Shane Ellison, M.Sc.
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Shane Ellison is "The People's Chemist." He has a BS in biology from Fort Lewis College and an MS in organic chemistry from Northern Arizona University. Dissatisfied with Big Pharma's aggressive push for 24/7/365 drug use and their unwillingness to acknowledge natural medicine, he abandoned his career as a medicinal chemist for Array BioPharma and Eli Lilly to start Health-FX Nutrition, an on-line nutraceuticals company that offers scientifically sound nutritional supplements free of fillers, sugars and artificial flavors.
In his background as a chemist in graduate school and industry, Shane specialized in the design and synthesis of amino acids, peptides as well as hormone replacement and anti-cancer drugs. As an undergraduate, he was recipient of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Grant for his studies in physiology. Experience taught him a great deal about the effects of drugs on the body and the healing relationship we all have with naturally occurring products.
Shane is an internationally recognized authority on therapeutic nutrition and the author of Health Myths Exposed, The Hidden Truth About Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs and The AM-PM Fat Loss Discovery. He is also co-author with Dr. Joseph Mercola and Dr. Julian Whitaker of the upcoming book 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Health. Shane is a proud member of The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics.
A passionate writer, Shane co-founded The Four Corners Holistic Health newspaper and is a contributing author to The Well Being Journal, Early to Rise, Dr. Al Sears' Health Confidential, News with Views, Dr. Hotzes' Hormones Health and Happiness,Crusader Magazineand A to Z Fitness.
Shane has given lectures to large corporations such as British Petroleum and has appeared in the award-winning documentary by Gary Null and Associates entitled Prescription for Disaster. More recently, he is a luminary for the upcoming Life Path Unlimited DVD series.
Shane doesn't follow trends, hype or medical dogma - just results. With his keen ability to sift through scientific literature and weed out fact from fiction, he has empowered thousands to assert their health freedom by saying "no" to prescription drugs (aka disease care) and yes to natural medicine and a health-promoting lifestyle.
Shane's most important accomplishments are being a proud husband and father of two children. Adventurous, he enjoys most anything that requires a helmet: motorcycles, snow boarding, and mountain biking.
