About Me
I’m a freelance writer specializing in natural health and nutrition. My fascination with nutrition began eight years ago when I joined the team at a now-defunct alternative health magazine as a copyeditor. At the time, I lived, believe it or not, in the editorial office along with the owner and managing editor who offered their (unsolicited) professional reviews of every meal I ate. They were like the Siskel and Ebert of the healthy food.
After a while, though, it started to sink in. The more I learned about exactly how macronutrients, phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals affect health, the more enthralled I became in the subject. Fortunately, through my work, I had the chance to do plenty of reading on how nutrition alone can prevent and treat certain health conditions. For instance, did you know lack of the mineral selenium can cause dementia-like symptoms and that eating just a few Brazil nuts each day can eliminate those symptoms? Hippocrates was spot on when he said, “Let food be your medicine.”