Richard Moore MD PhD

I moved to Indianapolis when began the fifth grade. There I learned to play the trombone and was blassed to go to a great (Shortridge) high school. Did three years of undergrad study (math and physical sciences) at Purdue. In order to learn more biology, I then entered Indiana University Medical School. After receiving my M.D., I entered the graduate program in the biophysics laboratory of the Physics Department at Purdue. In 1963, I received my Ph.D. in biophysics and began a 40 year career as a college professor and research scientist. My research group discovered that insulin regulates the activity of the mechanism that exchanges potassium for sodium in live cells. We also discovered that connected with this, insulin elevates the pH inside cells.

The above research and that of others then led to insights in how our dietary imbalance between potassium and sodium cause hypertension and other diseases.

Since recognizing (in the 1980's) the critical importance of the dietary ratio of potassium-to-sodium, I have been trying to educate the public about this issue primarily by writing books.