Our Scientific Commitment

Award-winning scientists, distinguished doctors and renowned nutrition experts are the guiding force behind our innovative products. Herbalife is committed to taking and maintaining the lead in scientific and nutritional advancements and setting the standards by which all nutritional companies are measured.

The donation to establish the Mark Hughes Cellular & Molecular Nutrition Lab at UCLA is another example of Herbalife's dedication to science-based nutrition research. This Lab is foundation upon which extensive Herbalife's product line was built.

Herbalife sets the standard

With the addition of the Scientific Advisory Board and the Mark Hughes Cellular & Molecular Nutrition Lab as resources, Herbalife is fast becoming the standard by which all wellness companies are measured.

	David Heber M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.N., Chairman, Nutrition and Scientific Advisory Boards He directs the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded clinical research unit and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) nutrition and obesity grants at UCLA.		Louis Ignarro Ph.D., Nutrition and Scientific Advisory Boards His efforts were recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 for his discovery of nitric oxide and its range of benefits to the human body.
	Luigi Gratton M.D., M.P.H.. Vice President, Medical Affairs and Education Gratton, a physician specialist in family medicine and clinical physician at the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition in the risk factor obesity.		Joaquim Caetano M.D. Caetano is an internal medicine specialist with a focus on sports medicine. He has served as the technical director of clinical pathology laboratory for Clinica Medicil since 2000.
	Belong Cho M.D. A native of Seoul, Korea, Cho is a professor at Seoul National University College of Medicine (SNUMC) and practices family medicine. He is also a researcher at the college's Center of Health Education, assistant dean for student affairs, and head of external relations.		Julian Alvarez Garcia M.D. Alicante-based ?lvarez specializes in sports medicine and physical education. He currently manages sports medicine at the Mediterranean Clinic of Neurosciences. He has also acted as advisor to the Association of Olympic Sportsmen and Women at the Atlanta Olympics 1996.
	Marion Flechtner-Mors Ph.D. Flechtner-Mors is currently head of the clinical nutrition research unit and obesity research group in the department of gastroenterology, endocrinology, nutrition and metabolism at the University of Ulm, Germany.		Lazlo Halmy M.D., Ph.D., DMSci In addition to his medical practice, he has conducted scientific research into a number of different areas of human metabolism, including nutrition, obesity and hypertension since 1968.
	Shih-Yi Huang Ph.D. Huang currently chairs and is a professor at Taiwan's Taipei Medical University, School of Nutrition and Health Sciences. He is an expert on metabolism, with a focus on how nutrients can improve mental health. He is also a specialist of vitamins and phytochemicals.		Patricio Kenny M.D. Kenny is an adolescent and young adult gastroenterologist. He holds several memberships in professional and honorary societies including the Argentine Association of Directors of Pediatric Fellowship Training.
	Ali Kocailik M.D. Kocailik has published extensively on cardiovascular health and is an active member of the Cardiovascular Surgery Association of Turkey, serving as general secretary of National Cardiovascular Congress in 1988 and assistant associate producer in 1981.		Rocio Medina M.D. Medina is a professor of nutrition and obesity at University of Monterrey (U.D.E.M.). Medina is a member of the National Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO),since 2004. Previously, she served as medical coordinator of the Ministry of the Preventive Police Force of Monterrey.
	Anoop Misra M.D. Misra is director and head of the diabetes and metabolic diseases department and a senior consultant in internal medicine at Fortis Group of Hospitals, New Delhi. He has been published in more than 150 scientific papers in international journals.		Alla Pogozheva M.D. Pogozheva is currently professor and head of the cardiovascular pathology department of the Nutrition Clinic at the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Science and Research in Moscow. Pogozheva has practiced at the nutrition clinic since 1977 and specializes in the fields of obesity and cardiovascular health.
	Ralph Rogers M.D., Ph.D., FECSS, FACSM, FFSEM A senior consultant in sports and musculoskeletal medicine and exercise physiology, Rogers is based in Birmingham, where he established and continues to run the most (Medical & Orthopaedic Sports Therapy) clinic.		Nikolaos Sitaras M.D. Sitaras is currently associate professor of pharmacology at Athens University Medical School. He is a practicing physician, author and lecturer, with an interest in digestive health and nutrition. Sitaras has published extensively on the subject of genetic disorders and nutrition and, since 2002, has focused on the effects of dietary supplements in healthy over-50 population.
	Ryuzaburo Tanino M.D. Tanino has contributed extensively to the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. As a member of the board of directors of the Japan Association of Aesthetic Medical Inc., he is committed to solving social issues regarding plastic and reconstructive surgery.		Jean de la Tullaye M.D. Tullaye completed his medical degree in Grenoble, France, and went on to specialize in nutrition and sports biology. For the past eight years he has been an associate professor at the University of Montpellier I, France. It was here that he created the teaching module 'Nutrition, Food and Health' within the pharmaceutical faculty.
	Nataniel Viuniski M.D. Viuniski is a pediatrician and nutritional expert whose main areas of interest are weight control and childhood obesity. He is the author of "Childhood Obesity - A Practical Guide" as well as other books and articles.		Yoshio Yoshimoto M.D. Yoshimoto is an active researcher, author and presenter specializing in the fields of endocrinology, bone metabolism, dementia and calcium, as well as microorganism-applied environmental medicine.