Marz Nutritionals

on nutrition and naturopathic medicine. Dr. Marz has taught clinical nutrition as an associate professor at many of the naturopathic medical schools around the country including the National College of Natural Medicine, Bridgeport Naturopathic Medical School, SW College of Naturopathic Medicine and Oregon College of Oriental Medicine for over 25 years. He is the author of a textbook in clinical nutrition, Medical Nutrition from Marz 2nd edition. He earned a master's degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 1992. Since 1990 he has been in private practice at the “Tabor Hill Clinic” in Portland, OR where he is the medical director. In December 2015, Dr. Marz was inducted into the Naturopathic Hall of Fame. Dr. Marz has a keen interest in nutrition, the environment, sustainable nutrition and survival of the human civilization. He is currently involved in the study of “Blue Zones”, areas around the world in which people live longer and healthier. His ambition is to identify all aspects of the “Ideal Human Diet” for health and longevity. He recently has returned, for the second time, from one of the 5 Blue Zones in the world, Costa Rica, where he met, studied, examined and took the blood of 18 centenarians. He is currently working on a film about “Blue Zones” traveling to each of the areas and carefully studying what and how they eat. He is actively involved in research in the nutritional treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.