Ellen Kamhi PhD, RN, AHG, AHN-BC
Natural Protocols for Vitality & Aging Gracefully
Aging Gracefully includes slowing down the signs and symptoms that occur as people get older. In this talk you will learn:

• How to slow down the signs and symptoms of aging (beyond being blessed with longevity genes)
• Which herbs and supplements are most useful for healthy aging
• How to incorporate healthy aging strategies into your lifestyle choices
  

Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, AHG, AHN-BC is a leader in the nutraceutical industry,  specializing in regulatory issues, formulation and education. She is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild (AHG), nationally board certified as a holistic nurse (AHN-BC), and is a medical school instructor in botanical pharmacology, and author of many books. She offers online/onground CE approved Herbal Certification Programs, and leads www.EcotoursForCures.com to experience shamanic healing traditions in indigenous areas of the world. She is on the Peer Review Editorial Board of several journals/organizations, including: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Natural Medicine Journal, Natural Standard Database. Dr. Kamhi educates professionals and consumers about how to care for themselves Naturally!

Her blog is recognized by Newsmax among the Top 100 Health Blogs in the country.

Her passions include sharing her 4 decades of in depth natural medicine knowledge with individuals that will carry natural healing arts forward into the next millennium.

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Kate Rheaume-Bleue
The Surprising Secret to Stronger Bones and a Healthier Heart

Author and naturopathic doctor Kate Rhéaume-Bleue discusses everything you need to know about vitamin K2, a nutrient that holds the key to strong bones and healthy arteries by keeping calcium in its place. If you are taking calcium or vitamin D this presentation could save your life! You will learn:

• Why vitamin k2 works
• The difference between vitamin K1 and K2
• All about the "Calcium Paradox"
• Why Vitamin D is a problem

Author and Naturopathic Doctor Kate Rhéaume-Bleue is a graduate and former faculty member of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Kate lectures internationally on many topics related to health and wellness, and is a frequent guest on radio and television across North America. She is the leading authority on vitamin K2 and author of the best-selling book Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life.

Daniel G. Amen, MD
Teach The Major Principles In Leading A Brain Healthy Life

In this talk you will learn the major principles in leading a brain healthy life.

Daniel Amen is dedicated to optimizing and healing the brain.  He is a physician, double board certified psychiatrist and ten-time NY Times bestselling author.  He is the Founder of Amen Clinics in Costa Mesa and San Francisco, CA, Bellevue, WA, Reston, VA, Atlanta, GA and New York, NY.  The clinics have the world’s largest psychiatric database of functional brain scans, totaling nearly 100,000 scans on patients from 111 countries.  Dr. Amen is the lead researcher on the largest brain imaging and rehabilitation study on NFL players and he is the co-creator of The Daniel Plan with Rick Warren and Mark Hyman, a program to get the world healthy through religious organizations.

JJ Virgin
Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days- How Food Intolerance is the REAL Cause of Weight Gain

In this talk JJ will:
Connect the dots between what you are eating, how you feel and what you weigh

• Reveal the 7 foods that could be holding your health hostage – foods that you are probably eating every day in an effort to be healthy
• How the old adage of “everything in moderation” can make you food intolerant
• How to customize your diet for your biochemistry so that you not only lose the weight but you also keep it off forever
• Share the top needle mover to make sure you start the day off in fat burning mode
• Show you how to break free of those cravings in 3 days or less and never have dieting be your hobby again

Celebrity Nutrition and Fitness Expert JJ Virgin is the four-time NY Times bestselling author of JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet Cookbook: 150 Low-Sugar Recipes to Help You Lose up to 10 Pounds in Just 2 Weeks, JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet: Drop 7 Hidden Sugars, Lose Up to 10 Pounds in Just 2 Weeks, The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days, and The Virgin Diet Cookbook: 150 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Lose Weight and Feel Better Fast.

They have also been bestsellers in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, and numerous other media outlets.

JJ specializes in weight loss resistance related to food intolerance and has helped hundreds of thousands of people finally lose the weight and feel better fast. She shows people how to identify sneaky sugars, crush sugar addiction, and shift from being a sugar burner to a fat burner.

She is also the best-selling author of Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy as well as a prominent TV and print media personality.

She speaks at major integrative medical and consumer conferences having shared the stage with Jack Canfield, Suzanne Somers, John Gray, Dr. Daniel Amen, and Brendon Burchard, and appears regularly in the media, including Public Television, Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, the TODAY Show, Dr. Phil and Access Hollywood. JJ frequently blogs for the Huffington Post, Prevention, Dr. Oz’s Sharecare, and numerous other publications.

