Dr. John Carp has been in practice for forty years. He graduated from Plamer College of Chiropractic in Davenport Iowa in 1983 and has been an advocate for fasting since he undertook his first fast at age 21 on 21 days on water. As former Health Director for six years at Hopewood Health Center in Sydney, Australia, he supervised approximately 3,600 fasts. He has resided and practiced in Montana since returning from Australia in 1991. Since then, he as supervised many more fasts in his private practice, and also while Heath Director at Wellspring Health institute in Paradise Valley Montana.

As fasting in general and intermittent fasting have become more popular, more and more people are searching for health improvement through fasting. Dr. Carp realized the limitations of advising fasts for patients on an out-patient basis and decided to open a private retreat to allow more ideal conditions for patients to heal in a private setting, guided by his diverse approach in health care.

At Yellowstone Peaks Health and Fasting Retreat, Dr. Carp is on-site 24 hours, and provides daily consultation, treatment and fasting guidance for each guest.