Aileen Ludington, M.D., is a graduate of Loma Linda University and a board-certified physician with 25 years of practice experience, and an internationally-known health educator and author. Before her retirement she served on the staff of Weimar Institute's residential NEWSTART Lifestyle Center in Weimar, California. She is the associate editor of Lifeline Health Letter, medical director of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute in Loma Linda, and a popular radio and seminar speaker.