Food as Medicine Conference

With the fog of misinformation, foods strategically designed to be addictive, and a healthcare system that too often turns to pills and surgeries… navigating nutrition-based health solutions is challenging. Your patients are paying the price with their health. 

Let's make it easier. Because nutrition is the foundation for nearly every aspect of health — and it doesn't have to be complicated! That's why we've brought together 13 renowned nutrition experts to separate fact from fiction and provide credible, research-backed insights.

There is no other single intervention as powerful to prevent and reverse disease, optimize well-being and mood, and boost performance.

This one-of-a-kind, two-day event is filled with broad applications that are within your scope of practice… so what are you waiting for? Uncover the critical things you should be doing right now to optimize your outcomes.

Helping patients with nutrition can make all the difference… and with nearly immediate results, it is never too late to start! Food is medicine! Don’t wait – register now!

Systemic Inflammation: A Musculoskeletal Dilemma?
Kristina Campione DC, MS

Systemic inflammation can diminish your MSK outcomes. Explore the connection between the gut and brain that influence pain perception, tissue healing, and movement. Enhance the response to your MSK care with this systemic approach that presents practical and actionable screening and intervention.

It’s All About the Food: Improving Diabetes Outcomes
Jon Vredenburg, MBA, RD, CDE, CSSD,LD/N

Learn the latest guidelines about healthy eating with diabetes and which eating patterns are associated with the best outcomes. Common misconceptions about meal planning will be exposed and you’ll learn how to address today’s hottest topics like keto and artificial sweeteners.

Therapists in the Kitchen: Integrating Nutrition into Your Mental Health Practice Vicki Steine, DSc, LCSW

Nutrition can and should be an integral part of any mental health treatment plan. Learn simple ways to assess your clients’ dietary habits, vitamins and supplements to support brain health and mood, and essential macro-nutrients that every client should eat and why.

Biomarker Testing for Endurance Athletes
Bob Seebohar, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS, METS II

You now have the unique ability to identify functional imbalances that are impacting your athlete’s recovery, sleep and so much more! Learn the efficacy of biomarker testing alongside which specific biomarkers should be measured and the recommended timing.

Hormones in Harmony: Creating an Integrative Diet and Lifestyle Plan
Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN

Uncover the widespread impact of circadian rhythms and hormones such as cortisol, insulin, and melatonin. When out of balance, they are associated with insomnia, anxiety, depression, decreased stress resiliency, blood sugar dysregulation, and other health conditions. Learn how to restore them through nutrition, rituals, recovery, and more.

Food and Mood: Nutrition Tips for Better Emotional and Mental Health Kathleen D. Zamperini, LPC, NCGC-1, CIMHP

Nutrition is a valuable yet often missing piece of improving emotional and mental health. But what is the relationship between food and mood? You’ll learn practical interventions to decrease anxiety and depression.

Nutrition Periodization and Metabolic Efficiency Training for Endurance Athletes
Bob Seebohar, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS, METS II

Discover simple solutions that improve the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar while enhancing fat burning and preserving carbohydrate stores. This foundational approach does not require counting and fosters an intuitive & healthy relationship with food to meet the athlete’s goals.

Eat for the Health of It
Karen Pryor, PhD, PT, DPT, ND, CH, CFPS

Delve into facts and stories of how changing what patients eat, combined with their activity level, changed their health, inflammation, and pain levels. Whether pre-op, post-op, oncology patient or physical trauma, food may change the healing ability and energy levels.

Ditching Diets: How to Work with Clients using Intuitive Nutrition and Functional Foods Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN

Many clients find diets to be restrictive, difficult to follow or require sensitivity due to previous eating disorders or obsessions. This session will show you how you can help these clients without creating more anxiety and stress around their eating.

The Unexpected Role of the Gut Microbiome in Health and Chronic Disease

Emeran Mayer, MD, renowned gastroenterologist, and neuroscientist offers clear-cut strategies to reverse the steady upward rise of chronic non-transmissible illnesses, including a model for nutrition to support the health of microbiome. Combining clinical experience with up-to-the-minute science, you'll explore how to restore the health and diversity of the gut microbial ecosystem and reduce system-wide immune activation.

Protein: How much? For who? And what kind?
Dana Angelo White, MS, RDN, ATC, nutrition expert for Food Network.com

Getting enough protein is vital to health; knowing exactly how much and when to eat is the best way to truly optimize metabolism. Dietary restrictions and food allergies can make decisions about protein in the diet increasingly complicated. Gain clarity on optimizing protein intake.

Fasting Strategies: Reduce Inflammation & Pain to Optimize Movement & Recovery
Cindi Lockhart, RDN, LD, IFNCP

Learn effective techniques for patient assessment while navigating potential side effects. Explore a variety of strategies from time-restricted eating, intermittent fasting, and fasting mimicking diets along with the populations best suited for each. Walk away with easy-to-implement tactics for patient success.

Nutrition and Trauma, Part 1: Using Food to Accelerate Recovery for PTSD, Complex Trauma, and TBI
Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, ACS, RPP, NTP

The traumatized body needs nutrition support but distinguishing what will be most helpful can feel like an insurmountable challenge. In the first part of a 2-part series, you will explore the knowledge and tools you need to set your traumatized clients on the path to recovery.

Dietary Supplements: the good, the bad, and the ugly for healthcare providers
Dana Angelo White, MS, RDN, ATC,

nutrition expert for Food Network.com The power and glittery appeal of the dietary supplement industry can be misleading to both patients and clinicians. Get a comprehensive run-down of the dietary supplement industry regulations and common pitfalls. Learn recommendations for specific types of supplements that health care providers are most often asked about.

Metabolic Syndrome: Causes, Criteria, and Corrections to Optimize Metabolic Health
Cindi Lockhart, RDN, LD, IFNCP

Preventable. Avoidable. Reversible...yet metabolic syndrome is on the rise. This cluster of interrelated problems significantly increases the risk for serious illness. Explore non-pharmacological solutions that will help to prevent further disease complications, restore health and optimize function.

Nutrition and Trauma, Part 2: Protocols and Practices for PTSD, Complex Trauma and TBI
Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, ACS, RPP, NTP

Food, dietary supplements, herbs, and spices have a role in healing for traumatized clients! Explore the core nutritional challenges of trauma survivors and the specific protocols you need to help them manage their most common symptoms. You’ll also get tools to enhance your clients’ motivation and ideas for carving out new practice areas for yourself.

The Pursuit of Health
Moderated by Leslie Korn, PhD, Cindi Lockhart, RDN and Dana White, RDN

A dynamic discussion where three of our expert speakers break down your next steps to putting what you have learned into practice! They will help you gain practical tips and concrete strategies you can begin implementing in your practice. No matter who walks through your door, you’ll be ready and confident to deliver simple, yet life-changing nutritional recommendations that prevent and reverse disease.

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Event Schedule

Opening Keynote: 9:00 AM–10:00 AM Central

BREAKOUTS: 10:20 AM–12:20 PM Central

BREAKOUTS: 1:10 PM–2:40 PM Central

BREAKOUTS: 3:00 PM–5:00 PM Central

Closing Keynote: 5:20 PM–6:20 PM Central

Opening Keynote: 9:00 AM–10:00 AM Central

BREAKOUTS: 10:20 AM–12:20 PM Central

BREAKOUTS: 1:20 PM–3:20 PM Central

CLOSING KEYNOTE PANEL: 3:40 PM–4:40 PM Central

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