In the early 1980’s, Michael Schwartz, NMD, owner of Michael’s Health, worked as a body, mind and nutritional counselor at Major Health Foods in McAllen, TX where store owner Lily Majors was seeking natural remedies for improved health. It was while working there that he had the idea to combine individual ingredients instead of having separate bottles.

“My mom looked at him and asked, ‘Why don’t you do it, Michael?'” said Jo Lynn Majors-Hasler, Lily Majors’ daughter and the current owner of Major Health Foods.

Schwartz started his company in the back room of the store with a $25 loan from Majors and by 1987, Michael’s Health outgrew its space and relocated to San Antonio, TX. This month, the company is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Throughout the year, the company will offer special promotions for independent, family-owned stores.

Developing His Supplements

Michael’s Health is known for pioneering its “synergistic blends,” supplements that contain multiple ingredients that work most effectively when matched together in specific combinations and ratios (regardless of form). Schwartz took a two-pronged approach to this task. He incorporated five basic naturopathic principles into the regimens of his nutritional counseling clients: finding the cause of imbalance, treating the whole person, giving the body what it needs without causing harm, employing the nutrients founds in nature, and educating others on these principles.

Schwartz also kept notes on his clients’ progress. He combined these principles and the data to formulate his products, initially for friends and family, before making them available to the general public. He began with all-natural, therapeutic skin care products he said were “so clean one could eat the salves and drink the lotions.”

Michael’s Health now offers more than 50 products including Factors of Life, a line of 20 targeted formulas designed to support the body’s organs, glands and systems.

Schwartz and his staff also dedicate a lot of time to education and Schwartz will often visit retail stores himself to give product trainings. He also makes frequent appearances on radio shows, podcasts and YouTube videos.

“While some in the supplements industry speak of ‘getting back to basics,’ Michael’s has never gotten away from them,” Schwartz said. “After 40 years, we remain determined to help the world find better health one customer at a time.”

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