Metabolism Summit 2016

Reboot your metabolism to release unwanted weight and restore energy! The real secret to reaching and maintaining optimal health and weight is to heal the metabolism.

Learn how to crack your metabolic code
Understand how to turn on your fat burners
Gain 7 metabolism-boosting secrets to burn fat
2 reasons why your metabolism might be sluggish
Learn to turn the right hormones on

DAY 1: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1

James LaValle, RPh, CC
How to Crack Your Metabolic Code
• Carbs: best time to eat them and optimal serving size
• Importance of sleep to metabolism, thyroid and hormones
• Path to optimizing the 5 “Vitality Networks” to heal the metabolism

Phil Maffetone, DC
Turning on Your Fat Burners
• How to stop counting the wrong calories
• Are you carbohydrate intolerant? Take the 2-week test!
• Optimizing the aerobic system to exercise smarter, not harder
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Bruce Fife, ND
The Perfect Fat for Fat Burning
• How low-fat diets fueled the obesity epidemic
• Best fat for pressing the reset button on health and metabolism
• How coconut supports thyroid, digestive and oral health

Marc Bubbs, ND, CSCS
7 Metabolism-Boosting Secrets to Burn Fat and Look Your Best
• How to burn belly fat
• Is your testosterone low?
• Is low-carb the right diet for you?

David Jockers, DC, MS, CSCS
Reignite Your Metabolism with a Sugar Detox
• Develop the mindset of a Sugar Buster
• Get rid of hidden sources of sugar
• Consume more fat-burning superfoods


DAY 2: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Leo Galland, MD
The Allergy Solution for Weight Loss
• Connection between allergies and weight gain
• Top triggers for allergic weight gain
• The “Powerwash” for healing allergic weight gain


Tom O’Bryan, DC, CNN, DACBN
Is Gluten Holding Your Metabolism and Brain Hostage?
• Science shows that gluten intolerance is real, not a “fad”
• How wheat/gluten can lead to pathogenic intestinal permeability
• How giving up gluten could potentially save your life

Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, CNS
Belly Fat: Could It Be Parasites?
• Hidden trigger to weight gain, anxiety, and sugar cravings
• Common parasites affecting metabolism: warning signs and symptoms
• Key foods and supplements to eliminate parasites and keep them at bay

Wendy Myers, FDN, CHHP
Two Reasons Why Your Metabolism is Sluggish and How to Fix It!
• Answers to many health issues can be found in your hair!
• How heavy metals and mineral depletion can impact your metabolism
• Impact of metals and mineral deficiencies on our thyroid and adrenals

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Christa Orecchio, CN, HHC
Common Gut Insults and How to Overcome Them
• 5 steps to healing your gut issues
• “Terraforming” your gut!
• Reseeding and healing leaky gut

Liz Lipski, CCN, CNS, CHS
Could Our Microbiome Hold Our Metabolism and Weight Hostage?
• Impact of the microbiome on metabolism
• Signs that point to an unbalanced gut
• Tips for optimizing gut health

Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, CNS
Bile: Your Metabolism’s BFF
• Hidden trigger to weight gain, anxiety, and sugar cravings
• Common parasites affecting metabolism: warning signs and symptoms
• Key foods and supplements to eliminate parasites and keep them at bay

Jack Tips, PhD, CCN
The Hidden Persuader: Guess Who's Whispering in Your Cells' Ears
• Relationship between your microbiome and health
• The gut-brain connection
• Foods and spices for a healthy gut
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DAY 4: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Mark Houston, MD, MS, MSc, FACP, FAHA, FASH, FACN, FAARM, ABBARM
The Top Metabolic Dysfunctions that Cause Heart Disease

Terry Wahls, MD
Food as Medicine to Overcome Chronic Symptoms
• How Dr. Wahls reversed her progressive MS
• Reasons why autoimmune diseases are on the rise
• The critical importance of feeding your cells

Travis Christofferson, MS
Tripping Over the Truth: The Metabolic Theory of Cancer
• History of the metabolic model for cancer
• Inconsistencies and low success rates in the genetic model
• Is it a recurrence or new case?

Peter Bongiornio, ND
5 Metabolic Pillars for Mental Health
• Blood sugar regulation and mental health
• The gut-brain connection
• All about nutrition, sleep, exercise and moods


DAY 5: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Kurt Perkins, DC, CCWP, FMT
5 Key Pillars for Healthy Metabolism
• The impact of elevated stress and cortisol on hormones and cholesterol
• Insulin resistance: weight gain, nutrient deficiencies, toxicity, aging and fatigue
• Chronic inflammation and immune system dysfunction in metabolic dysfunction

Ben Greenfield
Does Cardio Make You Skinny Fat?
• How to properly fuel your workouts
• How to properly recover and eliminate free radicals
• Is cardio good for the metabolism?

Kevin Gianni
When a Healthy Diet Isn’t so Healthy
• Getting sick from eating “too healthy”
• Importance of functional lab tests and what they can reveal
• Coffee, is it good or bad for you?

Josh & Jeanne Rubin
How to Heal a Damaged Metabolism using Food
• Thyroid-adrenal-metabolism link and the role of glucose and cortisol
• Understanding the right carbohydrates (and frequency) for fuel
• Using temperature and pulse to assess metabolism and thyroid

Sara Vance
Reboot Your Metabolism - At Any Age!
• Metabolism - not just a buzzword
• Common diet myths
• Key #1: Stabilize blood sugar

DAY 6: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Janie A. Bowthorpe, MEd
The Thyroid: Jedi Master of Our Metabolism!
• How “Stop the Thyroid” madness came to be
• Role of your thyroid in metabolism
• Thyroid testing and symptoms

Andrea Beaman, HHC, AADP, CHEF
Natural Ways to Heal the Thyroid to Achieve Your Ideal Weight
• How chronic dieting can lead to weight gain and thyroid disease
• The connection between food, emotions, stress and your thyroid
• How the thyroid “talks to” your metabolism

Patrick McKeown, MA(TCD), DipBM (Prof KP Buteyko), FBPI
Is Mouth Breathing Messing with Your Metabolism?
• Mouth breathing and its effect on weight, stress, sleep, circulation
• How to switch to nose breathing
• The 5 steps to better oxygen use

Lauren Noel, ND
Turning the Right Hormones On (and Others Off!)
• Understanding the biochemistry of fat loss
• 6 fat-burning hormones and how to turn them on
• 3 fat-storing hormones and how to turn them off

Ameet Aggarwal, ND
How Liver Detox Can Restore Harmony to Energy and Emotions
• How your liver impacts digestion
• Response to food sensitivities, inflammation and leaky gut
• Ways to detoxify your liver

DAY 7: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Jeffrey Smith
Hidden Ways GMOs Can Devastate Your Health
• What is a genetically modified organism (GMO)?
• Impact of GMOs and environment and health
• Tipping point for removing GMOs and pesticides from our lives


Damon Gameau
A Hidden Food That’s Silently Stealing Your Health
• How does an “average” amount of sugar impact health?
• Sugar hidden in “healthy” foods
• What happens when you remove sugar?

Max Lugavere
Upgrade Your Brain by Optimizing Metabolism
• Sugar’s impact on your brain health
• Metabolism and nifty brain hacks
• How to slow your biological clock


Gudni Gunnarson
7 Steps of Transformation
• Build awareness: it’s the first step for transformation
• Responsibility means forgiveness (and how to forgive yourself)
• Create your future with advancement