Spencer Masterson, M.H. is a licensed Master Herbalist as well a respected health and fitness coach who has dedicated his life to natural healing through whole food herbs and other natural healing studies. Spencer believes in pure health. His outlook on a healthy lifestyle as well as his experience formulating homeopathic products has brought him to HCG Diet Direct® as Chief Formulator overseeing the entire line of NovusOP® natural supplements and products.

Spencer Masterson M.H. graduated as a Master Herbalist in 1996 from The School of Natural Healing, founded by Dr. John R. Christopher in 1953. He gives tribute to the school, his teacher and mentor, David Christopher, for the unique education, knowledge and understanding he received.

Spencer Masterson is an author and founder of NuLife Herbs, Inc., in Las Vegas, Nevada. His passion is to help educate people about whole food herbs and healing the body.

When Spencer was a young man, he had health problems of his own. He was determined to turn his health around by following some simple health principles his mother taught him as a child. This clearly led him on his journey to better health, which has taken him to enthralling places, where he discovered what he calls the 5 Treasures. In his book you can travel with him to discover these powerful Treasures to help you live a more balanced and abundant life.

Stardardized Herbs vs. Whole Herbs

Herbs have been used for centuries for treating illnesses, curing diseases, and maintaining good health. With the rising popularity of herbal medicine, doctors are beginning to realize the benefits of herbs. However, most doctors are not educated in herbal medicine and they have become used to prescribing specific dosages of pharmaceutical drugs.
Since the chemical properties in herbs can vary from plant to plant, and in an attempt to gain acceptance in the medical community, some herbal companies have standardized herbs. This process involves isolating and extracting the plant's active ingredients, then concentrating them. The only problem with this is now the standardized herb is missing vital constituents. Concentrating it can cause it to become similar to a pharmaceutical drug. That is why we have 4 seasons. As the seasons change, so does the chemical content of the herbs. This is for our benefit. A chemical that is prominent in an herb in the spring may be non-existent in the fall. These chemical changes help our bodies to adjust to the seasonal changes. They tell us when it is time to detoxify, when it's time to thin our blood or when it is time to build up for the winter.

Concentrating the active ingredients makes the herbal products more dangerous and more unnatural. Besides, the constituents that have been discarded have many healing chemicals and resins in them that are part of the plants healing chemistry. Isolating the active ingredients ignores all of the other valuable ingredients that make the herb work.

The above information on Standardized Herbs vs. Whole Herbs are excerpts from the book, " Discover the 5 Treasures for Better Health," by Spencer Masterson. For more information on this book, click here.

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