JJ is creator of the 4X4 Burst Training Workout & co-starred in TLC’s Freaky Eaters.

She has provided nutrition and training programs for a wide variety of famous faces including CEOs, athletes and celebrities including Gene Simmons, Ben Stiller, Taj George, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Nicole Eggert, Tracie Thoms, and “Superman” Brandon Routh.

JJ is a board Certified Nutrition Specialist, board certified in Holistic Nutrition and a Certified Nutrition and Fitness Specialist, has completed 40 graduate and doctoral courses and continues to learn every day to keep her audience up on the latest science.

Marita Schauch, ND
Five Keys to Optimum Women's Health

Dr. Marita Schauch will discuss how to get back to feeling like your best self by addressing:

• the underlying causes of hormone imbalance
• why the strongest foundation for good health starts with supporting the adrenal glands
• tools to help you reset your hormones naturally to maintain energy and vitality

Dr. Marita Schauch is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine; Canada’s premier institute for education and research in this field.   Before pursuing a career in Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto, Dr. Schauch obtained her Bachelor of Science with Distinction, majoring in Biology, from the University of Victoria.  
Through her passion for health and wellness, Dr. Schauch leads by example and hopes to empower others to choose positive lifestyle choices in order to live optimally.  She actively lectures across North America about various topics pertaining to health and disease prevention with a special interest in women’s health.  She also frequently participates in radio and TV interviews as well as writes many articles that have been featured in numerous print media.  
Dr. Schauch is the author of Making Sense of Women’s Health and Collagen Myths and Misconceptions and the co-author of The Adrenal Stress Connection and Stress and The Disease Connection.
Dr. Schauch currently resides and has her clinical practice on Vancouver Island in Victoria, B.C.

For more information please check out www.doctormarita.com

Trevor Cates
Glowing Skin and Graceful Aging

In Dr. Trevor Cate's talk you will learn all about why our skin is a primary indicator for overall health
• what you may have never heard from a dermatologist about skin health that is actually very important
• what foods create glowing skin and vibrant health, and which ones create the opposite
• why homemade skincare products are important.

Dr. Trevor Cates was the first woman licensed as a naturopathic doctor in the state of California and was appointed by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to California's Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Council. After working in several world-renowned spas, Dr. Cates became known as “The Spa Dr.” She sees patients in her private practice in Park City, Utah with a focus on graceful aging and glowing skin. She is also host of THE SPA DR. Podcast and the online Glowing Skin Summit. She is the author of Glowing Skin From Within ebook (#1 Amazon bestseller). She believes the key to healthy skin is inner and outer nourishment. Dr. Cates’ new skin care products, The Spa Dr.’s Daily Essentials, are available now at www.TheSpaDr.com. The Spa Dr. products are formulated with all-natural ingredients proven by science to give you clear, glowing skin at any age.

Mark Hyman, MD.
Separating Fat from Fiction
In Dr. Mark Hyman's talk you will learn all about how we got in this "big fat mess:"
• The skinny on fat
• How putting fat back into your diet will not only make you fit and healthy, but also help you reclaim pleasure and joy in your relationship with food.

Mark Hyman, MD, believes that we all deserve a life of vitality—and that we have the potential to create it for ourselves. That’s why he is dedicated to tackling the root causes of chronic disease by harnessing the power of Functional Medicine to transform healthcare. He is a practicing family physician, an eight-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in his field. He is the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He is also the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, a medical editor of The Huffington Post, and has been a regular medical contributor on many television shows including CBS This Morning, the Today Show, CNN, The View, the Katie Couric show and The Dr. Oz Show.

Sayer Ji
Breakthroughs in Natural Medicine

Sayer Ji's talk will identify major developments in natural medicine in the past year, she will:

• discuss three favorite dietary hacks for optimal wellness
• explore the cultural war between conventional & natural medicine
• discuss why natural medicines are still not widely accepted.

Sayer Ji is the Founder and Director of GreenMedInfo.com, the world's most widely referenced,evidence-based natural health resource.

