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Jonathan Cotter grew up in New York City. He attended Oberlin College, where he completed a Psychobiology major, (and extra-curricular studies in music). After college, he studied Hsing-I Ch’uan internal Kung Fu, and was licensed as an instructor. His studies under Sifu Mike Patterson included tuina and acupuncture, and he went on to attend California Acupuncture College. He completed his Doctorate in Oriental Medicine, and was licensed in Chinese acupuncture and herbal medicine.

He married Peggy in 1992, after which time he and his family went to the American University of the Caribbean, where he received his Master’s degree in Medical Science and his M.D. in 2001, (having completed most of his clinical training rotations in England). He completed his Family Practice Residency (University of Wisconsin, Wausau) and has been Board-certified since 2006. He has worked as a family practitioner, Emergency Room physician, and acupuncturist. Currently he is studying Functional Medicine and serving as a physician. Peggy and their five children live on a hobby farm, where Peggy practices and teaches permaculture and sustainable farming, (and does permaculture design projects and feeds everyone very well). Jon, Peggy, and their children are born-again Christians. 

Today our society is more nutritionally deficient than ever. People are lead to believe that what they are consuming will not have an effect on their health, yet nutrition related degenerative diseases continue to plague our society. In order to heal the body from afflictions of improper nutrition, one must understand the importance of an individualized nutritional program. Just as each individual is unique, each individual's healing cycle is also unique.

General adaptations are taking place in our society every day. The human body adapts to stress whether it is physical, chemical, or mental. How our bodies handle these stressors is what is concerning. What triggers adaptations such as heart disease, diabetes, syndrome X, etc.? What makes one athlete perform better than another? Why do some people get cancer and others with similar backgrounds do not? Over the years I have only found one true answer to all of the above questions and it is derived from an individual's level of nutrition.