Consejo Asesor Médico y Científico de Herbalife®

David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.N.
Chairman, Nutrition & Scientific Advisory Boards United States

Nutritional Advisory Board

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 Centre 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 Centre 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.

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.
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Education

Nutritional Advisory Board

As vice president, medical affairs and education, 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.

Alexey Borisov, Ph.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Dr. Alexey Borisov 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.

Borisov currently serves as deputy chief of the medical department in the advisory diagnostic center of the Military Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He is also a lecturer at the Medical Academy of Moscow and author of more than 40 scientific publications.

Borisov, a former judo champion of Moscow and St. Petersburg, has been using Herbalife products as part of his nutritional regimen since 1994.

Joaquim Caetano, M.D

Nutritional Advisory Board

Dr. Joaquim Caetano is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB), based in Portugal. The NAB is comprised 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.

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. He also currently serves as head of the Health Technical Bureau of the Portuguese Army's Department of Health Services and holds the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel Doctor in the Portuguese army.

Caetano began teaching courses on internal medicine and infectious diseases in 1998. He earned his medical degree at Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas de Lisboa da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Faculty of Medical Sciences of the New University of Lisbon).

Marco DeAngelis, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Dr. Marco DeAngelis 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.

DeAngelis is currently consultant to the Institute of Medicine and Sport Science for the Italian Olympic Committee and professor at the Human Movement and Exercise Science Faculty of the University of L'Aquila.

He has chaired a number of national and international committees and has published extensively in Italian and international journals. He has taught subjects linked to motor science including physiology, training methodology, functional evaluation and diet in various universities and sports federations.
DeAngelis is a very active sportsman and is a 2nd dan karate black belt.

Marion Flechtner-Mors, Ph.D

Nutritional Advisory Board

Marion Flechtner-Mors, Ph.D., based in Germany, is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board, 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.

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. She specializes in healthy nutrition and the relationship between obesity and associated metabolic disorders. She has undertaken substantial experimental research focusing on this subject, specifically the alleviation of obesity through energy-restricted diets, low-calorie diets, meal replacements and medication. Her work is dedicated to developing and evaluating long-term weight-loss programs and preventative strategies for nutrition-related disorders.

Flechtner-Mors is a graduate of the University of Ulm, where she earned a Ph.D. in human biology. Prior to this, she studied mathematics and chemistry at the University of Ulm. She also studied nutrition and earned a diploma degree at the University of Hohenheim.

Flechtner-Mors began her career as a laboratory technician at the Fa. Reinz, Neu Ulm and then in the biochemistry department at Ulm. She went on to become a researcher in the department of medicine before gaining valuable experience at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Since 1999, Flechtner-Mors has also worked as a senior researcher in nutrition at the University of Hohenheim Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition. Over the last 13 years, her research has been widely published around the world.

Julián Álvarez García, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Julián Álvarez García, M.D., is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board, 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.

Alicante-based Álvarez specializes in sports medicine and physical education. Over the past 20 years he has advised a number of professional and Olympic sports teams in triathlons, mountain biking, football and basketball. 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, served as manager of medical services to the Spanish Federation of Weight Lifters from 1992 to 1995, and held responsibility for the Spanish Olympic team at the Mediterranean games in France in 1993. From 1995 to 2000 he was the head of the medical services at the International High Performance Altitude Training Center in Sierra Nevada (Granada-Spain), and from 2000 to 2004 was the team doctor of a professional basketball team in the Spanish Major League (ACB).

As an academic, Álvarez has lectured in sports medicine and physical education throughout Spain, coordinating study programs and lecturing to masters programs in sports physiotherapy at the European University in Madrid and on postgraduate courses in sports nutrition.

An active researcher and publisher both at home and internationally, Álvarez has also contributed to or written books on the physiology of exercise, supplements in sport and the biological aspects of an athlete's education. He is a regular contributor to both radio and television broadcasts on health, nutrition and sport.

Álvarez is a founder member of the Spanish Association of Specialists in Sports and Physical Education Medicine and a member of the Spanish Association of Basketball Doctors. He also holds memberships of the American and European Colleges of Sports Medicine.

Lazlo Halmy, M.D., Ph.D., DMSci

Nutritional Advisory Board

Lazlo Halmy, M.D., Ph.D., DMSci, is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board, based in Hungary, 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.

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.