In addition, Sayer is affiliated with the following:
Co-Founder, Exosome Media Group
Reviewer and Editor, The International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine
Steering Committee Member of the Global GMO Free Coalition (GGFC)
Board of Governor, National Health Federation
Advisory Board Member, Fearless Parent
Co-founder, Alliance for Vaccine Awareness

Neal Barnard, MD
Reversing Diabetes
Dr. Barnard will discuss the new approach of using foods to tackle diabetes. You will learn the new method that directly tackles the cause of type 2 diabetes and will help you reduce your reliance on medication and, in some cases, make the disease go away completely. Dr. Barnard will show us how this new approach can also improve your health, help you lose weight, and trim points off your cholesterol and blood pressure.

Neal Barnard, M.D., is the president and founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. His research has been published in Scientific American, the American Journal of Cardiology and other major journals. Dr. Barnard is the author of six previous books, including Foods that Fight Pain and Food for Life. A frequent lecturer appearing across the country and an adjunct professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine, he lives in Washington, D.C.

Karolyn Gazella and Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO
It's Time to Thrive After Cancer
By focusing on five key pathways—diet, movement, environment, rejunenation, and spirit—listeners will be able to transform their internal landscape away from illness and towards wellness. Practical advice in all five areas will be provided.

Dr. Lise Alschuler is a highly respected naturopathic oncologist and a sought-after speaker to both consumers and healthcare professionals on the topic of integrative cancer prevention and treatment. She maintains a part-time naturopathic oncology practice with Naturopathic Specialists based in Scottsdale, Arizona. She also works as an independent consultant in the area of practitioner and consumer health education and she is the executive director of TAP Integrative. She is the coauthor of The Definitive Guide to Cancer and The Definitive Guide to Thriving After Cancer and the cocreator of the Five to Thrive Plan. Her undergraduate degree in medical anthropology is from Brown University and her naturopathic doctorate is from Bastyr University. She also holds an honorary doctorate from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Physicians, and in 2014 she was named Physician of the Year by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. For more information visit iTHRIVEplan.com.

Karolyn Gazella and Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO
It's Time to Thrive After Cancer
By focusing on five key pathways—diet, movement, environment, rejunenation, and spirit—listeners will be able to transform their internal landscape away from illness and towards wellness. Practical advice in all five areas will be provided.

Karolyn A. Gazella has been publishing and writing wellness information since 1992. She is the publisher of the Natural Medicine Journal and has been writing and publishing integrative health information since 1992. She is the author or coauthor of hundreds of articles and dozens of booklets and books including her latest book The Definitive Guide to Thriving After Cancer that she wrote with Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO. Together with Dr. Alschuler, Karolyn is the cohost of the "Five to Thrive Live!" radio show on the Cancer Support Network and iHeart Radio. She is the cocreator of the Five to Thrive® Plan and the author of "The Healing Factor," a blog on PsychologyToday.com. For more information visit iTHRIVEplan.com.

Tori Hudson
Natural Solutions for Menopause
Tori Hudson will provide an overview of perimenopause/menopause, discuss herbal & nutiritonal options for common symptoms that can help you during menopause, along with providing some sample treatment plans based on common symptom experiences.

Dr. Tori Hudson, Naturopathic Physician, graduated from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) in 1984 and has served the college in several capacities, including: Medical Director, Associate Academic Dean, and Academic Dean.   She is currently a clinical professor at The National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM), Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Bastyr University. Dr Hudson has been in practice for  more than 31 years, is the medical director of her clinic, “A Woman’s Time” in Portland, Oregon, and director of product research and education for VITANICA. She is also the founder and co-director of NERC (Naturopathic Education and Research Director), a non-profit organization for accredited naturopathic residencies.

Dr. Hudson has recently been appointed as a faculty member  of the Fellowship in Integrative Health and Medicine, Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine.

Dr. Hudson was awarded the 1990 President’s award from the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians for her research in women’s health, the 1999 prestigious Naturopathic Physician of the Year award, the 2003 NCNM Alumni Pioneer Award., the 2009 Natural Products Association Pioneer Award and in 2012 was inducted into the NCNM Hall of Fame.

She is a nationally recognized author (book: Women’s Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine second edition, McGraw Hill 2008), speaker, educator, researcher, and clinician.  Dr. Hudson serves on several editorial boards, advisory panels and as a consultant to the natural products industry.

Alan Christianson, NMD
The Thyroid Epidemic
Do you struggle with losing weight and not having enough energy? Even if you have never heard of your thyroid it may be holding you back unnecessarily. In Alan Christianson's talk you will learn the 3 brand new ways you can tell how well your thyroid is working and learn 4 easy steps that can help your thyroid improve your metabolism, your energy, and your hair for the new year.

