Patricia Bragg, ND, PhD

Bragg’s Tips for Healthy Living

      Bragg's Tips for Healthy Living

Patricia Bragg ND, PhD, is a dynamic speaker and a living, energetic symbol of the healthy lifestyle she teaches. The daughter of a healthy living crusader, her mission is to continue and spread the message of health through natural nutrition. The legendary Bragg family advocates a simple “You are what you eat, drink, breathe, think, say and do” motto.

Patricia’s passion for healthy living comes from her father, Dr. Paul C. Bragg, who opened America’s first Health Food Store in 1912. After surviving the ravages of tuberculosis as a teenager and rebuilding his body, he dedicated his life to showing others the way to vibrant health and wellness. Known as the Father of America’s Health Movement, Dr. Paul C. Bragg pioneered healthy living throughout the 20th century through his promotion of the benefits of purified water, juices, herbal teas and organic foods in the U.S. market. He also kept a steady message to his followers by pioneering Health Radio in the 1920s, with a program that ran three times daily and later a television health show called “Health and Happiness.” It was a five-day-a- week, half-hour show comprised of exercise time, health recipes and visual demonstrations. The show also featured a guest time where famous people shared their health and happiness secrets with the viewers.

Patricia now continues the legacy of the Bragg Health Crusade that her father started over 100 years ago by tirelessly sharing the precepts her father developed though a series of health and fitness seminars for Women’s, Men’s, Youth and Church Groups throughout the world. She has won international acclaim for her teachings in the health field and has toured the world over 13 times, spreading physical and spiritual health through lectures and thousands of radio, television, and print interviews.

Patricia Bragg has been the health consultant to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including A-list actors Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks. Visionary entrepreneur Steve Jobs, pop star Katy Perry and health and fitness guru Jack LaLanne have also relied on Patricia’s health and nutrition expertise.

Patricia’s library of inspiring self-health books have renewed, rejuvenated, and revitalized the lives of millions worldwide by supporting a change with self-improvement. Her best-selling book, Apple Cider Vinegar-Miracle Health System, has sold in excess of nine million copies to date.

Bragg Live Food Products turned 100 years old in 2012! What started as a small health store in Los Angeles has become a leading international health products company. Over the last 103 years, Bragg has produced more than 365 different products – “one for each day of the year,” says Patricia Bragg.

Today, Bragg has refined that number to over 20 different signature health food products and 10 self-health books. They remain bestsellers, are used by millions around the world, and have been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Oz and Anderson Cooper.

Patricia’s signature products include Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar & Honey blend, 7 All Natural Drinks; Bragg Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil; Bragg Liquid Aminos; three different Bragg Organic Seasonings; and six different Salad Dressings and Marinades. All the Bragg products provide many internal and external health benefits & have been recognized as the best in the industry.

The Bragg Vision for the future is exciting! Continuing on the Bragg Legacy and Crusade, Bragg Live Food Products is developing a one hundred twenty-acre organic farm on the outskirts of Santa Barbara, California. The property is in the process of being modeled into an incredible Organic Teaching Farm & Center, called the Bragg Health Institute, with facilities to both educate and instruct the values of growing and eating organics.

The Bragg Health Institute was inspired in part by an educational program called “Bring a Farmer to School,” in which Dr. Patricia Bragg, Dr. John Westerdahl, Bragg Director of Health Science, and Bragg’s Organic Farmer were invited to speak to children at the local elementary schools. The focus of the education outreach is to teach children about the importance of eating more organic fruits and vegetables, and how organic farming plays an important role in environmentally – friendly, healthy plant foods. Last year the Bragg Health Institute donated thousands of organic apples to the local school districts which were grown on the Bragg Organic Farm.

 

Rod Passman, MD

Preventing Recurring Strokes

      Preventing Recurring Strokes

Rod Gassman, MD received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he also received a Masters Degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.  Dr. Passman is currently a Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and serves as the Associate Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Director of the Center for Atrial Fibrillation at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute.

Christopher Calapai, DO

Stem Cells: The Fluid of Youth

      Stem Cells: The Fluid of Youth

Dr. Christopher Calapai, D.O. is an Osteopathic Physician board certified in family medicine, anti-aging medicine and chelation therapy. Proclaimed as the “The Stem Cell Guru” by the New York Daily News, Dr. Calapai is a leader in the field of stem cell therapy in the U.S.

His stem cell treatments have achieved remarkable results in clinical trials on patients with conditions as varied as Alzheimer’s, arthritis, erectile dysfunction, frailty syndrome, heart, kidney and liver failure, lupus, MS and Parkinson’s.

Dr. Calapai started his practice in New York City in 1986 and for over 25 years he has hosted nationally syndicated radio shows, including his two weekly call-in shows on WABC 770-AM, where he offers health and medical advice. He has a show on Saturday morning 8-9am and Sunday evening from6-7pm. He has consulted with numerous high-profile individuals including Mike Tyson, Chris Noth, Mickey Rourke, Steven Seagal, and Fox series Gotham’s, Donal Logue and worked as a medical consultant for the New York Rangers hockey team as well as various modeling agencies.

Dr. Calapai received his medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and he consults in Manhattan with practices on Long Island, in East Meadow and Plainview. He has appeared on News12 and in the pages of 25A Magazine and Social Life Magazine.

He is the author of E-books Heavy Metals and Chronic Disease, Reverse Diabetes Forever! Seven Steps to Healthy Blood Sugar, Top Ten Supplements You Can’t Live Without, and Glorious Glutathione. Learn more about Dr. Calapai on his website, www.drcal.net

Nicole Silber, MS, RD

Don’t Feed Your Baby That! Unhealthy Diets for Infants

      Don't Feed Your Baby That! Unhealthy Diets for Infants

Nicole works in private practice in New York City and also serves as a Pediatric Nutrition Expert for Beech-Nut baby foods. Prior to her current roles, she worked as a clinical nutritionist at The Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University and NYU Langone Medical Center/Fink Children’s Ambulatory Care Center. She managed the nutrition of critically and chronically ill children on the pediatric intensive care units, pregnant and breastfeeding women, children with feeding tubes, gastrointestinal disease, prematurity, cystic fibrosis, cardiovascular disease, food allergies, picky eating, diabetes, underweight and obesity.

Nicole has been invited to speak on nutrition and wellness topics to a broad range of audiences, including pediatrician offices, schools, parenting groups, JCC of Manhattan and Nordea Bank among others. As a recognized expert in pediatric nutrition, Nicole has been featured on various in print and on air media.

Nicole graduated from New York University. She completed her training at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Dietetic Internship and continued on to selective Pediatric Nutrition Fellowship Program at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

When not working, Nicole spends her time with her husband, daughter and pots & pans.