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Hi!
Although you may already be a savvy practitioner, I am certain you will learn something new in this video about Keeping it Simple- The Therapeutic Power of Food: For Practitioners. You’ll walk away with pages of notes and practical pearls you can use in your practice right away.
Here are some of the things we’ll be discussing:
- The biggest, polarized nutrition myths which are alive and well in the practice of functional medicine.
- The X-Factor of Food – and why it goes way beyond nutrients and calories.
- Cravings are often the body’s cry for a specific nutrient. Some of the more common ones are probably not what you think!
- “You are what you eat”? Nope, not quite. In truth, you are what you eat, ______, _____, _____ and ______. Can you fill in the blanks?
- YES! Some chronic disease dynamics can be reversed with diet alone; would you know what to do?
- The dietary 1-2-3 punch that often helps with autoimmune diseases. And a key misunderstanding you might have about them?
- The simplest digestive enhancers ever
- Our microbiome shifts in response to diet: quick hacks for a better bacterial playground.
- The biggest practitioner mistake in translating great dietary ideas to clinical success with their patients
Thank you very much for joining in the fun and learning! Please share your thoughts (please be thorough) in the “Ask a Question” area below about what inspired you in this presentation! Include what type of practitioner you are, so that we can all see your unique perspective.
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138 Questions for “Keeping it Simple – The Therapeutic Power of Food: For Practitioners”
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Michelle Hinton says:
Still continues to amaze me how grains, gluten, and dairy affect our overall health and ability to sustain wellness!! Thank you for all that you do!! Love your talks!
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jeralyn fokken says:
A great reminder is always starting where the patient is at on the healing trajectory. On this note, starting with the concept of eating whole foods is a great start. I thought it was such a great point that eating crap food and supplementing with a hand full of supplements doesn’t do the job in creating optimal health. Instead, eating an apple or a serving of broccoli can give one more nutrients than any one supplement may contain. Also, helping our clients understand the “why’s” of food additions and cravings in relationship to power of endorphins. For myself this was not a concept I learn until a few years ago. Those sneaky food engineers!!! Knowledge becomes power. With education and empowerment many of our clients can start to take charge of their health with the power of food.
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Micah says:
Always appreciate the talks and Tracy’s knowledge. What a great analogy with Bob and Fred and explaining to patients that processed foods are like foreign invaders. Supplements are supplemental on top of what should be a nutrient dense diet. Great talk, looking forward to learning more.
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Sharifa Shahreen says:
Hi everyone.
I am Sharifa from Malaysia. Tracy and the SAFM team havr definitely empowered
Educated and inspired me to make changes in my life, my kids
And my clients.
Make food thy medicine.
Real whole dense foods…
We are seeing a spike of chronic disease here as well in malaysia
and it is definitely caused by all the unreal food that we consume here.
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Hi from AZ! I find gluten and dairy elimination to be the biggest game changers. I’m inspired on how much we downplay simple nutrition! I was not aware of how many nutrients were in an apple!
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Eucheria Mbata says:
My biggest take away- People will crave chocolate when they are mineral deficient. Also, serotonin regulate addiction.
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Sandy Anderson says:
Powerful Facebook Live–thank you for all the pearls around food Tracy! I appreciate your guidance on educating clients to enlighten them on the stress, toxins and nutrient depleted food so prevalent in our modern lifestyle, and how when we’re super stressed and living in a state of fight or flight, digestion is reduced, immune function is reduced and detoxification capability is reduced, on purpose. The body is oh so smart and constantly making choices around prioritizing our survival. Love the education, inspiration and empowerment! 🙂
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Rebekah Detweiler says:
Hi Tracy!
So many wonderful pearls. I missed the live talk but have listened to this twice already, once in the car, and again when I could take notes.
I am one of those people who don’t have a very varied diet and so I take a handful of supplements so learning more about the importance and superiority of food was very inspiring to me personally.
Another pearl was the importance of fiber in the health of the mucosal lining of our GI tracts.
Some very specific pearls are in regards to our cravings and possible deficiencies. The craving for ice cream being related to a fat deficiency in the diet. This struck me as I just saw a patient today who said she drinks milkshakes regularly before bed!
I also appreciate the dessert berry recipe you gave and look forward to trying that soon. The dulled sense of taste and smell was also interesting, especially because on the bottle of zinc tablets I have seen it say not to use it long term because it could decrease taste and smell. So that is something for me to look into further.
The pearls about migraines and histamine is very helpful because I see many patients with debilitating migraines and I just want to share this with all of them so that they can live fully without the pain and life altering effects of migraines. I have suffered for years myself and have tried many things and no one ever helped me to understand migraines the way that you have!
I appreciate so many pearls from this talk and will be sharing it with the other health care professionals that I know! Thank you for your constant willingness and desire to help change the way health care is delivered! -
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Erin Roskos says:
Great lecture about the power of food. My biggest takeaway is with food addictions and commercial marketing. Companies are basically manufacturing food to get people addicted to their products through targeted dopamine response to the food.
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Dayna says:
Such awesome learning! One big take away is that fiber consumption has affect on how thick or thin the mucous lining. And also that cravings for certain foods can indicate deficiencies. Thank you Tracey for sharing this life changing info!
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Heather says:
I love how Tracy mentioned to let them keep traditions which will help with compliance. Any other routine tips to keep them on track as we help them make change? I am a family APN and certified Holistic nutritionist and health coach
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I love your enthusiasm, Tracy! I loved your discussion around the heartiness/defense systems of plants and animals contributing to a hormetic effect in the body. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion for nutrition and the incredible human body!
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Sheri Brinkmeyer says:
Such a great ‘return to basics’ with some really fascinating cravings explained. The idea of hormetic stress was fascinating to me. My husband really resonated with the idea that craving junk food is a result of being starved of relaxation. He’s never craved junk food, and he’s so very good at relaxation….so it all resonates so strongly.
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I really enjoyed this and could listen to Tracey all day.
It’s so simple but so important- food hygiene.
This concept makes so much sense how we digest!
People need to be educated on this and it will make a difference.Thanks
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Lindsey Volz says:
Always love hearing great pearls from Tracey!
One small one was that someone that craves chocolate could be doing so because they are mineral deficient.
One of the bigger ones that will help me with my clients is the 2 month mark for re-establising of taste buds when getting off sugar. It is so import for some clients to time frames and even though that may differ at least it gives then something to look forward too!
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Interesting fact of lemon juice helping to reduce the incidence of kidney stones because of citrate.
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Steff Sumrall says:
Excellent live! May be my favorite one yet! I loved the way you described the need for phytonutrients and the recommendations for food with the different disease dynamics
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Excellent live! May be my favorite one yet! I loved the way you described the need for phytonutrients and the recommendations for food with the different disease dynamics.
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What most inspired me today was then Tracy said “Meet your patients where they are!” Better to educate them on how to make more healthful choices when eating out, versus going cold turkey and taking that enjoyment away from them.