Saturday
Schedule |
8:30-9:30 |
REGISTRATION |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Sally Fallon
Introduction to Weston Price
Dr. Price discovered the principles of healthy diets and formulated
a theory on the origins of heart disease that has been ignored
for too long. |
9:30-10:45 |
Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD
High Cholesterol Protects Against Disease
Dr. Ravnskov successfully refutes the theory that cholesterol
in our food or in our blood causes heart disease and presents
evidence that high cholesterol levels actually protect against
infectious and chronic diseases. |
11:00-12:15 |
Paul Rosch, MD
Dangers of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
Dr. Rosch will focus on the subtle yet serious and unappreciated
dangers of cholesterol-lowering measures using statin drugs based
on current guidelines due to confusion about the mechanisms that
mediate their cardioprotective effects. |
| 12:15-1:30 |
LUNCH by The Basic Feast
VISIT EXHIBITS |
| 1:30-2:45 |
Kilmer McCully, MD, PhD
Homocysteine, Vitamins and Vascular Disease
Dr. McCully describes the discovery of the homocysteine theory
of arteriosclerosis, evidence supporting the theory, the molecular
basis for the role of homocysteine in arteriosclerosis cancer
and diseases of aging, and the role of vitamins B6, B12, folate
and vitamin A in homocysteine metabolism. |
| 3:45-5:00 |
Mary Enig, PhD
Dietary Guidelines, Trans Fats and Heart Disease
Dr. Enig reviews the evidence showing that trans fat made from
vegetable oils, rather than animal fat, is the major cause of
heart disease and discusses how the USDA dietary guidelines contributed
to an increase in CHD. |
| 5:00-6:30 |
VISIT EXHIBITS |
| 6:30-10:30 |
Awards Banquet
by Chef John Umlauf and The Basic Feast
Keynote Address by Tom Cowan, MD
"The Heart is Not a Pump:
Towards a Holistic Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease" |
Sunday Schedule
|
| 9:00-10:00 |
Buffet Breakfast for
Chapter Leaders
Conference Registration |
| 10:00-11:30 |
Julia Ross, MA
The Mood Cure
Natural strategies to combat the epidemic of depression, anxiety
and stress.
Charles Eisenstein
The Yoga of Eating
Learn how to transcend dietary dogma by developing greater sensitivity
and trust in the body's messages
Ted Spence, DDS, ND
Is Fluoride Really Good for Our Teeth?
Find out from a practicing dentist the true effects of fluoride
as well as the best way to protect yourself against cavities.
Peter H. Langsjoen, MD, FACC
CoQ10 Depletion: The Achilles' Heel of the Statin Crusade
A review of published animal and human trials showing statin-induced
coenzyme Q10 depletion resulting in muscle wasting and heart failure.
|
| 11:30-1:00 |
Luncheon Cheese Taste
VISIT EXHIBITS
|
| 1:00-2:30 |
Krispin Sullivan, CN
Sunlight and Vitamin D
Vitamin D is essential for a healthy cardiovascular system as
well as overall health. Find out how current research on vitamin
D confirms the discoveries of Dr. Weston Price. Clinical updates
will be discussed.
Donna Gates
Your Inner Ecosystem, the Secret to a Long, Healthy Life
A healthy inner ecosystem must be established at birth and maintained
throughout a lifetime to achieve vibrant health. Learn Mother
Nature's way of creating this critical inner world inside your
intestinal tract and what you must do each day to keep it flourishing.
Ken Morehead, DOM
Our Whole Heart
Heart disease from the Oriental medical point of view, in which
every organ is assumed to function within the context of the whole
body.
Duane Graveline, MD, MPH
Lipitor, Thief of Memory
A review of statin-induced amnesia and other side effects of modern
cholesterol-lowering drugs.
|
| 2:30-3:30 |
VISIT EXHIBITS
|
| 3:30-5:00 |
Ron Schmid, ND
Heart Disease & Raw Milk - The Inverse Relationship
The Maasai of East Africa, Swiss people of the Loetschental Valley
and many other heart disease-free traditional cultures demonstrated
for thousands of years that strong hearts and healthy lives were
built around raw milk and its products.
Jordan S. Rubin, NMD, CNC
Patient Heal Thyself
An inspirational true-life story of healing and the discovery
of a remarkable health program combining ancient wisdom and groundbreaking
clinical research.
Sally Fallon, MA
The Oiling of America
The shocking story of how the phony lipid hypothesis caused Americans
to abandon traditional whole foods.
Leslie M. Klevay, MD, SM,
SD
Copper Deficiency and Heart Disease
The latest theory on heart disease pinpoints arterial inflammation
as a culprit. Dr. Klevay will focus on published evidence that
copper deficiency contributes to arterial inflammation and subsequent
heart disease.
|
Monday Schedule
|
9:30 |
Meet with Bill Sanda for
Congressional Visits
|
10:00-10:30 |
Registration for All-Day
Seminar |
10:30-12:00 |
Sally Fallon
Seminar on Traditional Diets I
The pioneering work of Dr. Weston A. Price. Presentation includes
the unforgettable photographs of Dr. Price and discussion of the
underlying characteristics of healthy traditional diets. |
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch at Hotel or bring
your own |
1:00-2:30 |
Sally Fallon
Seminar on Traditional Diets II
Fats and oils in traditional diets. Learn about the basics of
lipid biochemistry and how to choose good fats and avoid the bad.
|
2:45-4:00 |
Sally Fallon
Seminar on Traditional Diets III
How to change your diet for the better. Practical advice for busy
parents including easy recipes for snacks, soups, breakfasts,
desserts and enzyme-enriched beverages and condiments. |
