Food as Medicine

Original Date: December 13, 2014
Presenter: Courtney Jackson, ND

Presentation of important discoveries and research-based recommendations guiding the functional medicine world today. Topics to be discussed include: healthy fats, cooking with oils, saturated fat and cholesterol, benefits of breakfast, fasting, label reading updates, sleeping and weight, sitting disease, and salt/sodium recommendations.

1.5 general CEUs for NDs approved by OBNM

Garden Medicine: Bringing Patients Back to Nature and Health

Original Date: December 13, 2014
Presenter: Orna Izakson, ND

Empower your patients with potent home remedies they can grow in their gardens – and use as daily support for their health. Herbs can be the most accessible medicines, but buying them in capsules, as tinctures or even as bulk tea quickly becomes expensive. Fortunately, reclaiming the people’s medicine requires as little as a sunny windowsill. This class will review some key herbal medicines patients can grow and use easily and safely, forming a foundation for overall wellness while reconnecting both practitioner and patient with the roots of holistic medicine – nature.

1.5 general CEUs for NDs approved by OBNM

Balancing Hormones in the ND office: From Testing to Treatment

Original Date: December 13, 2014
Presenter: Elise Schroeder, ND

In this presentation Dr Schroeder will review physiology of the endocrine system, what affects hormones and how hormones interact. Hormone testing techniques will be discussed differentiating saliva, serum, and urine for getting baseline levels and monitoring treatment. Four case studies will be presented: perimenopause, PCOS, fertility and andropause.

1.25 general CEUs for NDs approved by OBNM

Mind-Body Healing

Original Date: December 13, 2014
Presenter: Pamela Jeanne, ND

Healing occurs in the body through the power of the Vis – The Healing Power of Nature, one of the most important tenants of naturopathic medicine.  The mind is a strong and powerful influence in the process of healing the physical body. The separation of the mind from the body came about several hundred years ago with the development of scientific enlightenment.  In the twenty- first century, science is now recognizing the unity of the mind and body. This presentation explores the newest research on the topic as well as wisdom from the sages.  

1.5 general CEUs for NDs approved by OBNM