The Alternative Medicine Advisor
The source for evidence-based alternative health care options
Information about the Advisor
The Alternative Medicine Advisor is Rick Weissinger, MS, RD. Here are some details regarding Rick's professional background:
Rick is co-the author of Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, the first handbook for medical students designed to help future physicians integrate knowledge of advances in nutrition information into medical practice.
Rick is also the author of The New Cancer Fighters: How Phytochemicals Work (University of California Press, publication pending). The New Cancer Fighters is the first book to explain the effects of dietary patterns and phytochemicals on cancer cell growth mechanisms, and features interviews with cancer scientists from all over the world.
As a pioneer of advancing psychology into nutrition therapy, Rick also authored the Continuing Professional Education manual entitled The Psychology of Weight Control in 1997, with a 2nd Edition published due to popular demand in 2002.
Rick has lectured extensively to audiences on several health-related topics, with clients that include the Miami-Dade Police Dept., Florida Light and Power, XEROX, Broward County (FL) government employees, Harcourt-Brace Publishers, and Sea World.
Since 1986, Rick has worked together with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals in a variety of health care environments, including coronary care (CCU) and intensive care units (ICU), kidney dialysis centers, ambulatory and long-term care, and with governmental and non-governmental organizations. Rick has also worked as an instructor and faculty member at various colleges, including the University of Delaware (as of Fall 2007).
Rick is head of Integrated Health Seminars (www.ihseminars.com), a Continuing Professional Education seminar organization. Rick provides educational seminars for Dietitians, Nurses, and other health professional on a number of topics, including ‘New Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease’ and ‘Phytochemicals and Cancer Prevention.’
Rick is co-the author of Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, the first handbook for medical students designed to help future physicians integrate knowledge of advances in nutrition information into medical practice.
Rick is also the author of The New Cancer Fighters: How Phytochemicals Work (University of California Press, publication pending). The New Cancer Fighters is the first book to explain the effects of dietary patterns and phytochemicals on cancer cell growth mechanisms, and features interviews with cancer scientists from all over the world.
As a pioneer of advancing psychology into nutrition therapy, Rick also authored the Continuing Professional Education manual entitled The Psychology of Weight Control in 1997, with a 2nd Edition published due to popular demand in 2002.
Rick has lectured extensively to audiences on several health-related topics, with clients that include the Miami-Dade Police Dept., Florida Light and Power, XEROX, Broward County (FL) government employees, Harcourt-Brace Publishers, and Sea World.
Since 1986, Rick has worked together with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals in a variety of health care environments, including coronary care (CCU) and intensive care units (ICU), kidney dialysis centers, ambulatory and long-term care, and with governmental and non-governmental organizations. Rick has also worked as an instructor and faculty member at various colleges, including the University of Delaware (as of Fall 2007).
Rick is head of Integrated Health Seminars (www.ihseminars.com), a Continuing Professional Education seminar organization. Rick provides educational seminars for Dietitians, Nurses, and other health professional on a number of topics, including ‘New Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease’ and ‘Phytochemicals and Cancer Prevention.’
Rick Weissinger, MS, RD
Formal Education, Degrees, and Licenses to practice
Bachelor's Degree, Brooklyn College, 1986
Master's Degree, California State University, 1992
Registered/licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist since 1995
Formal Education, Degrees, and Licenses to practice
Bachelor's Degree, Brooklyn College, 1986
Master's Degree, California State University, 1992
Registered/licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist since 1995
