I was born on an organic biodynamic farm in Switzerland and raised in Europe where my father, as a chemist, would teach me about the important elements needed as part of my health-promoting diet. As I got older my grandmother Mutti would send me into the fields to gather herbs for our family’s tinctures. While many of them provided healing for our family’s ailments—I suffered from debilitating eczema for which nothing seemed to work-not even traditional medicine.

It was painful, embarrassing and holding me back.

One day, I turned to an acupuncturist who provided me a curative path through herbs and treatments. The symptoms subsided over time and I was thrilled. But then, everything changed. While going through routine testing as I prepared for pregnancy, I was confronted with dangerous levels of toxicity from heavy metals in the herbs I had ingested. I was blindsided! This crisis ignited my passion and promise to ensure that others would never endure the same challenges that I had.

I have travelled around the world and back.

My journey began in the South of France—where I became fascinated with the French Paradox (the idea that the French people drink wine and eat foods high in fats and yet remain one of the world’s healthiest cultures). My curiosity led me to the researchers at the University of Bordeaux, where I discovered the power of bioactive trans-resveratrol from the seeds, stems, and skins of red wine grapes. Knowing that trans-resveratrol could change lives for so many back home, I cultivated partnerships with these leading scientists and the vineyards themselves–this would eventually transform millions of people’s life’s as they incorporated the anti-aging benefits of this powerful nutrient into their lives.