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"The future of good health will be found in the same place it has always existed: in the distinct chemical constituents of fruits and vegetables. When consumed on a regular basis, these "drugs" can do more than any magic bullet medicine, vaccine, or genetic twist to prevent and help treat heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, and the other scourges of our time."

One of the world's leading experts in integrative or complementary medicine, Alzheimer's disease and memory loss, Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., was born in Ohio and raised in Florida. He is a graduate of Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, and received his training in Anesthesiology at University of California Medical School San Francisco, where he was Chief Resident.

Dr. Khalsa was the first physician in the world to formulate a holistic medicine program for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and memory loss. This program - known as the Brain Longevity Program - includes Nutrition (diet and brain specific vitamins and supplements), Stress Management, Exercise (cognitive, physical, and mind/body exercise), and Medicines and Hormones.

This 4-Pillar-Program was originally shared with the public in Dr. Dharma's acclaimed international best-seller Brain Longevity (1997, Warner Books). Brain Longevity has reached its seventh publication and has been translated into more than 12 languages. Moreover, organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association, the Mayo Clinic, and The University of Arizona, to name a few, are promoting similar approaches as those presented by Dr. Khalsa 12 years ago, in order to help people prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease and memory loss.

For close to 15 years he has been the President and Medical Director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation (APF), a charitable organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The APF is the original voice of Alzheimer's prevention and is dedicated to fighting Alzheimer's disease and finding a cure through research and prevention.

It was in this capacity that, in May 2003, he was invited to testify before the Congress of the United States of America about his pioneering work in the area of lifestyle influence on Alzheimer's disease, and called on Congress to fund a national education and outreach campaign designed to inform the public on the benefits of an integrative approach to Alzheimer's prevention. In addition, Dr. Khalsa had a private meeting with Vice-Admiral Richard Carmona, M.D., U.S. Surgeon General, to discuss the public health challenges of this disease. At this meeting, Dr. Carmona stated: "Dr. Khalsa, your work should now be considered mainstream."

Dr. Khalsa was recently named Associate Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Center for Spirituality and the Mind, where he is conducing a breakthrough research project in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Medical School to examine the effectiveness of meditation on early cognitive impairment.

Dr. Khalsa is the author of:

The End of Karma

Dr. Dharma is the host of The Healing Zone, a weekly internet radio show produced by HayHouseRadio.com that reaches people all over the world. He lectures and consults worldwide.

Dharma lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife Kirti, who's originally from Rome, Italy.