Dr. Alan Christianson is a NY Times bestselling author of titles including the Adrenal Reset Diet, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Thyroid Disease. He is the founder of Integrative Health and trains doctors internationally on thyroid disease, adrenal stress, and hormone replacement. He has been featured on numerous media outlets including Dr. Oz, The Today Show, CNN, The Doctors, Women’s World, and Shape Magazine

Geovanni Espinosa
The Important Role of Natural Medicine in Prostate Cancer
• Discuss the CaPLESS Method, a prescription-based naturopathic intervention protocol for prostate cancer
• Five key elements to creating a cancer hostile micro-enviornment
• How to become a CaPLESS Thriver and not only a survivor after prostate cancer diagnosis.

Geo Espinosa, N.D., L.Ac, C.N.S., RH (AHG) is a renowned naturopathic doctor recognized as an authority in integrative and functional urology. Dr. Geo is the founder and director of the Integrative and Functional Urology Center at New York University Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) and lectures internationally on the application of integrative medicine in clinical settings. He has been recognized as one of the top 10 Health Makers for Men’s Health by sharecare.com created by Dr. Mehmet Oz and WebMD. On his time off from work, he enjoys writing on his popular blog, DrGeo.com and enjoying time with his family.

Richard Passwater Jr.
Collagen - The Critical Component Connecting Beauty to Overall Health
Skin, hair and nails are clearly an indicator of what’s going on inside the body. One reason is because collagen – the protein that keeps skin smooth and supple – also forms the framework of all connective tissues throughout the body, such as bones, joints and blood vessels.

In this presentation you’ll learn:
• Collagen’s important roles in skin, bones, joints and blood vessels.
• How and why collagen production decreases as people age.
• Common factors that accelerate collagen loss.
• The relationship between all connective tissues.
• What you can do to generate more collagen.
• What you can protect collagen.
• New research demonstrating how increasing collagen production improves skin, hair, nails, bones and joints.

Richard Passwater, Jr., works with Bio Minerals NV, the Belgian dietary supplement manufacturer of BioSil®. Richard has held a variety of technical, sales and quality control positions in the dietary supplement industry and has written over 90 articles, co-authored two peer-reviewed scientific studies, and is a co-inventor of three patents. He frequently discusses collagen related topics in various venues around the world.

Razi Ann Berry
The Healing Power of Nature
Razi Ann Berry will give a personal account of the healing power of nature from a patient's perspective and a decade of natural medicine publishing.
• She will discuss how she came to naturopathic medicine after a decade of failed symptom support from allopathic medicine for debilitating pain and fatigue of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as well as overcoming infertility including five miscarriages in six years to naturally conceiving two healthy and beautiful daughters.
• You will learn the tenets of naturopathic medicine and how they supported my path to wellness.
• Razi Ann Berry will provide some insight on the necessity of speading support to naturopathic doctors, as well as the benefits of a public who takes control of their own health in preventative ways.

Razi Ann Berry is the host of the upcoming Natural Cancer Prevention Summit and publisher of the award-winning journal Naturopathic Doctor News & Review, The International Journal of Naturopathic Medicine and preventive health resource NaturalPath. Her personal journey from illness to health was the catalyst to a career in the field of naturopathic medicine. She has spent the last decade educating people to live healthier more purposeful lives through publications that bring together leaders in natural and preventive medicine, as well as empowering millions of people to embrace the philosophy that “Prevention is the Best Cure.” Learn more at NDNR.com for practitioners and TheNatPath.com for patients.

Michael Reed Gach, Ph.D.
Acupressure Self-Care Points for a Healthy Life

Mark Stengler

In this talk you will learn:

• how to identify hormone imbalances in the body, -the common causes of hormone imbalance, -how to balance your hormones with the proper use of
• bioidentical hormones, through diet and nutritional supplementation.

Mark Stengler, N.M.D., is a licensed naturopathic medical doctor and an author. He is considered one of the leaders in the field of integrative medicine, in which the best of holistic and conventional medicine are combined. Dr. Stengler is the author/coauthor of more than thirty books, including several bestsellers. His most recent book is Prescription for Natural Cures, 3rd edition. He has served on a medical advisory committee for the Yale University Complementary Medicine Outcomes Research Project. Dr. Stengler has been interviewed on dozens of television shows on Fox, CBS, NBC, and PBS. He is the author of one of the nation’s largest health newsletters, Health Revelations. He maintains a private practice in Encinitas, California. His Web site is www.markstengler.com.