Joel Fuhrman, is an American author, physician, speaker, and media personality who advocates what he calls a micronutrient-rich diet. A former competitive figure skater, he suffered a serious injury which removed him from competition. He says an alternative medicine therapy helped speed his recovery and led him to became a physician. He has built a career specializing in a nutrition-based approach to obesity and chronic disease as well as promoting his products and books. He has written several books promoting his dietary approaches and sells a compatible line of nutrition related products. As of April 2013, his book Eat to Live was on the New York Times bestseller paperback Advice & Misc. list for 90 weeks. 

December 2nd, 1953 in New York City (Age 70)