Joel Wallach was born and raised in Missouri, where he received a Bachelors degree in Science and Agriculture. Having spent 30 years as a veterinarian, working as a research pathologist with the National Institute of Health in Atlanta, Dr Wallach accepted an invitation to teach nutrition at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Oregon, where he then qualified as a naturopathic doctor.

Dr Wallach is an associate Editor of Quantum Medicine, the Journal of the Association of Eclectic Physicians, and was the recipient of the 1988 Wooster Beach Gold Medal award for a significant breakthrough in the basic understanding of the cause and pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis by the Association of Eclectic Physicians.

He was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1991 for his work with the trace mineral selenium and its relationship to the cognital genesis of cystic fibrosis.

Dr Wallach is the creator of the Dead Doctors Don't Lie tape which sold more than 24 million copies and became the most listened to nutritional lecture in the history of the world. Dr Wallach shares his wit and wisdom with millions of Americans through talk shows on radio, TV and lecture tours.