All Natural Health Corner/ Merry Nutrition

I started my journey in alternative health after the birth of my first child. My daughter required major surgery to correct an abdominal disorder two hours after she was born. My mother, Pat, was a Registered Dietitian. She started researching her nutrition books to set up a program of that diet and nutrition would support healthy pregnancy and other life challenges. I started working in alternative health with my family's natural food store, Pat's Health Corner, in Grandville, MI in 1981. In 1989 I became a Certified Nutritionist after completing studies at the National Institute of Nutrition Education.

I have worked and studied in Colorado, Illinois and Michigan. I shared my knowledge by leading nutrition classes at Adult Education programs. I have been a speaker for health support groups, PTO’s, and service clubs. I worked with two companies that allowed me to present nutrition seminars in Texas, California, Indiana, Nevada, Illinois and Michigan.

Providing one on one personal nutrition education through All Natural Health Care is the most satisfying part of working in the natural health arena. I also enjoy finding and sharing new ideas, supplement information and other alternative health information for my page. I like discovering the history on how the AMA and Big Pharma have attempted to make allopathic medicine the end all/ be all and limit people’s access to natural alternatives. Conventional medicine is helpful in getting a diagnosis and is great for emergency crisis situations. My daughter is alive because of the urgent medical care she received after she was born. But I have realized there are many ways they could have helped her have a healthier start in life.

The second amendment is about not abridging our Freedom of Speech. Natural health care has been under attack for over 100 years. Thankfully the DSHEA act was passed in 1994 to allow the discussion of nutrition facts that could not be denied. But we continue to fight the establishment at all turns for that Freedom of Speech.