Ignarro, Ph.D

Nutrition and Scientific Advisory Boards  

Louis Ignarro, Ph.D., is a member of Herbalife’s Nutrition and Scientific Advisory Boards (NAB, SAB). The NAB is made up of leading experts around the world in the fields of nutrition and health who educate and train Herbalife independent distributors on the principles of nutrition, physical activity and healthy lifestyle.The SAB advises the company on advancements in the field of nutrition science.

Ignarro has made exceptional contributions to science. 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. His work has since led to additional research by scientists around the globe on nitric oxide. After working with Herbalife to develop Niteworks™, a dietary supplement designed to boost the body’s own production of nitric oxide, Ignarro became a member of the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Ignarro is currently a distinguished professor of pharmacology at the UCLA School of Medicine’s Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology in Los Angeles, which he joined in 1985. Before relocating to California, he was a professor of pharmacology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, for 12 years. Previously, Ignarro was a staff scientist, research department, for the pharmaceutical division of CIBA-GEIGY Corporation in New York.

Ignarro has published numerous articles on his research. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he also received the Basic Research Prize of the American Heart Association in 1998, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of cardiovascular science. That same year, he was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and the following year, into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He is the founder of the Nitric Oxide Society, and founder and editor-in-chief of “Nitric Oxide Biology and Chemistry.” Ignarro holds a B.S. in pharmacology, Columbia University, 1962, and a Ph.D. in pharmacology, University of Minnesota, 1966. He also received a postdoctoral fellowship in chemical pharmacology from National Institutes of Health in 1968.

  Heber, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.N.

David Heber, M.D. serves as chairman of Herbalife’s Nutrition Advisory Board made up of leading health and nutrition experts, and the company’s Scientific Advisory Board comprised of world—renowned scientists whose work furthers the field of nutrition science. The boards support the company’s internal product development team by providing expertise on obesity and human nutrition and educating and training Herbalife independent distributors on the principles of nutrition, physical activity and healthy lifestyle.

Heber’s main research interests are obesity treatment and nutrition for cancer prevention and treatment. He is the director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of California, Los Angeles*. Heber has been on the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine since 1978, and is currently professor of medicine and public health and the founding chief of the division of clinical nutrition in the department of medicine.

He directs the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded clinical research unit and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) nutrition and obesity grants at UCLA. For five years, he also directed the NIH-funded UCLA Center for dietary supplement research in botanicals.

Heber is included in “The Best Doctors in America” and “Who’s Who in America.” In addition to writing over 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles and two professional texts, he has also written four books for the public: “Natural Remedies for a Healthy Heart,” “The Resolution Diet,” “What Color is Your Diet?” and “The L. A. Shape Diet.”

Heber holds a B.S. in chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, UCLA, 1969; M.D. from Harvard Medical School, 1973; and Ph.D. in Physiology, University of California, 1978. He is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology and metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in clinical nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition.

Luigi Gratton, M.D., M.P.H.

Luigi Gratton, M.D. coordinates the strategic management and direction of Herbalife’s Nutrition Advisory Board to ensure Distributors have a thorough understanding of products, ingredients and their benefits. In addition, he manages the day-to-day operations of the Medical Affairs and Education Department, assuring all Distributor and medical inquires receive a quick and accurate response.

Gratton, a physician specialist in family medicine and clinical physician at the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition in the risk factor obesity program, works closely with Distributor trainers around the world to ensure the dissemination of accurate product information. He also speaks at major Herbalife events, enhancing Distributors’ knowledge about Herbalife products.

He has written numerous articles on nutrition and obesity and has appeared on television speaking on nutrition anti-aging medicine, sports nutrition and other medical topics.

Gratton earned an undergraduate degree in science and a masters in public health from University of California, Los Angeles. He was awarded a medical degree from Mount Sinai Medical School of New York University and fulfilled his residency in family medicine at Los Angeles County Hubert Humphrey Family Medicine Center. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical nutrition at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Gratton has been awarded Diplomate of The American Board of Family Practice and The American Board of Physician Nutrition.

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CLA, 1969; M.D. from Harvard Medical School, 1973; and Ph.D. in Physiology, University of California, 1978. He is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology and metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in clinical nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition.

Ralph Rogers, M.D., Ph.D., FECSS, FACSM, FFSEM

Dr. Ralph Rogers is a member of Herbalife’s Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB), based in U.K. The NAB is made of leading experts around the world in the fields of nutrition and health who educate and train Herbalife independent Distributors on the principles of nutrition, physical activity and healthy lifestyle.

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. He is also physician to Walsall Football Club, former sports physician to Warwickshire Country Cricket team and, most recently, medical advisor to the Trinidad &Tobago World Cup football team, among others.

Rogers has also worked with three large regional police forces in the UK as a musculoskeletal consultant and runs corporate wellness programs for companies throughout England. He is currently the clinical director of a musculoskeletal and sports medicine service in the NHS.

Educated in the U.S., Belgium and Scotland, the former outstanding collegiate lacrosse player and Ju—Jitsu black belt is currently a research fellow, School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure at the University of Wolverhampton. Rogers has also held research posts at Birmingham City Hospital, University Hospital of Leuven in Belgium; and research and teaching posts at the Free University of Brussels, and University of Maryland.

olism by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in clinical nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition.

There are many other members of the Advisory Board from around the world check out www.herbalife.com to see a full list