About Us
Would you like to find out WHY your body is not getting well?
Would you like to have a doctor who really LISTENS to you?
Instead of treating symptoms, would you rather find the CAUSE of your health problems?
We are a results-driven practice, using only non-invasive techniques. Instead of treating disease or medical conditions, we provide natural ways of finding out why the body is functioning incorrectly. Once this is found, the correct function can be restored using natural techniques.
We are Defined By:
- Knowledge, techniques and dedication to get the best possible results; Results are always our primary focus.
- Education, consulting and guidance for patients to improve their recovery and create stability of health.
- Genuine, sincere caring for patients by the doctor and every staff member.
- Leadership: Recovering health requires doing difficult things. We help our patients to be successful with this by being caring and empathetic, but results-oriented. We will help you succeed despite the difficulty of the process.
Caring and Health Care
Caring and Health CareHave you ever suffered from a lack of caring in the health care system? This could be obvious: a doctor or nurse that treated you impersonally or failed to answer your questions. Or it could be indirect: a failure to diagnose or treat your problem correctly because no one cared enough to make sure it was done right.
It’s interesting that caring is critical to successful health care and to the improvement of physical and mental illness and disability.
Meet the Staff
Dr. Melodie M. Billiot
Dr. Billiot is a best-selling author, the founder and owner of Alternative Health Atlanta and the developer the EvecticsSM system of natural health improvement. Dr. Billiot is known nationwide as an expert and sought-after teacher of nutritional and energetic techniques and as the developer of EvecticsSM.
Dr. Billiot graduated from Life University in 1993 summa cum laude as valedictorian of her class. She is certified in CRA and Nutrition Response Testing, System Desensitization Technique (SDT) and N.A.E.T. allergy elimination techniques, System Balancing Technique (SBT), JMT, several chiropractic adjusting techniques, and has studied extensively in homeopathy, herbology, Chinese medicine, clinical nutrition and pain control using nutrition.
In 1994, she became frustrated because of a lack of consistent results with chiropractic treatment in areas other than musculoskeletal. Motivated to find a solution for her patients other than drugs and surgery and fighting a serious health problem of her own, she started researching holistic and nutritional techniques. As a result of this research, Dr. Billiot recovered her own health and made significant improvements in patient results. Now, a decade and one-half later, Dr. Billiot has one of the most successful holistic practices in the country and trains other practitioners in clinical nutrition and other holistic techniques.
Dr. Billiot loves spending time with her family, hiking in the North Georgia mountains and traveling. Her favorite place on earth is Paris! She loves her two cats and tolerates her two dogs. Dr. Billiot loves to grow things! She is a certified Master Gardener and keeps her family fed with healthy vegetables from her two gardens. Her yard is one big flower garden with different plants blooming most of the year.
Norman Lowrey
Norman has been the Practice Manager of Alternative Health Atlanta since 1998.
He has almost 40 years of experience in starting, operating, expanding and consulting many different businesses. His first business, founded in 1983, was a professional-level bicycle shop that still dominates sales in a three state area. Norman has also been a partner in a healthcare marketing firm and has worked as a consultant, reorganizing businesses ranging from heavy manufacturing, software and engineering to construction and retail.
However, once he started working with Dr. Billiot and helping “impossible” cases to recover their health and lives, he was hooked! Norman has been developing systems, researching and helping Dr. Billiot to develop the EvecticsSM system of health care since 1996. Norman has written books on Heart Rate Variability use in holistic practices and taught webinars on this subject. He has also developed practice management software specific to holistic practices.
Recently, he wrote a book, 4 Pitfalls and Traps to Lasting Health to help patients who have recovered their health maintain a healthy life.
Norman is dedicated to the EvecticsSM project, which has as its goal making the EvecticsSM system available to anyone in the US with a chronic health condition who is willing to take the personal responsibility necessary to recover their health. He is currently working on licensing the technology and setting up training for practitioners.
Norman loves being outdoors, hiking and backpacking with his family.
Chandra Menkveld
Chandra is our Business Director and runs our Reception Department. She takes care of our staff and keeps all things administrative and communication running smoothly.
She’s originally from San Francisco. After moving to Atlanta in 2018, she has discovered a love for the sunny, warm weather and friendlier folks.
Chandra loves dogs, supports her local shelters and has a white malamute rescue named Luna. She’s an avid reader, mostly fantasy and sci-fi. Her favorite authors are Ursula K. Le Guin and Patrick Rothfuss. She paints acrylics, but would love to learn watercolor. She mostly paints animal subjects and nature scenes.
Chandra managed a large yoga studio in California, and has practiced multiple styles of yoga for ten years. Her favorites are Iyengar and Yin.
Chandra has a twin brother, a scientist who lives in Boston and works for a biotech company.
Suzanne Lankford
Suzanne is our Schedule Coordinator and also a fully certified EvecticsSMAssistant.
She is in school, and has the goal of becoming a Naturopathic Doctor.
Suzanne loves to cook, paint and relaxes by doing yoga. She also likes to travel and has been to 45 of the 50 states, so far! She intends to visit every continent.
Daizjah Draper
Daizjah is a certified EvecticsSMTechnician and Doctor Assistant.
She loves nature, hiking in the woods, wading in rivers and being outdoors with lots of space.
Daizjah is a philosopher at heart, and enjoys exploring the interconnectedness of the mind, body, spirit and helping others to see the ways that we as the individual can take ownership of our overall well-being.
She has a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies: Human Spirituality.
Here are Daizjah’s favorites: Book: Their Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale Hurston. Musical Artist: Erykah Badu. Painter: Vincent Van Gogh
About the Practitioners
Alternative Health Atlanta is owned by Dr. Melodie M. Billiot, who is licensed as a Doctor of Chiropractic by the states of Georgia and Florida . The practitioners working at AHA have been hand-picked and trained personally by Dr. Billiot. Because EvecticsSM techniques are not taught as part of any standard university curriculum, practitioners must be trained and interned here at the clinic, a process that takes six months of full time post-graduate work by the practitioners.
Breana Davis, N.D.
Breana Davis is a Naturopathic Doctor, originally from Atlanta. She earned her Bachelors from Georgia State University, and her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine at Bastyr University California.
Breana has a passion for addressing chronic concerns by bringing the body into its natural healthy balance through diet, lifestyle, and mental/emotional well-being. Additionally, she enjoys women’s healthcare, and as a full-spectrum doula she specializes in natural fertility and childbirth. She also works in naturopathic dermatology and aesthetics, with certifications in holistic aesthetics and PRP (platelet rich plasma) facials and hair restoration techniques.
Breana loves hula-hoop dancing, reading novels, cooking nutritious (and delicious) meals for her family, and enjoying cuddles with her pug, Bruno.
Her passion is fulfilling the health and wellness needs of the underserved.