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In Search of Our Natural Roots

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Natural Health Movement at Natural Products Expo West March 3-7

February 9, 2020 /

Jerry Smith, Bonnie McDonald Dixon, and Greg Dixon will be in Anaheim, California for the Natural Health Products Expo West March 3‑7 2020. They are conducting video interviews with pioneers and leaders for the Natural Health Movement Project.

Four Ways You Can Help

  • Let us know you would like to be interviewed for the Natural Health Movement Project.
  • Suggest others to interview.
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  • Put out the word by posting information about this project to your tribe through social media, newsletters, magazines, and word of mouth.

Let’s find our Natural Roots and celebrate
the trailblazers of the Natural Health Movement.

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Michael Mooney ~ Champion for the Supplement Industry ~ In Memoriam

January 2, 2020 /

 In 1977, Michael Mooney and Patrick Mooney co-founded SuperNutrition, a company that pioneered the nutrition supplement industry for years until it was acquired by NOW Health Group in September 2019. Together they formulated state-of-the-art multivitamins and were at the forefront of political activism for the passing of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) in 1994.

Throughout his life, Michael worked tirelessly advocating for and researching the science of nutrition and age reversal. He brought his brilliance and passion to new frontiers, creating nutritional protocols that raised the standards of care for HIV, cancer cachexia and burn treatment. For these and other efforts to improve our understanding of holistic health, he earned recognition from esteemed colleagues and the gratitude of thousands of people whose lives he saved and helped regain health with his guidance.

Michael Mooney co-founded The Program for Wellness Restoration with Nelson Vergel; in 2000 they co-wrote the book, Built to Survive, a guide to a healthy approach of living with HIV. 

In 2015 Michael received the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Hall of Legends at the Natural Products Expo given by the New Hope Network.

Michael is survived by his sisters, Kathy and Kim Mooney.  The family is planning to hold memorial services sometime early 2020. 

Donations can be made on behalf of Michael Mooney to Program for Wellness Restoration – PoWer, an organization to improve health literacy and patient self-advocacy by providing patient-friendly educational information to HIV-positive people and their clinicians, PoWeR USA – View Lectures, Articles, and Videos for HIV Advocacy  or The Price-Pottenger Foundation, an organization dedicated to education on health and natural living, https://price-pottenger.org

Patricia Bragg ~ Bragg Healthy Lifestyle

January 2, 2020 /


Bonnie and Greg Dixon interviewed Patricia Bragg at her estate north of Santa Barbara, California.  Patricia is still going strong at age 90!

Paul Bragg was one of the first Natural Health Pioneers in America starting in 1912. Paul and Patricia led a health crusade that many celebrities and American presidents followed.

Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar, Bragg Amino Acids, and many other Bragg products are available and beloved all around the world.

Patricia spoke to us for thirty minutes.  This excerpt captures the drive behind the Bragg Health Crusade and advice for you to become the captain of your health.

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Brenda Watson, Renowned Authority In The World Of Digestive Health

January 2, 2020 /

Jerry Smith talked with Brenda Watson at SOHO in Florida about her personal journey through the Natural Health Movement and what she is doing now about her roots in the Natural Health industry, her fascinating journey to today, and her ideas about the future of the industry.

“For over 20 years, Brenda Watson has dedicated her career to helping people achieve vibrant, lasting vitality through improved digestive function. A dynamic digestive care advocate and celebrated PBS-TV health educator, she is among the foremost authorities in America on optimum nutrition and digestion, natural detoxification methods, and herbal internal cleansing.”

FRom BrendaWatson.com
  • Dynamic digestive care advocate
  • Natural health educator through lectures and PBS specials
  • Started Renew Life and Vital Planet companies
  • Inducted into the 2016 Hall of Legends, Expo West.
  • Author of many books on health, including  The H.O.P.E. Formula, and The Detox Strategy.  See Books. 

Katy Perry Talks about Patricia Bragg at Expo East.

October 17, 2019 /
Katy Perry interviewed by Brad Avery at Expo East

Katy Perry was at Expo East representing Bragg Live Food Products.

She explains how she has known Patricia Bragg most of her life and why she and fiancée Orlando Bloom invested in Bragg Live Food Products and are helping continue the brand and products into the future.

Katy does a great job of explaining the benefits of products such as Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar.

If Katy Perry wants to join our Board of Advisors, she is welcome!

We interviewed Patricia Braggs in November.

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Cheryl Hughes on the Positive Impact of Sandy Gooch

October 9, 2019 /

When I was deciding to open my own store it was after looking at a chain called Mrs. Gooch’s Ranch Markets and I thought, Oh I want to work for Mrs. Gooch’s!

But of course, I was fairly new to California and really didn’t know whether she was going to come up to the Lancaster area. And I got an appointment to meet with the queen of natural foods, Sandy Gooch.

Now if you understand anything about the natural products industry, this woman and the stores that she had reached the pinnacle of success in our time they had standards that nobody had.

They fought for foods that were clean of preservatives and colors. Her background was teaching and she educated consumers and raised the entire consciousness of how Americans look at the food on their plate.

She taught about eating your colors.

She talked about getting preservatives out.

So of course, I wanted to work for her but she wasn’t coming to Lancaster. So I picked her brain and I opened my own store and that’s how I ended up with The Whole Wheatery.

But to this day I’m still a friend of this woman and her husband Harry Letterman, who also worked in this industry. They are still consulting people and it’s such an amazing thing to see how people of this industry continue to give back.

Continue to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of this industry.

And continue to raise the consciousness of the American consumer with respect to food.

Pioneers of the Natural Health Movement

September 5, 2019 /

By Kayla M of Swanson Vitamins

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When major discoveries were being made in the health fields during the 1920s, the natural health industry began to take off.

During the same decade that brought us vitamins D, E and K, the roaring 20s gave the birth of the natural health movement.

Fueled by scientific confirmation that healthy diet and lifestyles lead to healthy bodies, the natural health and vitamin industries would eventually merge into one movement, with the help of the pioneers of the nutrition revolution, especially Dr. Paul Bragg, Adele Davis and Jack LaLanne.

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NFM 40 Natural Founders

June 7, 2019 /

Natural Food Merchandiser (NFM) magazine recently published a list of the top 40 Natural Founders. We would like to interview many of the pioneers still living.

Here is the NFM list:

Brands and Distributers

  • Michael Funk
  • The Lundberg Family
  • Patricia Bragg
  • George Siemon
  • Bob Moore
  • Emanuel Bronner
  • Rosemary Gladstar
  • Arran and Ratana Stephens
  • Steve Demos
  • Gary Hirshberg
  • Terry Lemerond
  • John Foraker
  • Irwin D. Simon
  • James and carol May
  • Brenda Watson
  • Linda Kahler
  • Jeffrey Hollender
  • Elwood Richard
  • Paul Schulick
  • Ron and Arnie Koss
  • Mel Colemon

Organizers, Educators, and Communicators

  • Maria Rodale
  • Alice Waters
  • Doug Greene
  • Corinne Shindler
  • Loren Israelson
  • Michael McGruffin
  • Mark Blumenthal
  • James Duke
  • Thomas Harding

Risk-Taking Retailers

  • John Mackay and Walter Robb
  • Sandy Gooch
  • Margaret Isley
  • Michio Kushi
  • Terry Dalton
  • Hass Hasson

Suggest a Pioneer to Interview

April 25, 2019 /

We a have a list of people we want to interview to start.

Would you or someone you know be a good person to interview about the Natural Health Movement?

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