HealingHQ.com runs into Dr. Edward F. Group III - founder of Global Healing Center

Dr. Group has studied natural healing methods for over 20 years and now teaches individuals and practitioners all around the world.  He no longer sees patients but solely concentrates on spreading the word of health and wellness to the global community.  Under his leadership, Global Healing Center, Inc. has achieved the status as one of the largest alternative/natural medicine resources on the Internet.

Hello Dr. Group.  On behalf of HealingHQ.com and all of our users, I would like to welcome you to our new website.  You may have noticed that we advertise some of your products on the site - if someone wanted to test the waters and try out one of your products, which one would you recommend? 
Without a doubt it would be the product Oxy Powder. The first thing people should do to maintain health, to improve health or to address the healing of a disease is to clean the liver, gallbladder, intestines and perform a yeast and parasite cleanse. Years of toxins accumulate in the body from air, food, water, beverages, metals etc..  More than you would think. People change the oil in their car every 3,000 miles. The body takes in large amounts of toxins and should be flushed clean at least every 6 months. By the way, thank you for supporting us and bringing quality nutrition to the public! 

As far as a 'sign of the times' goes, are there any health concerns out there that we should all be worried about? 
Cancer is the number one health condition sweeping the world. It has just surpassed Heart Disease as the number 1 killer. By taking care of your health through proper diet, exercise, lack of stress, and taking the proper nutritional supplements we can prevent this condition from arising.  

Stepping back a bit, how did you first get involved in natural healing and health?  Do you come from a family of doctors? 
My dad had his PhD in Chemistry, was a top level chemist for Exxon, was the co-developer of PVC and the developer of Saran Wrap. He also worked closely with President Reagan on top secret projects. My Grandfather was also a doctor he was an optometrist so I do come from a family that was allopathically trained and I also started studying medicine at an early age. I was blessed with a gift from GOD as I had visions while sleeping and had over 40 inventions by the time I was 35. Going back to the question, I was brainwashed like most doctors in the medical system. I was the one calling natural medicine practitioners quacks.

I was about to go into med school and accomplish my dream of being a cardiac surgeon. Then one day I met this alternative Cancer doctor who was getting good results.  I questioned him, called him a witchdoctor and a quack.  He challenged me to prove to him that pharmaceutical drugs do more than just address the symptoms of disease and that they actually correct the root cause of the problem. I said OK you're on! I will prove to you that science is right and everything I have been taught is correct and that the only real medicine is prescription medication.  Well I drove to the library as I already had a background in chemistry and biochemistry and spent the next 6 hours finding out he was right and I had been lied to , deceived and led in the opposite direction. These drugs did nothing but suppress a function in the body or cover up a symptom.  I was in shock as I felt my lifelong dream melt away in minutes. What was I supposed to do now? Everything I had been forced to learn was drugs, drugs, drugs!!  So I decided to go back to the "Quack" and apologize and tell him he was right and ask him what he was doing. From that moment on I devoted my life to actually healing patients using natural substances that have been used for thousands of years. Then, I became the person being called a quack.  Except for my MOM, my family deserted me and called me a witchdoctor and most of the people I talked to, thought the same thing, but I was passionate and knew from the bottom of my heart that this was the right thing to do. Since then we have helped thousands of people around the world regain their health.   

Who are some of your influences in the medical field?  Do you follow a particular philosophy?
After being fooled by the medical establishment I have set my goals in educating doctors before they get too entrenched in their belief systems. I cannot say I have a particular influence. My influence is the general public, to help people live a healthy life and avoid drugs or surgery in chronic degenerative diseases. We do have the best medical system in the world for acute emergency situations. It is only in the management of degenerative diseases such as arthritis, heart disease, cancer etc.. where the medical system has radically failed. The philosophy I follow is full body cleansing, pure clean food, water, air , exercise and nutritional supplementation. This never fails!!

How many products do you make? Which was your first? Do you have a favorite?
I specialize in formulating products using the best possible ingredients I can find. My products are free from any fillers, binders, glues or toxic substances and we use vegetarian capsules. Our products are formulated using organically Certified or wildcrafted herbs. The first product we developed was Oxy-Powder and it is still our best seller and the most effective product in the world for intestinal cleansing. Other products I developed include Slimirex to assist weight loss, Nutracool to ease joint pain and stiffness, Parfait Visage an anti aging organic facial cream,  Paratrex a internal invading organism cleanser, Aquaspirit a organic rejuvenating facial mist, Silver Fuzion a silver compound,  Oregano Oil for general health, Intracal for calcium and magnesium orotate, Hematrex to assist with swollen anal veins and venous disorders and Fibrobalance to aid individuals with Fibromyalgia.

When did you start GHC and what were your intentions for the company?
I founded Global Healing Center, Inc. in 1998. My intention and focus was for us to become the worldwide leader in natural medicine by 2010 by providing alternative or complementary treatment options and natural products to individuals suffering from a wide range of health conditions.

Would you briefly talk about how you got started and where you are today?
In our first two years, 1999-2000, we were seeing patients and spending a great deal of time gathering information, researching, and developing products. We set up our first website, www.globalhealingcenter.com, which has grown to become the hub of our internet operations and it moved in 2004 to www.ghchealth.com.

By 2001, I was traveling throughout the U.S. promoting our natural health systems and teaching practitioners how to heal the body using natural methods. I taught an “Advanced Alternative Medicine Training Course”, lectured at the ABEIM Cancer Symposium as well as the International Wellness Conference, and spoke with world renowned natural health care lecturers including; Deepak Chopra, M.D., Stedman Graham, Julian Whitaker, M.D., Larry Dossey, M.D., Don Miguel Ruiz, M.D., Darma Singh Khalsa, M.D., and Christine Northrup, M.D.

In 2002, our hard work started to pay off. We started our long road to success by releasing and marketing our first big seller called Oxy-Powder, a natural colon-cleansing product.

Eventually I realized that we had found a formula for success, and began to enhance our internet presence significantly. Starting with a complete redesign of ourwebsite, we introduced a new level of ecommerce functionality. Soon we had created online resources for acne, fibromyalgia, skin care, make-up and cosmetics, and weight loss and obesity. Also in 2004, I published my best selling E-book, “Transforming Your Health in 90 Days or Less”.

This past year, I traveled internationally to Peru, France, England, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Serbia, China and India to meet with health officials, medicine men, and natural practitioners to develop international relations and learn how others are treating disease. I also traveled domestically to Washington D.C. to meet with ambassadors from Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria and Ghana; and to New York City, Arizona and Florida to set up domestic connections.

What does the future have in store for you and GHC? Anything exciting coming up?
Very exciting things on the horizon. In 2007 I will be releasing a book on colon cleansing and developing a herbal body cleanse formula. We will also be putting out an advanced weight loss formula. Branching out to the international market and increasing our internet presence. We will also have the final results of our FDA clinical studies on the effectiveness of Oxy-Powder for constipation and IBS.

Interview by Aram Brazilian