About Bio-Vita

Dr. Matti Tolonen, M.D.

Dr. Matti Tolonen is docent in Occupational Health at the University of Helsinki since 1978, having graduated as a physician in 1968. From 1970 to 1984 he was Chief Medical Officer at the Institute of Occupational Health (Helsinki and from1978 to 1988 he also acted as Company Physician for IBM (Helsinki). He has been Advisor at the World Health Organization (Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen and in the Headquarters in Geneva) on several occasions.

Dr Tolonen took up Nutritional Medicine in early 1980s. Since then he has been both a strong pronent and vocal critic of alternative medicine and he believes that Nutritional Medicine has both strengths and weaknesses, just like conventional medicine.

Dr. Tolonen has published a number of books and several papers on the effects of vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and other nutritional factors on health. His bestseller book Vitamins and Minerals in Health and Nutrition (Ellis Horwood, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore) been published in English, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish.

Dr Tolonen has been Member of the scientific board of several journals in the domain of Nutritional Medicine. He has published articles in numerous national magazines in Finland, Sweden and Spain. Based on his research and practical experience in Nutritional Medicine, dr. Tolonen has developed a number of popular dietary supplements.

Nutritional Medicine
Publications by Dr. Tolonen

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