Dr Abram Hoffer is a founding father of the alternative health movement whose pioneering research in nutritional therapy inspired Linus Pauling and Ewan Cameron in their work with Vitamin C as well as Evan and Wilfrid Shute in their work with Vitamin E. Born in the town of Hoffer, Saskatchewan, in 1917, he studied in chemistry, medicine, and psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan (M.S.A.), University of Minnesota (Ph.D.), and University of Toronto (M.D.).Dr Jonathan Prousky is the Chief Medical Officer and an Associate Professor of Clinical Nutrition at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. He is the co-author with Dr Hoffer of Hoffer & Prousky on Anxiety, as well as the… author of Principles and Practices of Naturopathic Clinical Nutrition.
Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D., has published over 600 reports and articles as well as thirty books. His early work led to the use of niacin for schizophrenia and as an anticholesterol treatment. He died in 2009 at the age of ninety-one. Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D., is the author of Doctor Yourself and Fire Your Doctor! With Dr. Abram Hoffer, he co-wrote Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone and The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism. He is also coauthor of Vitamin C: The Real Story, I Have Cancer: What Should I Do?, Hospitals and Health, and The Vitamin Cure for Children's Health Problems (all available from Basic Health). He has published over 100 reviews and editorials and his non-commercial,… natural-healing website is DoctorYourself.com. Harold D. Foster, Ph.D., worked as a geomorphologist, professor of medical geography, and consultant to the U.N. in disaster planning. He authored or edited over 300 publications, which focused on reducing disaster losses or identifying the causes of chronic degenerative and infectious diseases. He died in 2009.Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D., is the author of Doctor Yourself and Fire Your Doctor! With Dr. Abram Hoffer, he co-wrote Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone and The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism. He is also coauthor of Vitamin C: The Real Story, I Have Cancer: What Should I Do?, Hospitals and Health, and The Vitamin Cure for Children's Health Problems (all available from Basic Health). He has published over 100 reviews and editorials and his non-commercial, natural-healing website is DoctorYourself.com.