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Friday, November 11

9:00-10:00 REGISTRATION

TRACK I

10:00-5:30 Seminar on Traditional Diets with Sally Fallon

Animal fats, properly prepared whole grains, enzyme-enriched foods and nourishing bone broths kept our ancestors healthy. Sally Fallon, author of Nourishing Traditions, explains why these are vital factors for maintaining good health today. Beginning with a presentation of Dr. Weston Price’s unforgettable photographs of healthy traditional peoples, Ms. Fallon explains the underlying factors in a variety of traditional diets that conferred beauty, strength and complete freedom from disease on so-called primitive populations. Then she presents a step-by-step plan to put nourishing traditional foods–foods that your family will actually eat–back into your diet, including easy breakfast cereals, soups, sauces, snack foods, high enzyme condiments and soft drinks that are actually good for you.

Learn about:

Butter, the number one health food

Vital role of high-cholesterol foods

Why lowfat and vegan diets don’t work

The magical powers of raw whole milk from pasture-fed cows

Dangers of modern soy foods and soy infant formula

The conspiracy to promote vegetable oils and hydrogenated fats

Foods that help babies grow up smart and strong

Old-fashioned foods that give limitless energy and vibrant health

The unfortunate consequences of modern farming methods

This seminar is highly recommended for both laymen and health professionals newly introduced to the work of the Weston A. Price Foundation and makes an excellent introduction to the main conference speakers.

10:00-12:00 Part I: Introduction to the Work of Dr. Price
Discussion of the underlying characteristics of healthy traditional diets.

12:00-1:00 Buffet Lunch

1:00-3:00 Part II: Fats and Oils in Traditional Diets
Learn about the basics of lipid biochemistry and how to choose good fats and avoid the bad.

3:30-5:30 Part 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.

Track II

10:00-4:00 Fertility Awareness Workshop with Katie Singer

This workshop will facilitate understanding of the basics of the menstrual cycle, how charting fertility signals allows a woman to identify when she is fertile and infertile, and how charting can identify some gynecological problems.

10:00-12:00 Part I
Discussion of the anatomy and physiology of the menstrual cycle, how to observe and chart waking temperatures, cervial fluid changes and cervix changes.

12:00-2:00 Buffet Lunch

2:00-4:00 Part II
Discussion on how to use charts to determine when a woman is fertile and infertile, and how charts provide an introductory guage of gynecological health.

TRACK III

10:30-5:00 Workshop on Lacto-Fermented Foods

Note: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are not offered for Track III.

10:30-12:00 Part I: Lacto-Fermented Beverages by John Eisenstein and Dina Falconi
Find out out to make healthy soft drinks from the experts.

12:00-1:30 Buffet Lunch

1:30-3:00 Part II: Lacto-Fermented Condiments by Sandor Katz
Step-by-step instructions for making pickles, vinegar and other condiments.

3:30-5:00 Part III: Sourdough Bread and Noodles
Katherine Czapp and Garrick Ginzburg-Voskov share their traditional techniques and delicious recipes.

6:30 Welcome Reception, Buffet, and Dance

Saturday, November 12

8:00-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:30 Sally Fallon, MA–Introductory Remarks and “Introduction to the Pioneering Work of Weston A. Price”

Dr. Price discovered the principles of healthy diets and foresaw the physical degeneration that would result from lack of vital nutrients obtained from animal protein and fat.

9:30-10:45 John Dommisse, MD–“Vitamin B12: Difficulties and Obstacles in Diagnosing and Treating B12 Deficiency”

This lecture will discuss the mental and physical consequences of this deficiency, which at the present time is mostly undetected and undertreated.

11:00-12:15 John Cannell, MD–“Vitamin D, When, Where, Why and How Much”

Dr. Cannell discusses Vitamin D, frequently called “the sunshine vitamin.” Learn how to use this vitamin most effectively for good health. Dr. Cannell will address concerns about vitamin D toxicity.

12:15-1:45 Lunch by Chef John Umlauf and Chef K. Michael Sullivan

VISIT EXHIBITS

1:45-3:00 Noel Solomons, PhD–“An Emerging Story Being Told: Vitamin A and Its Role in Children’s Nutrition and Health”

Marginal vitamin A deficiency contributes to mortality from communicable diseases among low-income children around the world, but excessive intakes of preformed vitamin A among affluent individuals threated to exacerbate the incidence of bone fractures in later life. Health professional and the lay public need to be aware fo dietary strategies that will optimize vitamin A nutriture, avoiding the pitfalls of both under- and overnutrition.