In 1995 he won the Hungarian Nutritional Society prize for his work on the short and long term effects of Herbalife's Formula 1 meal replacement and multi vitamin and mineral supplement, concluding that food supplementation plays a vital role in a weight management program. More recently his research has focused on the effects of Herbalife's ShapeworksTM meal replacement program on body weight and fat composition.

Halmy has received many Hungarian awards for his work, including Hungary's Primary Preventative Forum medal and the Hungarian Ministerial Dagger of Honour for scientific research.

He is founding president of the Hungarian Society for the Study of Obesity and the Hungarian Foundation Against Obesity and holds a number of directorships, including that of the Hungarian Society of Nutrition, the National Working Committee of the Hungarian National Academy and the Hungarian Society of Hypertension. Halmy sits on the board of the National Preventive and Curative Program for Cardiovascular Diseases, and will take up the presidency of the 15th European Congress on Obesity in 2007.

Shih-Yi Huang, Ph.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

hih-Yi Huang, Ph.D. is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB), based in Taiwan.

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.

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.

Huang has been published extensively on the usage and effects of omega-3 fatty acids, as well as other areas of nutrition. He also serves on the boards of the Taiwan Nutrition Society and Taiwan Obesity Society.

Huang received his master's, Ph.D., and postdoctoral training from University of Rhode Island, Department of Food Science and Nutrition.

Linong Ji, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Dr. Linong Ji is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB), based in China. 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.

Ji is the director of endocrinology department at the People's Hospital of Peking University in China and a co-director of the Peking University Diabetes Center. He is also the president of the Endocrine and Metabolic Physician Society under the Chinese Physician Association, chief editor of Chinese Journal of Diabetes, vice-president of the Chinese Diabetes Society and a delegate of the International Diabetes Federation Western Pacific Region (IDF-WPR). Ji's studies are focused on clinical work in endocrine and research in molecular genetics of diabetes mellitus and its treatment.

Ji received his medical degree from Beijing Medical University. Between 1993 and 1996, he studied at the JOSLIN Diabetes Center of Harvard Medical School. From 1997 to 1999, he was a visiting associate professor of medicine at Harvard University.

Patricio Kenny, M.D

Nutritional Advisory Board

Patricio Kenny, M.D., is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board, based in Argentina. The board 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.

Kenny is an adolescent and young adult gastroenterologist. He currently serves at the Buenos Aires British Hospital, as director of the Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Digestive and Nutritional Diseases. Additionally, he is a faculty member at the Argentine Catholic University, serving as associate professor of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition.

Kenny has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and serves as a reviewer for Argentine Archives of Pediatrics Journal and is a former member of the editorial board of GI Journal.

He holds several memberships in professional and honorary societies including the Argentine Association of Directors of Pediatric Fellowship Training.

Kenny received his medical degree from University of Buenos Aires Medical School and completed a visiting fellowship and rotation in his area of specialty at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass, and John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.

Rocio Medina, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Rocio Medina, M.D., located in Mexico, is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB).

The NAB is comprised 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 board is chaired by David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Medina is a professor of nutrition and obesity at University of Monterrey (U.D.E.M.). She also has been in private practice since 1994. She is co-founder of the Colegio de Médicos Cirujanos y Profesionales en Nutriología Clínica y Obesidad, A.C. (Medical College of Surgeons and Professionals in Obesity and Clinical Nutrition) at Nuevo León, and vice-president of the college. Additionally, 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.

Medina received her medical degree at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), (Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon), Monterrey, Mexico, and her nutrition and obesity post-degree at the University of Monterrey.

Anoop Misra, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Dr. Anoop Misra is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB), based in India. 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.

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 is former professor of medicine and diabetologist at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, where he received his medical degree. Misra has also been on the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Royal London Medical School in the U.K.

He has been published in more than 150 scientific papers in international journals; received multiple awards including the highest award for medical science in India, the Dr. B. C. Roy Award; and has served as the personal physician of two Prime Ministers of India. He is a reviewer for several prestigious international journals including "The Lancet" and "Circulation."

In addition to his work, Misra is very active in community outreach programs that bring health and nutrition education and awareness to school aged and disadvantaged children and women in urban slums.

Alla Pogozheva, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Alla Pogozheva, M.D. is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board, based in Russia. The board consists of 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.

