Dr. Patrick Nuzzo D.N.

Dr. Patrick Nuzzo became interested in and began to incorporate the restorative, regenerative lifestyle and the anti-inflammatory diet in 1974, when he also started his studies to become a nutritionist. The lifestyle shift was prompted with the passing of his uncle who died of cancer, was a Naprapath and a huge influence on Dr. Nuzzo’s childhood and young adult life.

Beginning in 1976, Dr. Nuzzo worked as an independent contractor in the natural foods industry, formulating, marketing and distributing nutritional food supplements. Dr. Nuzzo developed several lines of nutritional supplements for the natural food industry and the mass market, including Up Time, a nationally distributed energy supplement, and a sports nutrition line for Hall of Fame football player Walter Payton, whom he partnered with in the venture, and developed products for Kraft General Foods and Anheuser-Busch.

In 1979, Dr. Nuzzo began his Naprapathic education, graduating as a Doctor of Naprapathic Medicine in 1983. Since then, he has opened, staffed and managed successful Naprapathic practices in Santa Barbara, Calif., Arlington Heights and Lake Zurich, Ill., and Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Los Alamos, N.M.

In 2000 he introduced the Naprapathic Practice Act in New Mexico. The act was signed into law in 2004 making it possible for Naprapaths to practice in the state. In 2006, Dr. Nuzzo was issued a license in New Mexico to open a Naprapathic college and grant the degree of Doctor of Naprapathic Medicine. Southwest University of Naprapathic Medicine (SUNM) opened its doors in 2010, graduating its first class in 2014.

In 2015 SUNM was granted a petition to begin the accreditation process and in 2021 became the first school of Naprapathic Medicine to ever be accredited. SUNM will train generations of Doctors of Naprapathic Medicine, who are trained to treat stress, aches and pain, without of use of drugs or surgery.

With the introduction of this book and the restorative, regenerative lifestyle, Dr. Nuzzo’s hope is to see the anti-inflammatory diet become synonymous with healthy living.