3:15-4:45 Panel Discussions

Note: CEUs only for Panel I, Nutrition in Schools and Hospitals. CEUs offered for all other speakers including the banquet keynote presentation.

“Nutrition in Schools and Hospitals”
Panel Leader: Carol Esche, RN, ND, MA, CNA
Panelists: Thomas Forster, Policy Director, Community Food Security Coalition; Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, Director of the Environmental Health Education Center, Baltimore, Maryland

“Raw Milk Activism”
Panel Leader: Ron Schmid, ND

“Emotional and Psychological Dimensions of Nutrition”
Panel Leader: Charles Eisenstein

“What You Need to Know About the Upcoming Farm Bill and Sustainable Agriculture”
Panel Leader: Bill Sanda, executive director of the Weston A. Price Foundation
Panelists: Kathy Ozer, executive director of the National Family Farm Coalition; Lorette Picciano, executive director of the Rural Coalition

4:45-6:30 VISIT EXHIBITS

6:30-10:00 Awards Banquet

Dinner by Chef John Umlauf and Chef K. Michael Sullivan
Keynote Address by Mark McAfee:
“The Safety and Health Benefits of Raw Milk”

Sunday, November 13

9:00-10:00 Conference Registration

10:00-11:30 Speakers

(Choose from Tracks I, II or III, see below. Note: Attendees are not obligated to attend only one track. CEUs offered for all lectures and the dentistry panel.)

11:30-1:00 Luncheon Cheese Taste and VISIT EXHIBITS

1:00-2:30 Speakers

(Choose from Tracks I, II or III, see below. Note: Attendees are not obligated to attend only one track. CEUs offered for all lectures and the dentistry panel.)

2:30-3:30 VISIT EXHIBITS

3:30-5:00 Speakers

(Choose from Tracks I, II or III, see below. Note: Attendees are not obligated to attend only one track. CEUs offered for all lectures and the dentistry panel.)

5:00-5:45 James Turner, Esq., general counsel to the Weston A. Price Foundation–“CODEX: Dietary Supplements, World Hunger, and Health: Saving Consumer Supplement Choice from Misguided International Rules”

5:45-6:00 Closing Ceremony

Track I: Heart Disease

10:00-11:30 Sally Fallon, MA–“The Oiling of America”

How the false cholesterol theory caused Americans to abandon healthy traditional foods. Learn to spot fraud and manipulation in scientific research and to identify the forces behind the movement to lower cholesterol levels with diet and drugs.

1:00-2:30 Peter Langsjoen, MD–“The Clinical Implications of Statin-Induced Coenzyme Q10 Depletion”

Dr. Langsjoen describes the greatest-drug induced nutrient deficiency in medical history, that of coenzyme Q10 depletion caused by cholesterol-lowering (statin) drugs. CoEnzyme Q10 is vital for the function of the muscles, including the heart.

3:30-5:00 Joel Kauffman, PhD–“Malignant Medical Myths about Heart Disease”

Dr. Kauffman reveals some of the mythology about the relationship of serum cholesterol levels to atherosclerosis and the futility, danger and cost of lowering cholesterol levels with statin drugs. The mythology on what constitutes normal blood pressure will also be discussds, as well as mainstream medicine’s exaggerations on the value of blood pressure drugs.

Track II: Cancer

10:00-11:30 Mary G. Enig, PhD–“Nutritional Support for Conventional Cancer Treatment”

Most cancer patients choose conventional therapy involving chemotherapy and radiation. Dr. Enig describes how the appropriate supplements and nutritional support can mitigate the side effects of these treatments and improve chances of recovery.

1:00-2:30 Thomas Cowan, MD–“The Fourfold Approach to Cancer”

Dr. Cowan focuses on warmth as the antidote to this coldest of diseases, from the warmth of the sun in vitamin D to the expression of warmth in mistletoe therapy.

3:30-5:00 Nicholas Gonzalez, MD–“Enzymes and Cancer”

Dr. Gonzalez uses an aggressive nutritional program for cancer, including pancreatic proteolytic enzymes, dietary manipulation and nutritional supplement support. This lecture will also describe his research at Columbia University.

Track III: Dentistry

10:00-11:30 Pentti J. Nupponen, DDS–“Hidden Dangers of Everyday Dental Procedures”

Facts about dental silver fillings including historical catastrophic exposure accidents, the protocol of mercury filling removal, peridontal disease and the connection between chronic disease and gum disease willbe explored.

1:00-2:30 Raymond Silkman, DDS–“Cranial and Dental Development Issues”