The Virus and the Host

Dr. Chris Chlebowski is naturopath, chiropractor, clinical herbalist, and homeopath with a medical practice, Ashland Natural Medicine, in southern Oregon. At the clinic, Dr. Chlebowski and his staff use cutting-edge technology blended with traditional therapies, with particular specialty in the treatment of chronic Lyme disease, mold illness, cancer, neurological disorders, and--most commonly--"mystery" diseases that other doctors have been unable to even diagnose. Dr. Chlebowski lectures regularly on holism and the root causes of illness and his articles have appeared in Naturopathic Doctor News and Review, Townsend Letter, and Simillimum, a publication of the Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians. He holds doctorates from Western States Chiropractic College and the National College of Natural Medicine. When he isn't working up a difficult case, staring into his microscope, or spending time with his wife and their two children, you can find Dr. Chlebowski climbing up the rocks or skiing down the mountains of southern Oregon and northern California.

Dr. Chlebowski contends we need to take better care of our health before disaster strikes: improving our diets, losing weight, exercising and managing stress.The way our bodies interact with infectious disease is complicated both a function of the germ (virus) and the terrain (host). In Part 1 of The Virus and the Host, Dr. Chlebowski describes emerging science on the virome as well as how toxic exposure, chronic inflammation, stealth infections and chronic diseases interact and predispose us to poor outcomes from acute viral infection.As we move forward from the tragedy that was COVID-19, it is essential that we come together to learn from our mistakes and work hard and work together to prevent a similar crisis, or worse, in the future. It is likely we will see more pandemics in the next decade. When we do, we need to be better prepared. Now is the time to do something and it is the best investment we can make so that when not if the next big one hits we can keep our loved ones and ourselves safe and healthy.

Naturopathic doctor Chris Chlebowski, teaches readers how to take control of their health and decrease susceptibility to infectious viral disease, such as COVID-19, before it strikes. The book demonstrates how robust health, good immunity, low inflammation, low toxic burden and freedom from stealth infection and chronic disease is our best defence against infectious viral disease.