WHERE THE FOREST MEETS THE CLINIC - HEALING THE WAY IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE.

Thirty years in the world’s healing forests. Twenty years reversing chronic disease in the clinic. One physician bringing ancient plant wisdom and modern science together into a prescription that works.

MD

Professor

Ethnobotanist

Author

Explorer

Earth Healer

MD ᐧ Professor ᐧ Ethnobotanist ᐧ Author ᐧ Explorer ᐧ Earth Healer ᐧ

MD

Professor

Ethnobotanist

Author

Explorer

Earth Healer

MD ᐧ Professor ᐧ Ethnobotanist ᐧ Author ᐧ Explorer ᐧ Earth Healer ᐧ

A first in American medicine

The first-ever Chief Medical Officer of a U.S. grocery store

2011-present

30+

Years of ethnobotany fieldwork

20+

Years practicing integrative medicine

60+

Peer-reviewed publications

50,000+

Copies of Eat Yourself Super sold via Dr Pesek’s practice alone

$2.7M+

Research funded by the World Bank, CIET & IDRC

MEET DR TODD

Earth Healer

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Most of what we call “healthcare” isn’t about health, it’s about managing disease. Dr. Todd Pesek, MD is here to change that. A holistic physician and ethnobotanist, he helps people reclaim their vitality by restoring harmony across mind, body, spirit, and environment.

His work fuses ancient plant wisdom with cutting-edge nutritional science to guide individuals and organizations toward true, lasting health and wellness. Grounded in the truth that we are not separate from our environment, his approach invites a deeper reconnection to self and planet because healing doesn’t happen in isolation, it happens in relationships.

Dr Todd's second major book, The Forest Knows Your Name, is in acquisition with Shambhala Publications — the house that publishes Pema Chödrön and Thich Nhat Hanh. It is the spine of his life's work: three decades of fieldwork with traditional healers across five continents, translated into a clinical prescription for how to live. His first book, Eat Yourself Super, has sold more than 50,000 copies thorough his practice alone.

DR TODD’S PHILOSOPHY

What Ancient Healers Knew
That Modern Medicine Forgot

For thousands of years, traditional healers understood that your health is inseparable from your environment. Dr Todd bridges this ancient wisdom with modern science.

The work follows a deliberate arc: Healing Across Cultures (HAC) documented traditional healing systems across five continents. Secrets of Long Life (SLL) studied thirty-seven master elders and fourteen verified centenarians to identify the universal patterns of extraordinary longevity. Eat Your Super (EYS) translated those findings into clinical prescriptive practice for tens of thousands of patients. And the VitalHealth Optimization Panel (VHOP) brings precision medicine to bear on ancestral plant knowledge in the documentation of disease reversal through the assessment of precision biomarkers incrementally improving with Fx (food prescription) and Nx (smart supplementation). Field to publication to clinic to you.

THE BOOKS

Field to page. Ancient wisdom, written down

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Eat Yourself Super

50,000+ copies sold

Dr Todd's first popular book translates three decades of fieldwork into a practical nutritional prescription for lasting vitality — the plant-forward blueprint his patients live by.

Blending ancient, shamanistic approaches with the most modern medical research, this book gives practical advice we can use every day. I wouldn't only say that this is a good book to read, I'd say that it's an important book to read.”

★★★★★ Amazon Review

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The Forest Knows Your Name

In acquisition with Shambhala Publications

The spine of his life's work: three decades of fieldwork with traditional healers across five continents, and two decades of integrative medicine clinical practice, translated into a prescription for how to live. Join the list to hear first.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Trusted by patients, peers, and publishers

"Dr Todd was our company doctor at a Fortune 300 company, where he helped shape a healthy living strategy for 60,000 employees. Personally, his protocols have kept me vibrant well into my 70s."

Daniel Serbin
Longtime patient

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Invited, funded & featured by
United Nations
Closing plenary speaker
The World Bank, IDRC, CIET
Funded researcher
Cleveland State University
Professor with Tenure
Organic Spa Magazine
Featured, spring 2025
Grocery, by Michael Ruhlman
Featured subject
HerbalGram
Published author

SPEAKING · MEDIA · WORKSHOPS

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Three decades of fieldwork across five continents, translated into three signature talks for keynotes, conferences, podcasts, and corporate engagements.

Stage, studio, or conference room: let's find the right fit.

Explore the Dr Todd Ecosystem

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