Lunch and Learn Descriptions
Optimal Nutrition
This lecture discusses the latest news in the world of nutrition. Which foods help reduce your risk of cancer? What foods can help reduce pain and inflammation? Is there a link between food and mood? All these topics will be discussed and more as we look at how optimal nutrition can create a better state of health and wellness in your body.
Increasing Energy to Maximize Performance
Why is everybody so tired these days? This lecture will look at some of the reasons for ‘chronic’ fatigue in our culture and what you can do to re-energize yourself and keep your energy levels consistent. Diet and lifestyle factors that mitigate fatigue will be covered as will some supplements including vitamins, minerals, and herbs that can help restore energy levels.
Optimal Immunity
This lecture will talk about some of the factors that decrease immunity on a daily basis. In today’s world, we are being exposed to more and more organisms that can interfere with our health, our productivity and our quality of life. It is most important to strengthen the host. Choices you make on a daily basis can optimize your immunity including the right nutrition. Vitamins, botanical and homeopathic medicines are useful in preventing an infection when you feel something coming on or resolving it more quickly if established.
Wired and Tired
This lecture will discuss the effects of chronic stress on your body. What can be done to reduce the effects of stress on your health? This lecture will talk about the physiology of stress and about diet, lifestyle, supplements and herbal medicine that can help you live more in balance with stress.
Spring tune-up for Body, Mind, and Spirit
This lecture will motivate you to bring your wellness program up a notch. Topics to be covered include acid/alkaline balance with regards to pH, gluten, optimizing brain function and mindfulness meditation. Come ready to learn some new tips for optimal balance!
Leaky Gut
This lecture will talk about the hidden causes and widespread effects of the leaky gut syndrome, a condition that is thought to be at the root of many chronic health conditions including allergies, asthma, food sensitivities, digestive diseases, and autoimmune disease. This lecture will talk about treatment options for leaky gut and reestablishing optimal health using nutrition and natural medicine.
Mind-Body Medicine- Basics and Benefits
Mind/body medicine focuses on the interactions between the mind and body and the powerful ways in which health can be influenced by the use of techniques such as meditation, guided imagery, visualizations, and biofeedback. This field views illness as an opportunity for personal growth and transformation and health care providers as catalysts and guides in this process. Research supporting this innovative field usher in a new wave of medicine in which we learn to take an active and critical role in our own health care.
All About Your Gut
This session will focus on your digestive tract and various disorders such as GERD (reflux), food sensitivities and leaky gut with an emphasis on improving digestive function, mood and supporting your “microbiome” from a natural medicine perspective. Testing methods that are useful will be briefly touched on.
Emotional Freedom Technique
Emotional Freedom technique is a powerful technique that can be used on numerous issues that are caused by unresolved emotional blocks. EFT is like acupuncture without the needles; the endpoints of meridians are used to help balance the body’s energy system. Unresolved emotional issues are the main cause of 85% of all illnesses. This technique is easily learned and simple to apply. As a naturopathic doctor, I find it to be the most effective mind/body therapy in clinical practice and helpful when dealing with any health issue.
Naturopathic Medicine: Basics and Benefits
This lecture will cover the basic philosophy of naturopathic medicine and its benefits to health. Naturopathic doctors support the health of their patients using nutrition, therapeutic supplementation, herbal medicine, and homeopathy while empowering the individual to take a proactive role in their health care.
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