Module VIII Weight Management, Nutrition & Integrative Cancer Therapies
OVERVIEW
Module VIII Weight Management, Nutrition & Integrative Cancer Therapies is organized by American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) and will be held from Aug 10 - 12, 2018 at The Venetian Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America.
Course Description:
This module looks at the multifactorial problems involved in helping the patient with weight management. Healthy eating programs will be reviewed along with genetic issues in helping the patient with weight loss. This course also surveys Anti-Aging and Functional Medicine approaches to integrative cancer therapies. Each drug that is prescribed causes at least two nutritional depletions which are responsible for some of the side effects seen in medication use. The participant will examine nutritional depletions caused by medications in this module. In addition, protocols for working with athletes will be elucidated. After attending this course, the participant will furthermore learn new therapies to wean patients off of hypnotic agents and anti-depressants.
Course Objectives:
• Introduce and explain the concept of nutrition periodization
• Discuss the concept of metabolic efficiency training
• Discuss nutrient timing strategies for before, during and after exercise sessions
• Review exercise as an effective sustainable medical therapy
• Provide a better understanding of the latest options writing a personalized exercise prescription (strength training/endurance training)
• Understand a personalized exercise prescription with a practical lifestyle approach, reviewing patient profiles
• Review exercise prescription and heart rate with emphasis on how to maximize longevity results with resistance and strength training.
• Understand diet and the approach to fat loss and lean mass retention. What works for effective weight management
• Review the pros and cons of leading diets that consumers are moving to: From Paleo to Vegan. Discussion will include review of diets practitioners are using in practice, Ketogenic, Mediterranean elimination diets
• Understand strategies for successful diet implementation.
• Discuss the metabolic effect of cortisol in athletes and the subsequent disruptions in hormonal pathways
• Review the myths and facts about sports nutrition supplementation what work and what doesn’t
• Understand the key factors in fat loss and a practical way to identify the disruptors of metabolism that keep people from managing their body composition as they age. This discussion to include labs biometrics and subjective findings
• Discuss mobility and stress reduction. Understanding the role of breath in nervous system regulation and how to structurally and biomechanically survive exercise and movement
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
Course Description:
This module looks at the multifactorial problems involved in helping the patient with weight management. Healthy eating programs will be reviewed along with genetic issues in helping the patient with weight loss. This course also surveys Anti-Aging and Functional Medicine approaches to integrative cancer therapies. Each drug that is prescribed causes at least two nutritional depletions which are responsible for some of the side effects seen in medication use. The participant will examine nutritional depletions caused by medications in this module. In addition, protocols for working with athletes will be elucidated. After attending this course, the participant will furthermore learn new therapies to wean patients off of hypnotic agents and anti-depressants.
Course Objectives:
• Introduce and explain the concept of nutrition periodization
• Discuss the concept of metabolic efficiency training
• Discuss nutrient timing strategies for before, during and after exercise sessions
• Review exercise as an effective sustainable medical therapy
• Provide a better understanding of the latest options writing a personalized exercise prescription (strength training/endurance training)
• Understand a personalized exercise prescription with a practical lifestyle approach, reviewing patient profiles
• Review exercise prescription and heart rate with emphasis on how to maximize longevity results with resistance and strength training.
• Understand diet and the approach to fat loss and lean mass retention. What works for effective weight management
• Review the pros and cons of leading diets that consumers are moving to: From Paleo to Vegan. Discussion will include review of diets practitioners are using in practice, Ketogenic, Mediterranean elimination diets
• Understand strategies for successful diet implementation.
• Discuss the metabolic effect of cortisol in athletes and the subsequent disruptions in hormonal pathways
• Review the myths and facts about sports nutrition supplementation what work and what doesn’t
• Understand the key factors in fat loss and a practical way to identify the disruptors of metabolism that keep people from managing their body composition as they age. This discussion to include labs biometrics and subjective findings
• Discuss mobility and stress reduction. Understanding the role of breath in nervous system regulation and how to structurally and biomechanically survive exercise and movement
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
KEY DATES
10 Aug, 2018
Event Start Date
12 Aug, 2018
Event End Date
SPECIALITIES
NutritionOncologySUGGESTED HOTELS
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