About Us

Deborah Kesten, MPH, is an international nutrition researcher and educator, with a specialty in preventing and reversing obesity and heart disease. She was the nutritionist on Dr. Dean Ornish’s first clinical trial for reversing heart disease through lifestyle changes, and Co-principal Investigator on research about her Whole Person Nutrition Model and Program, the results of which were published in Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. With more than 200 published nutrition and health articles, she is also the award-winning author of Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul and The Healing Secrets of Food, a comprehensive, evidence-based nutrition program about the power of food to heal multi-dimensionally. Deborah’s accomplishments include contributing articles to scientific books and medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, and to magazines such as Yoga Journal and Spirituality and Health. She lives in Washington with her husband Larry Scherwitz, PhD, co-author of The Enlightened Diet.

Larry Scherwitz, PhD, is an international research scientist who has specialized in mind-body research and lifestyle and their link to preventing and reversing heart disease and obesity. His extensive experience initiating and directing comprehensive, sustainable, lifestyle-change programs with heart patients and their families, includes directing seven comprehensive lifestyle programs (4 in the U.S.; 3 in Europe), with components that include optimal nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and social support. Dr. Scherwitz’ research has been published in a plethora of prestigious medical journal, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet, and Psychosomatic Medicine. He has also has been Director of Research and Co-Principal Investigator with Dean Ornish, M.D., on his heart disease reversal research. Presently, he is Director of Clinical Sciences at the American Institute of Biosocial and Medical Research (AIBMR) Life Sciences, Inc., in Washington. He is married to Deborah Kesten, MPH.