Our Mission: Going Beyond Health At Beyond Health, our mission is simple—and radical: To help people go beyond health. Going beyond health means going beyond what most people have been taught to accept as “normal.” Redefining What It Means to Be Healthy Most people consider themselves healthy if they are functional—able to get out of bed, go to work or school, take care of family responsibilities, and squeeze in some enjoyment along the way. They may struggle with allergies, digestive problems, headaches, fatigue, stubborn weight gain, skin or hair issues, or frequent aches and pains. Often, these concerns are “managed” with over-the-counter remedies, yet the person still considers themselves healthy. As time goes on, medications are added to manage more serious conditions—arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, cognitive decline. We’ve known people taking multiple prescriptions who still describe themselves as healthy. Eventua…

It’s been 12 years since Raymond Francis published his groundbreaking book, Never Be Sick Again (NBSA). At this point hundreds of thousands of dog-eared copies of this best seller are being used as trusted references for getting well and staying well. To incorporate all the new information that’s come out in the past decade, it was time for a revised edition. But Raymond wanted to create a new book with a more practical emphasis. The Great American Health Hoax will be available early in 2015. Like NBSA, it indicts the American “disease-care” system that focuses on alleviating symptoms at the expense of supporting the body’s inherent self-healing capacities. And, like NBSA, the new book presents a solution to the problem: Raymond’s one disease-two causes-six pathways model. But The Great American Health Hoax adds the equivalent of an automobile’s maintenance manual. Several “maintenance items” are introduced—health parameters we need to monitor. If they deviate too far f…

Osteoporosis, Acidity, and the Silent Loss of Bone “Osteoporosis is the price we pay for chronic metabolic acidosis, which robs us of our mineral reserves and impairs efforts to rebuild the bone matrix.”— Susan E. Brown, PhD, CCN & Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD Concern about bone health is well founded. More than half of Americans over the age of 50 now suffer from osteoporosis or low bone density. Yet despite this growing problem, most approaches to bone health remain dangerously incomplete. The conventional focus is almost entirely on calcium—sometimes paired with vitamin D—while ignoring the deeper metabolic forces that determine whether bone is built or broken down. Bones Are Not Just Structure — They Are a Mineral Bank Bones serve two critical functions: Structural support Storage of alkalizing minerals, especially calcium and magnesium Your survival depends on maintaining a narrow blood pH range. When the diet and lifestyle create excess a…