice (Aventura,FL). He received his medical training in Germany and Israel including special education in botanical medicine and homeopathy, completed his residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL and served as a chief resident.
Since 1997 he is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine at the University of Miami. School of Medicine.

He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association and is an Advisory Board member of the American Botanical Council and is the co-author of the ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs.

He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians , Dade County, Florida, and American Medical Association and educates physician about the rational application of herbal remedies and nutritional supplements.