Even his mother had her challenges. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 60s and went through surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Wentz says. Different people handle problems in different ways. Some surrender to them.
Others deny or hide from them. And then there are those who make a personal commitment to fight their problems and beat them. Myron Wentz is one of the latter. In , armed with a unique depth of cell-culture expertise, as well as a strong belief in the importance of cellular nutrition, Dr. That same realization has come to many people based on many different levels of understanding.
But Dr. Wentz insights into nutrition came from the most basic level of all: the individual human cell. I found that by giving human cells proper nutrition, I could keep cells healthy indefinitely, with no evidence of degeneration or disease. Through nutrition, I could ensure that the cells were kept at their optimal health. Wentz enjoyed an upbringing that many would consider ideal. My parents were very devoted to each other and to us. Born in , Dr.
Wentz grew up in Napoleon, North Dakota, a small rural town of about 1, people. His father, Adam, and his mother, Bertha, were of German descent. They had been raised in the environs of Napoleon and both came from families of 12 brothers and sisters. Each of their families had left Germany to settle in southern Russia several generations earlier when the Czars were encouraging German farmers to move into that part of their empire.
The family stayed there until the rising threat of Russian nationalism convinced them to pack up and leave. They arrived in America and settled in North Dakota just before the turn of the century. While his industrious ancestors brought very little Russian influence to America, Dr.
Wentz confesses to having a strong feeling for the Russian people-a feeling that has motivated him to fund medical research in Moscow and to engage Russian scientists to further his nutritional work at USANA. Like almost everyone else in that area of North Dakota in those days, Dr.
But unlike most of his contemporaries, Adam Wentz was also a businessman. They started a hardware store and a furniture store, and they bought a John Deere implement shop and a Ford dealership. Because of these businesses, the Wentz family moved from their outlying farm to a home in town about six years before Myron was born.
The home was modest, and like many others in the community at that time, did not have running water or indoor plumbing. The life of young Myron Wentz was happy, though not exceptional.
He was always into music, played in the band and sang in the choir. He has a wonderful voice. The restless energy and high activity level that would be characteristic of later years was already evident. In addition to music and sports, he served as a class officer every year and was an editor of the yearbook.
Wentz has been honored by his high school as Alumnus of the Year and by the University of North Dakota with their highest honor. Bertha Wentz was a very religious person, and she made sure that her sons went to church every Sunday and to other special meetings. In fact, she wanted Myron to become a minister. The family attended an evangelical church in the area. As a boy, Myron was sent to church camps every summer and was active as a Boy Scout leader. It was a comfortable life in a loving home with good examples to follow.
He died at 57 from heart disease. But as far back as I can remember he suffered from heart disease, having to go to hospitals and long-term care facilities. Wentz saw degenerative diseases claim other members of his family. With only a few exceptions, he watched cancer and heart disease claim his many aunts and uncles on both sides of his family.
Even his mother had her challenges. Meeting the Challenge Head-On. Different people handle problems in different ways. Some surrender to them. Others deny or hide from them.
And then there are those who make a personal commitment to fight their problems and to beat them. Myron Wentz is one of the latter.
But I am not a me-too person. I decided that I was going to do something that was, in my opinion, better. Rather than going the route of medical school and being a front-office practitioner, I wanted to create scientific solutions-to provide the tools for medicine, rather than just use them. Having decided not to go to medical school, he took a year off to map out the best path to reach his goal. During that time he worked as a microbiologist and decided that he wanted to pursue the study of infectious diseases.
From there, the aspiring student-now married to his college sweetheart, Jackie-went on to pursue a Ph. He chose this school because he was interested in immunology, and it boasted one of the strongest immunology departments in the country. Also, he was accepted to study under a renowned professor in his field. After earning his Ph.
Wentz joined a pathology group in Peoria, Illinois. He served as the infectious disease expert for the group, directing all the microbiology and immunology lab work for three hospital laboratories in the Peoria area. A Necessary Turn in the Journey.
After three years with the group, Dr. Wentz saw an opportunity to make a deeper contribution to medical science. Fundamental company data and analyst estimates provided by FactSet.
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