Gene Smart Compassion                          

The mission of Gene Smart Compassion is to create sustainable solutions to address the needs of malnourished and impoverished children around the world.  Gene Smart Compassion is creating new approaches to empower orphans and other vulnerable children to reach their full potential and contribute to a strong future for Africa.  Their focus is twofold.  First, they have helped to establish a new model for a sustainable community of orphans that brings organizations and individuals in America together for the common goal of making a lasting difference in the lives of children by "adopting" an orphan family in Africa.  This model is Heroes Helping Heroes.  Secondly, they are pioneering a new approach to address childhood malnutrition that utilizes the latest understanding of the relationship between what we eat, our genes, and our health.  This approach utilizes the development of a therapeutic food known as Little Heroes.

Gene Smart Compassion's Founder

Gene Smart Compassion was founded by (Ski) Floyd H. Chilton, PhD.  Dr. Chilton is a full professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Director of NIH-sponsored Wake Forest Center for Botanical Lipids and Senior Associate Director for Research for the Program for Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Dr. Chilton holds 32 issued and 17 pending patents and has authored or co-authored 120 scientific articles and book chapters.  He has also written the books Inflammation Nation, Win the War Within and The Gene Smart Diet. Dr Chilton resides with his family in North Carolina.

Dr. Chilton's Pledge

Dr. Chilton founded Gene Smart Compassion and has pledged to spend the rest of his life using the latest, most sophisticated first-world science to help alleviate the suffering of African children.  He dedicated his book The Gene Smart Diet to the orphans of Africa and has committed 10% of all royalties from its book sales to support their cause. 

Excerpt from Dr. Chilton's Forward from "Sole Purpose"

“Upon arrival in Johannesburg, we were met at the gate by this very large African man named Manny who had a smile that seemed to saturate the entire airport.  And everywhere this man moved he was accompanied by children and laughter.  Our 30 hour trip was followed by a six hour school bus ride to our location.  Following a few hours of sleep, we were up the next morning with breakfast and a devotion from this big man with the big smile.  At devotion, he promised us that were about to be “messed up.”  I remember looking at him as if he were crazy, thinking you don’t know me…I am a world class scientist…a former professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine…publisher of three books…I have seen everything…”

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