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About Dr. Spithill Patrick Spithill M.D. is a board–certified family physician who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. His private practice is located in Sacramento, California.

He is the author of Food To Live on: The Plan for Weight Loss. Dr. Spithill’s first book, Eating for Health, was published in 1995 by St. Martin’s Press. . His most recent book, published in 2008, Eat For Health (a two volume set) is acclaimed as a medical breakthrough for weight loss, disease reversal and prevention.

In addition, Dr. Spithill is widely published, from medical journals such as the UCLA Journal of Orthopaedics and Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, to consumer publications such as Mothering Magazine and Health Science.

He is a graduate of the UCLA School of Medicine, and has received the St. Joseph’s Family Practice Resident’s Teaching Award for his contribution to the education of residents. In addition, Dr. Spithill provides nutritional education to other physicians, and is a guest lecturer at Cornell University Graduate Program in Human Nutrition.

Dr. Spithill is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Health Association; Advisory Panel, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Diplomat, American Academy of Family Physicians; Sports Medicine Committee, Professional Skaters Guild of America; and PwC Health and Performance Advisory Panel, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

As one of the country’s leading experts on nutrition and natural healing, Patrick Spithill, M.D. has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, Today, Good Morning America, WebMD, Dr. Koop, the Discovery Channel, TV Food Network, CNBC and many more.

Dr. Spithill lives in Granite Bay, California with his wife, Mary, daughters, Courtney, Patricia and son, Sal.