“Advances in Integrative Wellness Technologies” Seminar Series

Antioxidants: Promoting Optimal Wellness While Resisting “Premature” Aging
Dr Lester Packer, author of “The Antioxidant Miracle” states that “More than 70 percent of Americans will die prematurely from diseases caused by or compounded by deficiencies of antioxidants.” Yet, there is major controversy in the medical literature over the benefits of antioxidant supplementation. This module examines biologic oxidation and the fundamental science of antioxidants, providing a basic understanding of their roles in health, “premature” aging and disease and, importantly, how to evaluate antioxidant supplement myth from fact.

Advances in Vitamin/Mineral Technology
“You are just making expensive urine” has unfortunately been truer than we realized. However, that has changed! This course not only covers the basics of the various vitamins and minerals but also outlines the important differences in solubility, absorption and bioavailability of the THREE GENERATIONS of vitamin and mineral supplements now available. With almost 5000 thousand nutritional companies to choose from, an important added section to this course will provide information on how to more readily discern nutritional fact from aggressive and sometimes misleading marketing practices when it comes to recommending a specific vitamin and mineral supplement to your patients.

Endocrine System Support, an Overview of Sources, Functions, and Benefits
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction and the basic understanding of plant hormones, their necessity in the human diet as well as their functions and benefits as they relate to hormonal production and regulation, immune function and other areas important to supporting optimal health.

Advances in Optimizing Fat Metabolism
Weight loss today has become a massive industry full of promises and hype. This course will review approaches to healthy weight loss based on science. Also we will explore some of the ingredients found in many weight loss supplements. We have to begin to rethink how we live and what we can do to achieve a healthy lean body. Our weight loss approaches should lead to optimal health and not just to “low or normal” body weight.