About Us
Meet the Be Healthy With Vitamin D Team
We are a diverse group of friends from different regions of the world who have come together because of our overwhelming desire to help others become healthy, fit and happy. Like you we have all experienced illness or health problems over the years. Along the journey to recovery we all rediscovered the importance of living a healthy, balanced life and what is takes to have these. For each of us diet, vitamins and preventative medicine are now central to maintaining a happy, healthy lifestyle. It has changed our lives and we want to help you change yours. Please read below and meet the team.
Carolin Hauser
Dr. Carolin Hauser studied Naturopathic Medicine in Stuttgart, Germany and is a Licensed Naturopathic Practitioner in Germany. After working in her own practice for several years she became a mom and her daughter was born at home. Carolin felt called upon to raise her child completely naturally, this included breastfeeding her daughter for more than two years.
At age 21, Carolin had a health crisis of her own that her doctors labelled incurable. This led her to search for ways to heal herself to revitalize her body, mind and spirit. She believes that we all need to take complete responsibility for our own health and our children’s health to ensure our families can lead healthy and energetic lives.
Today Carolin focuses on educating and supporting other parents in raising healthy children. She emphasizes nutrition and preventative medicine because she has learned that these are the key to leading a healthy life. It is her core belief that when the body is provided with all the nutrients it needs it will function at an optimal level, and disease will be the exception not the norm.
Articles written by Carolin:
Benefits of Vitamin D in children
Vitamin D deficiency symptoms in children
Cathy Fletcher
Cathy Fletcher is a natural researcher and her desire is to be well and help others. If you’ve had a gassed hospital birth, breathed in clouds of talcum powder as a newborn and had regular vaccinations you can relate to the fallout of the typical mechanistic medical model we grew up with. You may be a person who has faced health challenges from the start.
Today, Cathy encourages all health seekers to zero in on their own right path stepping into an attitude of well-being and using the best society has to offer in nutrition. Beginning in elementary school she regularly sought out the nurse for discussion on a healthy diet. She became a Dietary Aid in a hospital and worked in a health food store (read all the books). Armed with new facts and unwilling to pass on health challenges to her children she discovered a new boldness. All four children were successfully birthed at home and not vaccinated. She wins by faith and has broken free from the fear that troubles our society. Let Cathy help you on your journey of life-long learning and energetic living free from the low moods that afflict our society.
Articles written by Cathy:
Benefits of Vitamin D in Moods
Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency in Moods
What Does Vitamin D Do For Moods?
Vitamin D Facts Related to Moods
Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Information on Lights
Claire Newell
Generally energetic and fit, Claire suffered two long-term illnesses that affected her body, mind and spirit. This has made Claire determined to help others stay or become fit and healthy. She understands the importance of good healthy diet and a balanced lifestyle.
Claire has a doctorate in science and ecology and spent 15 very busy years as a researcher. The birth of Claire’s first child made Claire reassess her priorities and change her hectic work-focused lifestyle. Claire and her husband made a conscious decision to slow the pace of life. Now they focus on the important things which centre on creating a fun, healthy environment for their two young children. The family enjoys a relatively simple, healthy lifestyle with plenty of time to enjoy each other and have fun outdoor adventures around New Zealand.
Claire has a special interest in heart disease. Several family members, including her father and grandfather, died of heart disease. She provides helpful and knowledgeable information to people wanting to combat or prevent heart-related illnesses and maintain a balanced, healthy lifestyle well into their latter years.
Articles written by Claire:
Benefits of Vitamin D for Heart Disease
Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency and Heart Disease
Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms and Heart Disease
Vitamin D Facts and Heart Disease
What Does Vitamin D Do To Prevent Heart Disease?
Greg Gabbard
As a Business Consultant in the US, Greg was burning the candle at both ends, putting in long hours on the job, stressed out, and eating “whatever whenever”. Before Greg knew it, he was overweight, experiencing knee and shoulder pain, and facing the reality of being put on medication for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Coming from a gene pool known for heart disease and high blood pressure, he was a prime candidate for the emergency room or even worse…
Greg asked his doctor if there was an alternative to going on medication and the reply was lose weight, exercise and start eating healthier. We’ve all heard that before – right? The writing was on the wall and Greg knew he had to make a lifestyle change. Greg did his research and found a diet and exercise plan that worked for him. With this change in lifestyle Greg is now full of energy and medication free!
To stay healthy and maintain a positive outlook on life, Greg enjoys a healthy, balanced, nutritional diet. He is very conscious about what goes into his body and equally mindful of exercising to stay in good physical shape. Greg provides friendly, knowledgeable and encouraging advice to those who seek nutritional guidance and support for living a healthy lifestyle.
Articles written by Greg:
Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency in Men
Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms in Men
Vitamin D Facts Every Man Should Know
What Does Vitamin D Do for Men
Joan Bail
Joan Bail grew up on a ranch in North Central South Dakota, USA. In her 20’s conventional medication for a sinus infection removed her sense of smell for two years. This initiated her interest in alternative health methods. She has had many years of researching alternative health methods to heal herself and finds that these provide better results than with conventional medicine.
Joan is a very family-oriented person. She has 2 children, 8 grand children and 5 great-grand children whom are a big part of Joan’s life. She encourages them to use vitamin supplements to maintain their health.
Now in the second half of her life Joan continues to find alternative health methods beneficial for her continued health. In 2000 she had Angina and could only walk a few metres without severe pain. By increasing her vitamin supplements Joan was able to stave off a heart bypass improve her health rapidly. Nine years later she has no pain and can walk and run several miles without pain.
Joan has a special interest in helping women over 50 with health issues. She gives them with information that wasn’t available to her when she was in her 50s. Joan also provides information to keep women healthy into their old age.
Articles written by Joan
Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency in Women over 50
Vitamin D Facts for Women over 50
Benefits of Vitamin D for Women over 50
What does Vitamin D Do for Women over 50
Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms in Women over 50
Ligia Fleckenstein
Ligia Fleckenstein is Brazilian and moved to the United States in 1998. She had met her present husband two years earlier in Brazil, while working as an interpreter for him. They kept in touch through letters and he invited Ligia to visit him after she moved to the US. They fell in love and got married.
Even though, there are lots of herbs and plants in Brazil that are used as home remedies, Ligia just took them for granted. However, when she came to America and was suffering from a very bad cold, a neighbor introduced her to alternative medicines. That was the beginning of her interest in natural remedies. She has spent the last decade researching alternative health methods and uses these to keep herself energetic and healthy.
One of Ligia’s areas of interest and expertise is menopause. She has been experiencing menopause herself and understands the issues associated with this transition in life. Ligia provides information to help other women find natural ways to get through menopause.
Articles written by Ligia:
Benefits Of Vitamin D For Menopause
What Does Vitamin D Do For Menopausal Women?
Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms In Menopausal Women
