An educational conference on the latest nutrition research and practices every healthcare professional should know!

Tackling the Toxic Table: Foraging for Healthy Food in a Global Economy
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What to expect from the conference:

• Hear the latest developments in: nutrigenomics, dietary supplements, anti-inflammatory diet, organic foods, functional medicine, vegetarian diets, mindful eating & more…
• Learn about nutritional recommendations for patients with specific conditions, including: cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, auto-immune diseases, arthritis, depression & anxiety, ADHD & more...
• Discover strategies for incorporating nutrition information into your clinical practice

Expanding on the success of the first four Nutrition and Health Conferences, the 2008 meeting, sponsored by The University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine and Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons, will once again assemble an outstanding faculty of internationally-known scientific researchers, skilled clinicians, innovative chefs, and best-selling authors whose work focuses on the interface between nutrition and healthful living.

Why You Should Attend

Your patients increasingly call on your advice for diet and nutrition to promote good health and treat specific conditions. Proper diet is a fundamental building block to good health, yet many practitioners lack the basic expertise in nutrition to recommend dietary strategies to their patients.

To meet this growing need, this course will provide you with essential information on:

• Practical strategies for incorporating nutrition into your clinical practice
• Using diet to prevent illness
• Nutritional recommendations for management of specific conditions
• Tools to evaluate the latest nutrition research findings
• Social and political aspects of diet and health

This year we will be in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, April 13 – 16, at the beautiful Arizona Grand Resort (formerly the Pointe South Mountain Resort) - a luxury resort located in a desert oasis nestled at the base of South Mountain Preserve featuring a championship golf course, an athletic club & spa, and one of the largest outdoor water parks in the nation.

The conference is designed for physicians (with specialties ranging from family practice to pediatricians, oncologists, cardiologists and more) nurses, nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, certified clinical nutritionists, pharmacists, naturopaths, chiropractors, and other professionals who make nutritional recommendations as part of their clinical practice.

Upon conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to:

• Incorporate nutritional information into your clinical practice
• Advise patients about eating for optimum health, evaluating specific diets and dietary supplements, and using dietary change as a therapeutic intervention
• Evaluate the risks and benefits of nutritional recommendations for specific health conditions through an analysis of the existing scientific and clinical evidence
• Identify the nutritional values of macronutrients, micronutrients, dietary supplements, antioxidants, and protective phytochemicals
• Describe the interaction between genes and diet and the health implications for different types of patients
• Recognize the social, political, and behavioral aspects of diet and health, the impact on the obesity and diabetes epidemic, and implications for patient care and the nation's health care system

CDs Now Available!
Click here to purchase CD recordings of the 2006, 2007 or 2008 Nutrition and Health Conferences.

You may download the conference brochure in .pdf format here. Acrobat Reader required.