Dr. Alan Goldhamer completed his training as a chiropractor in Oregon and as an osteopathic physician in Sydney Australia. He has been the director of the TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, California for the past 35 years. True North Health is a multidiscipline practice that includes doctors of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy and psychology and they treat patients with conditions ranging from high blood pressure and diabetes to autoimmune disorders and Lymphoma in their 68 bed facility. They utilize a nutritional medicine approach including the use of an exclusively whole plant food diet that is free of added salt, oil and sugar. (SOS-free diet). They specialize in medically supervised water- only fasting. The TrueNorth Health Foundation, the 501c3, non-profit affiliate, provides training for about 30 doctors per year in the supervision of water-only fasting. Dr. Goldhamer was the principle author of several papers and numerous case reports published in peer- reviewed indexed journals evaluating the effect of water-only fasting in the treatment a variety of conditions. He is the author of The Health Promoting Cookbook and co-author of The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness.

Your Transition to Healthful Eating
Your Transition to Healthful Eating

Well-planned vegetarian diets can provide us with all of the protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and calories we need!


No Body Needs Milk
No Body Needs Milk

Thanks to countless millions of dollars in advertising, almost everybody thinks they need milk. Over the past several decades, cow’s milk and its byproducts have come to be seen as an essential part of the diet of most Americans.


Essential Facts about Fats
Essential Facts about Fats

Separating fact from fantasy about this important subject!


The Benefits of Fasting
The Benefits of Fasting

In this article you will learn about some of the tremendous benefits that can be derived from a properly conducted fast.


Fasting – Back to the Future
Fasting – Back to the Future

Although the notion of electing to go without food for prolonged periods of time to improve one’s health has not been something commonly considered in recent times, fasting has a long and important history.


Arthritis and Joint Pain
Arthritis and Joint Pain

Learn how to live without this debilitating disease! People in non-western cultures who eat diets low in animal fat and protein have much lower incidences of all types of arthritis!


High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure

Learning to Live Without It.

What is the epidemic condition that causes more death and disability in industrialized countries than any other?

What is the leading reason for visits to doctors and the single biggest justification for drug prescriptions?


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