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Tips to boost energy, lose weight with Alkaline Power Diet featured on women's health Web site, drlark.com

POTOMAC, Md., November 8, 2001—Top nutrition researcher and women's health expert, Susan Lark, M.D., and publisher, Healthy Directions, LLC, announce that the Web site—www.drlark.com—now explains how a woman can achieve the body chemistry required to boost energy and encourage weight loss. This newly constructed site will be an important information resource for more than 73 million women, ages 25 to 65, in the United States alone.

"Few people realize that the body thrives in its natural alkaline state," says Dr. Lark. "When you are young, you can eat almost anything and your body will be able to maintain its alkalinity. But as you age, your body loses its ability to neutralize acids. This upsets your body chemistry and contributes to a variety of health conditions ranging from fatigue to osteoporosis."

Basing her recommendations on 26 years of clinical practice and extensive research, Dr. Lark has helped scores of patients lose weight and improve their health through her Alkaline Power Diet, an overall nutritionally rich diet similar to the way our ancestors ate—with whole grains and more vegetables than meat. Eating in this way drives the body toward an alkaline state, with a pH from 7.3 to 7.4. Visitors to drlark.com can use convenient self-assessment tools to determine if their chemistries are currently acid or alkaline, and can source recipes and advice accordingly. In addition, visitors can sign up for Dr. Lark's free bi-weekly e-letter, which offers important and timely comments on women's health.

Geared specifically to women, drlark.com also provides in-depth information on a full spectrum of health issues, including menorrahagia (heavy menstrual flow), anemia, osteoporosis, perimenopause, menopause, heart health, fatigue and PMS. Dr. Lark's onsite narrative relates each condition to specific dietary issues—especially food allergies—and offers natural solutions, including foods to avoid. In addition, onsite message boards make it possible for visitors to share information and pose additional questions regarding Dr. Lark's suggestions.

"Dr. Lark has found that many health conditions women experience are affected by nutrition," says Linda Werner, director of Women's Health at Healthy Directions, LLC subsidiary, Doctors' Preferred, Inc. "Dr. Lark's entire Web site is dedicated to sound nutritional advice plus lifestyle considerations, such as exercise and stress management. We are excited to make this information available to women everywhere."

A distinguished clinician, author and lecturer, Dr. Lark has devoted her career to raising awareness of women's health issues and is one of the foremost authorities in the fields of clinical and preventive medicine. She pioneered the use of self-care treatments such as diet, nutrition, exercise and stress management techniques in the field of women's health, which she has presented in a nine-book series that includes the Premenstrual Syndrome Self Help Book, the Menopause Self Help Book and Anxiety and Stress (all from Ten Speed Press). Most recently, she co-authored The Chemistry of Success: Six Secrets of Peak Performance (Bay Books, 2000).

"It is my goal that drlark.com, with its extensive resources, will educate, empower and encourage women to make the best choices in creating their own individualized program for optimum health," says Dr. Lark. The Web site complements Dr. Lark's monthly publication, Women's Wellness Today, which currently reaches more than 50,000 subscribers.

Healthy Directions, LLC is the recognized leader in providing authoritative health solutions to consumers. In addition to producing online resources and publishing newsletters, Healthy Directions, LLC encompasses its subsidiary, Doctors' Preferred, Inc. (DPI), a thriving vitamin and nutritional supplement business. DPI markets a variety of herbs and nutritionals that includes Dr. Lark's own formulations, now available under the Daily Balance brand. Healthy Directions, LLC (www.healthydirections.com) is a company based in Potomac, Md. One of the leading publishers in America with a fast-growing Internet business, Healthy Directions, LLC provides quality products and services for the health marketplaces.