About Us

Our mission is to help you live a longer, healthier life.

Living a healthy life is on everyone's minds these days, and with all the emerging research out there it's hard to keep up! That's where we come in. Each day we present interesting and motivating information to help you make the right choices for you and your loved ones.

The Alternative Health Journal (AHJ) brings you the latest health news, tips for healthy living, and discoveries and breakthroughs in natural medicine. You'll learn about anti-aging solutions, how to keep your heart pumping stronger, ways to ease joint discomfort, how to boost your energy levels, tips to sleep better, hear better, see better, and much more.

We've partnered with with well-known doctors, authors, alternative health practitioners and herbalists, including former NASA scientist, Dr. William Judy who worked with Nobel Prize winning doctor Peter Mitchell on the discovery of CoQ10; Dr. Glen Halvorson who worked with the U.S. Olympic team; respected physician, Dr. Derrick DeSilva; and Dr. Darren Clair, the famous Beverly Hills anti-aging doctor. We have direct experience in all of the nutraceutical categories, including anti-aging, joint repair, weight control, heart, cholesterol, sleep, memory, men’s and women’s sexual health, vision, and body-building.

AHJ has one of the largest collections of alternative health articles and videos, and in addition to hosting our  alternative health blog, we send an email newsletter twice a week. Join our community of people who are passionate about natural living! We invite you to become a contributor and submit your own articles and videos, share your family's natural cures, and give or get advice in our community forums.


On the Alternative Health Journal, you can . . .

• Share your own alternative health stories in a variety of ways
  
• Upload articles and videos for others to view
  
• Post your family's tried and true home remedy success stories
  
• Gain recognition for all your contributions
  
• Learn what others do to overcome their health challenges
  
• Read about exciting new health products and natural supplements
  
• Tag your favorite articles and videos for future viewing
  
• Comment on other people's articles and videos
  
• Meet new friends with similar health concerns
  
• Participate in discussions in the alternative health forums
  
• Vote for your favorite natural cures
  
• Keep up-to-date with alternative health events in the news
  
• Get product discounts and free gifts, and more!
  

We're here to help you take responsibility for your own health and future well being, and we hope your experience on this website inspires you to learn about natural alternatives and share your knowledge with others.

PRESS RELEASE

SANTA MONICA, CA, Aug 25, 2008 -- Alternative Health Journal today announced the launch of the Web's first alternative health community with Web 2.0 functionality, directly competing with the well-known medical information site, WebMD. The new site features original editorial and user-generated content focused on natural health news, information and alternative healthcare solutions for consumers. Editorial contributors for the new site include award-winning health blogger, Bob Condor, author of The Good Mood Diet and former managing editor of health at MSN.com, renowned former NASA scientist Dr. William Judy, and Dr. Glen Halvorson, who worked with the U.S. Olympic team.

The new site offers visitors free access to timely information about alternative healthcare solutions and the latest in Web 2.0 interactivity. Alternative Health Journal also hosts one of the Web's largest collections of alternative health articles, videos and vitamin-supplement glossaries, allowing consumers to make informed decisions about vitamins, supplements, herbal remedies, minerals, enzymes and other natural products not directly regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

"When I began researching the alternative health space on the Web, I was amazed to see the lack of quality information portals," said Erin Jansen, Editor-in-Chief and founder of the well-known internet dictionary, NetLingo. "Like many people, I am passionate about alternative health and medicine, but found no modern, reliable websites with current news or information that helped me research homeopathic remedies or get the latest information I need on a regular basis. Since WebMD doesn't provide the timely articles or information about alternative health solutions I wanted, we decided to create the world's first Web 2.0 alternative health community."

"We want to give people the opportunity to learn about alternative health solutions instead of relying solely on western medicine or drugs," added Robert Riess, President. "Health is personal. People go online to search for health information that's particular to whatever is ailing them, so we also wanted to give people the opportunity to share their health stories, whether it's in a video, article, essay, natural cure, or in our forums."

Alternative Health Journal also sends a newsletter twice a week to its growing and loyal fan base. The site even has plans to allow its community the ability to link to other social networking platforms such as MySpace and Facebook. The free online news community also features one of the world's largest collections of alternative health articles, videos, blogs, community forums and product reviews.