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. She currently directs the food product test center at the Institute of Nutrition which specializes in evaluating the efficacy and results of tests on a range of specialized dietary products. She has published extensively on nutrition science and supplementation both in Russia and abroad with more than 250 papers in her name. She is a regular contributor on health and obesity issues in the national media.

Pogozheva graduated from the Moscow Medical Institute as a dietician, and earned her doctorate in 1995. She is currently chairman of the medical nutrition committee of the Moscow City Society of Therapists and trustee and chairman of the medical nutrition committee of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

Nikolaos Sitaras, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Nikolaos Sitaras, M.D., is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board, based in Greece. The board 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.

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.

He is an active member of the European Association of Ethnopharmacology, the Athens Medical Association, the Greek Association of Public Health Education and the Association of Pharmacology.

Sitaras completed his medical studies at Athens University Medical School in 1977, followed by a Ph.D. in pharmacology. He took up a research fellowship in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard University's School of Public Health in the late 1980s. Sitaras has been director of the medical departments of the Greek branches of pharmaceutical companies Sandoz and Abbott Laboratories and has consulted for Wyeth Consumer Healthcare as well as serving on their European Nutrition Advisory Board. He is currently a member of the administrative council of the EOF, the Greek national drug regulating body.

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

Nutritional Advisory Board

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 London, where he is a partner of the London Orthopaedic Clinic at The Princess Grace Hospital. Rogers specializes in sports and exercise medicine, weight management, performance arts medicine and wellness and 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.

Published widely on the subjects of sports and exercise, nutrition, cardiovascular and orthopedic studies and youth fitness, Rogers belongs to a number of professional bodies, including the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine; the British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine; and the International Federation of Sports Medicine. He is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine, the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; Fellow of the European College of Sports Science; and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He also speaks and lectures widely on sports nutrition, exercise and health.

Jean de la Tullaye, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Jean de la Tullaye, M.D., based in France, is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board (NAB), 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.

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.

In 2000 he established his own consultancy specializing in research, development and communication in the field of nutrition and health. Prior to this, he created and developed the Human Nutrition Department of Sanofi Research, a division of Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceutical. Among his responsibilities, Tullaye was scientific advisor to the cosmetic department, working with brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Fendi.

Since 1985, Tullaye has been a member of various scientific committees concerned with food safety and quality working closely with the Departments of Agriculture and Food. Tullaye has also taught abroad in a diverse group of countries, including Cambodia.

Nataniel Viuniski, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Nataniel Viuniski, M.D. is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board, based in Brazil. The board 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.

Viuniski is a pediatrician and nutritional expert whose main areas of interest are weight control and childhood obesity. He is also advisor to the Health and Education Ministry for Childhood Obesity, professor of human nutrition in graduate courses and director of nutrition service for Unimed Hospital, Rio Grande do Sul.

He is the author of "Childhood Obesity - A Practical Guide" as well as other books and articles.

Viuniski holds a medical degree from the Escola Médica da Universidade de Passo Fundo (Medical School of Passo Fundo University) in Rio Grande do Sul; a postgraduate degree in pediatrics from Hospital Infantil Conceição de Porto Alegre (Children Hospital Conceição de Porto Alegre); and a postgraduate degree in nutrition from ABRAN (Brazilian Association of Nutrition).

Yoshio Yoshimoto, M.D.

Nutritional Advisory Board

Yoshio Yoshimoto, M.D.

Yoshio Yoshimoto, M.D. is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board, based in Japan. The board consists 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.

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. He is the former director of the National Hyogo-Chuo Hospital, and played a critical role in the preparation for the foundation of College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo University, which opened in 1993 as the first public college specializing exclusively in nursing. After the opening of the college, Yoshimoto taught medicine as a professor in the nursing department and the graduate school.

Having served as a visiting professor and researcher at the University of California, Riverside, and Freie Universitat Berlin, as well as having been a member of the American Endocrine Society and other organizations, Yoshimoto has made invaluable contributions to maintaining people's health and to the further growth of the Japanese medical society. He earned a medical degree from Kobe University School of Medicine and is a councilor of the Japan Endocrine Society and the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research; a member of the committee to select speech themes for the International Osteoporosis Conference and the program committee of the World Osteoporosis Conference; and an active member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, the Japan Dietetics Society, the Japan Osteoporosis Society, the Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine, the Japan Diabetes Society and the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity.